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Don't Bore Us – Write a Chorus (Techniques for Songwriters)

by Joe Bennett | Nov 26, 2012 | Songwriting, Total Guitar

This article originally appeared in Total Guitar magazine issue 227, May 2012. Reproduced by permission. Words: Joe Bennett. Illustration: Naomi Hocking. Click the image to download a pdf. ——————— Here’s a psychology...

All You Gotta Do Is Sing – lyric processes in songwriting

by Joe Bennett | Oct 18, 2012 | Songwriting, Total Guitar

This article originally appeared in Total Guitar magazine issue 225, March 2012. Reproduced by permission. Words: Joe Bennett. Illustration: Naomi Hocking. Click the image to download a pdf. Lyrics are not poetry. And a poem is not a lyric. Poems have their own...

Song vs Track – the Picture and the Frame

by Joe Bennett | May 18, 2012 | Plagiarism, Songwriting, Total Guitar

This article originally appeared in Total Guitar magazine issue 219, October 2011. Reproduced by permission. Words: Joe Bennett. Illustration: Christian Ward. Click the image to download a pdf of the article. Do you have a favourite song? Do you know why you like it?...

Total Guitar magazine – songwriting article (song form)

by Joe Bennett | Jan 10, 2012 | Songwriting, Total Guitar

This article originally appeared in Total Guitar magazine issue 216, July 2011. Reproduced by permission. Words: Joe Bennett. Illustration: Christian Ward. Click the image to download a pdf. If you build it, they will come Most songs consist of a small number of basic...

Process in songwriting – Total Guitar magazine

by Joe Bennett | Nov 23, 2011 | Guitar books, Songwriting, Total Guitar

This article first appeared in Total Guitar magazine issue 215, June 2011. Words: Joe Bennett. Illustration: Christian Ward. Six rules of (fingers and) thumb There are no rules in songwriting. It’s your song, and you can do anything you like with it. But! There are...
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