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In this video, I am going to share five tips on how to develop the story in your song.
I know, I know…you don’t want to write a novel, nor a movie. Yet, if your song narrates a well-planned story, with interesting and relatable characters, listeners will surely appreciate it!
The songs in the background are the instrumentals versions of some tracks taken from my 2017 album “Something To Say”.
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20 century trip is at 1:54 and 1:57 and while nothing and lender are at 1:51 and 1:58. And also warm fuzzy feeling is at 1:55. And also doll by foo fighters is at 1:23 hopefully ? you will check out my question and will those song ? count as sturdier the story and will those song ? count as being part of the album ? tracklisting and story telling too?
What about 20th century trip or warm fuzzy feeling by feeder or fastball or doll by foo fighters what happens if the songs are short because those stories are 1 minute short and 20th century trip is a outro than a full song while doll is a opening track of the song but still short but same thing that goes with warm fuzzy feeling and also lender and also nothing are those songs sound that has a beginning and end and also count that has a story aka chapter that’s on a album ? what’s your honest opinion about this?
I got a warm fuzzy feeling
When I saw you on t.v.
You were wearing a piece of me
And it breaks my heart to look around
And see the unimpressed
Who can't believe the emperor is dressed
Turn on my t.v.
I want to check some action
If you got no video
Well then folks don't want to know
But with you up there to light the way
I can wear a smile as I survey
The faces in the dark
Waiting for you to hit one out of the park
We notice every tiny little detail
And every word we read we'll take to heart Until you realize
There are no lies
When you see that look in their eyes
Waht are we gonna use to fill the empty spaces?
When you see her in the crowd
Will you make your mama proud?
She can turn around and see the faces
Looking at her son
Climbing his way up to #1
Scratching his way up to #1
You know in all of the time that we've shared
I've never been so scared
Doll me up in my bad luck
I'll meet you there
I wish I never had taken this dare
I wasn't quite prepared
Doll me up in my bad luck
Doll me up in my bad luck
I'll meet you there
Ocean blue
Deep + cool
Rain on me
Kiss the sea
Clouds in space
The earth rotates
Satellite ship
20th century trip What’s this story about?
You nailed it! This kind of "segue" thing happens at the mastering stage of an album… typically the engineer masters all the songs together and then splits the songs up into their own tracks. This way the whole album could play like "one long song" with about the same audio levels between each song. That's why sometimes you'll hear the end of a song at the beginning of another. Hope this helps!
Totally agree. Most of the time our intuition takes over and we don't even think about the terms of the sections we're writing. That's the best! And structure is absolutely a tool for furthering and supporting the story & concept ?
Yes, the standard definition of an album is 6 or more songs, longer than 30 minutes and also considered to be "one product." "EP" stands for extended play, while "LP" stands for long play, aka a full length album ?
100%, every song calls for its own structure- most of the time that means shifting around the "traditional arrangements." Part of what makes writing so fun!
To me, it does still count as one whole story, even if there's no segue between tracks. I think it's just an artistic choice to use segues. I think even if the songs start and stop on their own, they can still point back to the big theme of the album ?
Why songs have to start from beginning to end?
What happens if a song is very short like feeder 20th century trip is 1:57 and 1:54 and also warm fuzzy feeling is at 1:55 and also nothing is at 1:51 and also lender is at 1:58 and also doll by foo fighters is at 1:23 does it still count as a story song or not what’s your honest opinion about this?
Usually the songs on an album are the result of an artist's creations during a season of life. This means the songs can all speak to a similar set of themes, ideas and topics. So the aim of an album name is to try and sum up the big story/concept that all the songs pull from when they were written. It's not always like these, especially today. But traditionally, an album is like a "book" with the songs inside being like "chapters." Fun stuff! (I think ?)
Why are album ? are viewed as big story?
Make sense.
movement n conflict show dont tell
THANKS BUT u talk too fast