Adele ‘Chasing Pavements’
A recent comment on the blog got me thinking. The comment was downplaying the songwriter’s lyrics, mentioning they sounded as if they were written by a 17 year-old, because,…
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Adele ‘Hello’
Adele’s ‘Hello’ focuses on a telephone conversation/voicemail. The song brilliantly leverages the strength of direct address to create a highly personal moment, while the melody moves from ballad to power ballad…
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Eric Church ‘Talladega’
Artist Eric Church Album The Outsiders (2017) Songwriter Eric Church & Luke Laird Total Time 4:22 Structure V | CH | V | CH | BR | CH Talladega…
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Understanding Perspective
Perspective is the voice of the speaker, informed by their beliefs, upbringing, cultural heritage and most importantly for a song, how they’re taking in the situation. Are they thinking…
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Switch Point Of View Exercise
One of the easiest ways to increase your understanding of point of view (POV) is to take a song you’ve completed and switch the point of view. Changing up your point…
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Writing Lyrics: Allusion Exercise
Find the Allusions Around You One of the best ways to pull a new technique or concept into your songwriting is do a lyric allusion exercise. For this one,…
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Colter Wall Sings Ian Tyson’s “Bob Fudge”
Ian Tyson is one of the best cowboy song writers around. Maybe songwriters. His song “Bob Fudge” is an exceptional example of how to write from someone else’s perspective….
