how to write a song

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Songwriting structure, how do yo you write a song with good structure? In this video I lay out how I go about creating good structure in my songwriting. 

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You'll notice that I place a huge amount of importance on song structure, I think it play such a huge role in good effective songwriting.
This quick songwriting tip about structure will point you and your songwriting in the right direction

I use cubase pro by steinberg as my digital audio workstation, but you could just as easily use the free version of garage band, audacity, pro tools, or heaps more

From Musician to Artist is a podcast designed to help musicians level up into recognised music artists, music artists that can sell tickets to shows, and build a genuine fanbase. If you're interested in learning from the experiences and research i have done you can connect with me at by subscribing on YouTube, searching 'from musician to artist' into your favourite podcast app, or heading to https://www.dottedeight.com

My name is Craig Honeysett, and I work out of the Dotted Eight Studio
I use the Panasonic Lumix S5 to shoot my video
I edit in Final Cut Pro
I capture my audio with the RE20 by SE electronics
into the presonus studiolive
and mix that in cubase pro

Chapters
00:00 From musician to artist intro
00:08 Songwriting tip, using structure
01:36 How I lay out structure
01:55 The benefits of good structure
02:55 Takes away the overwhelm
03:29 Songwriting checklist
04:08 From musician to artist outro

Intro/outro music by Robbie Mortimer 
All other audio from https://www.audiio.com

#musician #songwriting #musicartist

In this season finale episode DJ goes over all the tips he's collected after thinking of what could be said to someone who has never written a song before but would like to.

Music theory? Lessons? Payments? FORGET THAT!
Anything you need to learn on how to write a song you'll learn in this episode.
Along with the "How To" part of this, we also look at the oldest songs in recorded history and talk about the most controversial "song" as well.

This is the final episode of season 2. I hope you have enjoyed this season as much as I have doing the research and putting these episodes out.

I appreciate each and every one of you who have checked out my lil ole show these past 1 and a half years. I can't wait to come back to bring more episodes to the feed once I take a well needed and deserved break.

Until then, the catalogue of stuff I have is worth another listen, I recently listened back to the McDonald's episodes and I learned things I totally forgot I said. lol

Stay safe and warm wishes,

DJ Glowing Ice

Industrial Industries World Radio Songs and Skits of Seasons 1 & 2 now available everywhere you download and stream music!
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