When my brother and in law used to yell at their dog, she would run over to me and sit right next to me, cause she felt she was protected by me. Your doing that running to MAB, you mentioned him twice already here. Same thing with somebody releasing an album, if they post it here somebody might say something doesnt sound right. So they dont.

He doesnt post songs here because HE is a teacher. What happens if he posts a song and somebody critiques it? That doesnt bode well for a potential student. MAB is a very nice guy, and has some great stories , and should write a book.

But there is a reason he doesnt talk song craft here. His main focus is on teaching about networking and establishing relationships which is important whether the song is good or not, same principle.

And it makes you popular if everybody is capable of doing this.

It doesnt make you popular saying something is lacking.

I dont have any special critiquing knowledge, neither does anybody. But there are standards of what elements a song should have.

A great title, a memorable melody with enough variation to keep it interesting but not so much where you lose the listener. Strong opening line to draw the listener in, ways of building a story (which in pop is not really a thing, not enough words) Use of irony, metaphor, hyperbole (8 days a week) , alliteration, meter, rhyme, Finding the right marriage of music and lyric, prosody. learning the rules and then breaking them.

None of this is my knowledge, its all part of the craft, i dont think ive mastered the craft, far from it, but im aware of it, and what the theory is


Last edited by Fdemetrio; 03/12/21 11:07 AM.