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March 20, 2009
Work Songs
Most of my songwriting friends know that professional songwriters often write as many as 3 or 4 finished songs a week, often more.
Are all of these songs going to become hits? Of course not. But maybe one of them will, and that’s all they need!
So what about all of those other songs? Many of them can be categorized as “work songs.” These are songs that are written, put aside and sometimes forgotten. Or, they will be “dismantled” and parts of them will turn up in subsequent songs.
If you write a lot of songs, you know how it goes: you may have a great first verse, or a fabulous chorus, but the rest of the song doesn’t work. Well, don’t let a good “song part” go down with the ship. Save that great line, that catchy chorus, and build a new song around it.
You may just come up with that one big hit.
Posted by leonolguin at March 20, 2009 11:13 AM