Training your ear to hear the difference between song bones and production clothes will help you write songs that are both hooky and timeless. You expand your understanding of what makes a great song by listening for these common elements across a variety of styles. Songs in all genres from classical to country to dance to R&B often have melodic and rhythmic elements in common.
Remember, when done well, the body and fashion are connected and should feel like one. If you want to improve your production skills, my Inspired Listening exercise will also help you better understand what production techniques work best for different types of songs. To put it simply: learn to separate the production elements from the Does the chorus go higher? Does it get busier in notes? Or, is the verse wordy while the chorus stretches out into longer held notes? Is there a pre-chorus, or does it roll right into the chorus? Is there a bridge? Notice how a verse melody will have melodic/rhythmic patterns that are completely different than the song chorus. Well-built song that can wear any style of production, yet still evoke a strongĪs you listen to music this week, focus on the vocal melodies of the singers. Of time-one that will hold up in any circumstance, whether it’s played on anĪcoustic guitar in a coffee shop or receiving the full production treatment for Strive forįor writing a great song has always been to write a song that stands the test All three recordings were adorned with completely different production values, but the song underneath the fashion was the same core song. From country to the club! Kimberley also sang a more pop-sounding version on American Idol. The dance version of “Fall” gyrated to #1 on the charts. A few years after he released it, pop artist Kimberley Locke discovered the song and recorded a dance club version of it. This happened to one of my own songs, “Fall,” a Top 5 single for country superstar Clay Walker. Aīouncy, fully produced radio hit of yesterday changes into an ethereal moody You will have heard a plethora of old hits and obscure album cuts redone completely as new cover versions.
If you’ve watched television over the last five years, Song can be produced in multiple styles over multiple decades and still be a
Sound like they did five, ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago. Working in synergy that a singer can stand alone onstage in a stadium and sing a cappella-and 30,000 people will sing along! To do that, a song needs one hell of aįashions change quickly. Great songs have so many of these core song elements Does the bridge (if there is one) go somewhere
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