hook

Songwriting and the verse: how to get it right

December 28, 2009

So often, I’ll listen to a song and think the hook, usually the chorus, is so powerful and amazing, and then I’ll listen closely to or read the lyrics to the verses and feel completely let down. I’ll give you an example of a song that’s been my guilty pop pleasure lately: A song called [...]

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Songwriting essentials: The "hook"

July 15, 2009

The “hook” of a song — that songwriting element that, broadly defined, serves as the catchy motif or refrain in a song — is not just for commercial songwriters longing to create the next Britney Spears or Lady GaGa hit. In fact, nearly every song has some kind of a hook. Even Bob Dylan‘s longest, [...]

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