Posts Tagged ‘hooks’

December 22nd, 2007
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Rewriting Song Titles For Practice And Inspiration

Here’s an exercise I love to do when I need inspiration for song titles. If nothing’s coming naturally, this trick can really get the creative juices flowing. Even if I end up using nothing that I come up with, I find that within a day or two, one of my ideas will trigger something completely different, usable, and inspiring.


June 21st, 2007
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Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 06-21-07

Andrea Stolpe, an award winning songwriter with writing credits for top artists like Faith Hill, shares some powerful and unique songwriting tips from her new book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling.

 
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May 12th, 2007
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Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07

Topics covered: Advice to developing songwriters, the art and craft of songwriting, strategies for writing hooks and melodies, a 7-step process to writing hit songs, and much more.

 
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October 13th, 2006
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Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 10-13-06

Topics covered: Hooks, song titles, song ideas, lyrical insights, melodic insights, hook placement, and much more…

 
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August 3rd, 2006
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Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-03-06

Topics covered: Song titles, P.T. Barnum, hooks, headlines, direct response, songwriting, the internet…

 
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February 26th, 2006
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How To Find The Head-Turning Hook That Reels ‘Em In

Be the one song your fans listen to today that gets their adrenaline pumping.
Before you commit to a single note of your next song, you want to do some serious sleuthing behind the scenes.
I call it being a hook detective. What you’re looking for is the “hook” of your song–that unique part of the song [...]



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I'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.

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