Would the formulas noted here apply to most genres, or mainly Top 40 pop and country material? The reason for asking is that I have noticed in bluegrass and Americana, there are often 2 verses, then chorus. From there you might get an instrumental break, and then either back to the main verse, the chorus or a bridge into chorus.

On the length of a song, I could be wrong here, but I try to just go with the industry and 3-3:30 seems about "right" for that genre? Faster tempos might be shorter, stories longer. For those in and dealing with Nashville and/or that genre of music....would these be valid observations? Or does the 1 verse, 1 cho still apply regardless.

Thanks

Paul Ryan
www.ryantunes.com