Angel/Aerosmith
Atlantic City- Bruce Springsteen
Believe It or Not/Joey Scarbury
Breathe- Faith Hill
The Dance- Garth Brooks
Eye of the Tiger/Survivor
Foolish Games- Jewel
Good Vibrations/Beach Boys
Help!- The Beatles
Here Is Gone- Goo Goo Dolls
I'll Be There For You/Bon Jovi
I'm With You/Break Away- Avril Lavigne/Kelly Clarkson
Independence Day- Martina McBride
Iris- Goo Goo Dolls
Suspicious Minds- Elvis Presley
Yesterday- The Beatles
The Art of Songwriting
The reason why I stress listening to other songs so much is because
understanding how they work will make writing so much easier for
you.  Songwriting is an art.  It's like painting a picture except we use
words and music instead of colors.  And just like with painting, the
more colors you have to work with, the more effective you will be.
Songs are like different colors and each time you can learn
something from one of them, you pick up a new color.  So the more
songs you expose yourself to, the more techniques you will know,
and the more colors you'll have in your "paint palette."  Now when you
go to write your songs, instead of trying to come up with ideas out of
nowhere, you'll have a variety of colors to work with and that will make
writing a lot easier and much more fun.
So to recap- the more songs you listen to, the more techniques you
will , the easier it will be for you to write because you will have many
more options as you create your "masterpiece"!
Everyone's palette will be different based on their influences and
inspirations.  So it's up to you to create your own unique palette of
songs that will work best for you.  Below, you'll see a list of songs that
I'll use as examples.  Just click on each song and you'll see how I
break it down to reveal to you what techniques they use.
I'll be adding new songs to the list, so just let me know which ones
you want to see and I will try to include them!
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