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Songwriter U: How to Avoid Repeating the Same Musical Patterns

Paul Zollo - 0
MIT scientists have confirmed neural pathways in the human brain designed exclusively for music.

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The Music Lab: The Magic Behind One-Chord Songs

Clay Mills - 0
Welcome to “The Music Lab,” a new Songwriter U column powered by SongTown and featured in American Songwriter every other print issue, and monthly on AmericanSongwriter.com. I’m obsessed...
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Songwriter U: On Telling Stories in Song

Paul Zollo - 0
Lennon embraces the gestalt understanding that if the songwriter provides enough detail, the listener can complete the circle himself.
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Between the Rhymes: The Job of Each Part of a Song

Marty Dodson - 0
Welcome to “Between The Rhymes,” a new Songwriter U column powered by SongTown and featured in American Songwriter every other print issue, and monthly on AmericanSongwriter.com. This column...
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Songwriter U: On Becoming Your Own Champion

Paul Zollo - 0
These days artists need to get that buzz going all on their own.
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Songwriter U: On Rhymes False, Internal and Otherwise

Paul Zollo - 0
Whether a rhyme is true or false, there is no denying their effect.
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Songwriter U: John Prine’s Poetry of Spoken Language

Paul Zollo - 0
“Give them easy words and easy thoughts, and let it move along," said Paul Simon.
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Songwriter U: Use of the First-Person

Paul Zollo - 0
The inverse use of the first-person has influenced so much modern songwriting.
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Songwriter U: Building Chord Progressions, Part 2

Paul Zollo - 0
James Taylor told us that learning any new chords always had an immediate effect on his songs.
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A Sacred Song: Inside Rodney Crowell’s First Songwriting Camp

Paul Zollo - 0
"As a songwriter, everything that happens helps you. If you learn from it."
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Legends of Songwriting: David Raksin

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