Originally Posted by Kimberlyinnc
Now after reading all of this I am totally confused. crazy
Kim


No need for confusion, Kim...it's still same as it ever was: there are a million different ways to write a song.

I'm getting a sense that some folks might think I'm saying a three minute song is what you all MUST write, period. And to that, I say TOSH. TOSH, I say! And fiddlefaddle too!

The point of this thread is to direct people's attention to the IDEA of writing something short and economical, because it's a great challenge. And also to examine your song structure through length. If you have a song that's 4 minutes, is it a NECESSARY 4 minutes? Are you repeating your intro riff several times? If you have 2 verses before a chorus, is it working? Or is it maybe dragging your song?

So to clarify, I'm just saying that if you focus on writing a short one, that sense of editing, of analyzing, will serve you well no matter how long your song is.

Which is, of course, why we're talking about American Pie and Bohemian Rhapsody.

Wait...now I'm confused...

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