If you're man who dreams of becoming a great songwriter let me offer you this bit of advice; set aside a few hours out of your day to study any one of Michael Jackson's hit songs. I am convinced that clearly he was -- and is -- one of the world's many songwriters.
I'm an 80's baby, baby, so I grew up during the King of Pop's heyday and I was shocked -- like probably you were -- when I heard the news about Michael Jackson's death. And like most people, I started downloading a ton of music. I felt I needed to honor my man for a little while; honor what Mj gave to music and to the world. Finally I found myself reminiscing events in my life as my mp3 player cycled straight through classics like "remember the time", and "will you be there"...man, those were great times!
Baby Lyrics
And it wasn't so much a thing where I was a hyperventilating concert fan in the past -- or where I'd have a walkman (yeah...remember those?) or Cd player packed full with his music in continuous rotation -- but maybe I'd be in the car with my dad as he drove his boys to the park to toss nearby the football, and Michael Jackson's most recent hit would echo in the background on the radio.
I've never been to any of his concerts nor bought any of his music (until a few weeks ago), but Michael Jackson's music was all the time on the playlist to the soundtrack of my life for the better part of 2 decades. Everyone I knew knew who Michael Jackson was well before his "wacko" era...and that saying a lot about his talent as a songwriter, musician and entertainer!
For A While I Was reasoning About starting a Series of Songwriter Articles
...But I didn't know how I should start it until late June (2009). Then it hit me: "I should talk about today's songs; pick apart crappy songs and applaud great songs". I thought, "Maybe it could help unleash a brand new batch of pro songwriters onto the world...or at least inspire supplementary study on the subject of songwriting". And then -- as if on cue -- in a tragic turn of events Mike Jay passes and citizen flood market trying to buy and download all his albums and music.
I felt this was my occasion to help you start your transformation into becoming a great songwriter -- sort of like "passing the torch" on behalf of Mj -- while also paying small homage to the dude as one of the many songwriters of all time.
So within my first 100 or so articles, I'm going to focus on why Michael Jackson was a songwriting force. And at the same time I'll start several smaller articles to pick apart many of his most beloved songs and justify why there're as great as they are. Finally I'm going to progress my songwriter articles into studying many of today's beloved songwriters and songs, but I feel it's fitting if I begin with one of the best.
Now it takes more than writing great lyrics to make a great song.
It takes mastering all parts of the songwriting process, and then you must make sure your song connects citizen to one another. Mike's many gift was his quality to connect with citizen (because he wasn't all the time the principle songwriter for his songs). He hired legendary songwriters like Paul McCartney (of the Beatles), Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson writing songs for him (which isn't bad if you ask me), but Finally he wanted to express his own creativity...much like I assume you want to.
When he took over the job of songwriter, his vocation hit the stratosphere! It was a "thrill[er]", to say the least. Michael Jackson made sure he understood all parts of the songwriting process. I read that he would work on a song over and over until it was perfect. Thirteen (13) #1 songs and 750 Million article sales later, I think it's safe to assume that he had discovered the winning songwriting formula.
I feel there are 3 key stages to come to be a flourishing songwriter:
* You must feel comfortable & determined as a songwriter, not nervous or embarrassed.
* You must apply the basics in your songwriting, not just study them.
* You must not quit; close a song (no matter how terrible), and start another song to get better.
No one knows exactly what method Michael Jackson used in his songwriting -- and every songwriter Finally discovers his and her own songwriting style -- but I've provided a basic order to manufacture your song from idea to composition. Come to think of it, Michael Jackson was probably so gifted and intuitive that he didn't need steps to follow, so these steps are for those of us who aren't as special, who need a little direction:
1. Convey a target Songwriter Emotion
-- Songwriting is about connecting citizen to one another straight through emotion.
2. Set the best Songwriting Tempo
-- The speed of your song affects the amount of power it has to Convey emotion.
3. Understand the Dynamic of your song
-- Your song has a exact beat and rhythm used to guide your lyrics.
4. Generate your songwriting sections
-- From Intro to Chorus, you need to understand your next song's layout.
5. Equilibrium your Prominence
-- Are your lyrics or music more leading in your next song.
6. Generate your Rhythm & Melody
-- Generate your core lyrical delivery & and core music (note) pattern.
7. Build your Rhythmic & Melodic themes
-- Your themes are advanced from your cores for each section.
Much of Michael Jackson's life was very strange -- what else would you expect from a society that's turns citizen into objects of our entertainment -- but many of his songs were and still are fantastic (to say the least) because Jackson followed a similar songwriting process. And even though we live in a decade of rock and rap -- where we're "too cool" to connect ourselves with man like a Michael Jackson until his tragic death -- no one can deny his great music or the power of his songwriting ability.
Study his music, lyrics and songwriting style if you want to get the best head start at becoming a great songwriter.
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