In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Miles Copeland discusses the elements of song structure and writing hooks.
Miles Axe Copeland III (born May 2, 1944) is an American entertainment executive, best known for founding I.R.S. Records. His brother, Stewart Copeland, was part of the pop-rock trio The Police, which Miles managed. Another brother, Ian Copeland, was a successful booking agent who described much of the New Wave adventures of Miles, Stewart and himself in his book, Wild Thing.

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20 Replies to “Miles Copeland On Hook Songwriting”

  2. Everything he says here is today totally moot, totally useless because people do not buy records anymore, there is no more music business. There is only streaming and even if you have a lot of streams you are going to make nothing in terms of money.

  9. when a song is kind of getting old to you even though you like the hook what I do is I change the key and it sounds almost like a new song. I know people who have done that before but not as often as should because you'll get disinterested in the song as it stays in the same key it's like a refresher

  12. The way I see this…as only a consumer wanting good music, Miles has an ear for the the next hit. I get that the bottom line for record making….show me a top ten song. Well, that is all good, but what if he had been the manager for the Beach Boys album "Smile" in the mid 60's, would he have known how powerful the album was? I think Miles knows a hit song, or album, but you just have to take chances and allow the artist to explore.

  14. He knows what he's talking about. It doesn't mean that a song that follows the formula has to be boring or derivative. There are many ways to still stay within the formula and make a song interesting. Early Police's verses were reggae-ish, then rock choruses. That was new. The formula was there, but the melodies were hooky and musicianship superb. And they sold millions of records, which is basically his point.

  16. it's all about building tension and then a big release a couple times, then a bridge, and back to the chorus, king of pain, spirits in the material world, and wrapped around your finger three examples and my biggest releases

  19. What on earth is this guy talking about? His advice has nothing to do with music, it focuses on profiting from hit songs. Music is not about selling or desperately keeping people interested. Songs can be built in a million different ways. Following formulas doesn't guarantee a good song, neither does breaking them.

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