{"id":9594,"date":"2019-02-12T21:17:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T21:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/how-to-write-a-song-using-imagery-9-songwriting-tips-from-andrea-stolpe-american-songwriter\/"},"modified":"2019-02-12T21:17:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T21:17:14","slug":"how-to-write-a-song-using-imagery-9-songwriting-tips-from-andrea-stolpe-american-songwriter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/12\/how-to-write-a-song-using-imagery-9-songwriting-tips-from-andrea-stolpe-american-songwriter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Write a Song Using Imagery: 9 Songwriting Tips from Andrea Stolpe | American Songwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hDI1b2dXlt8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Download Your Free Songwriting Handout Now: https:\/\/berkonl.in\/2w7aXEL<br \/>\nIt\u2019s easy to see the imagery that songwriters use in the lyrics of country music, but in other types of music, it\u2019s a little bit more difficult to pin down. In this free songwriting tutorial, songwriter and Berklee Online course author Andrea Stolpe covers 9 ways to use effective imagery in your song lyrics, no matter what genre of song you\u2019re writing. Working from the age old \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell\u201d school of songwriting, and encouraging innovative experiments that range from sensory writing to changing the lyrical perspective of your song, Andrea uncovers a number of effective ways to keep your listeners engaged in your lyrics. She also offers tips on how to get past the hurdle of the second verse, and how to write through a lens.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 How to Create a Stronger Song with Imagery<br \/>\n4:54 Verses Carry the Story \/ The Chorus Carries the Main Message<br \/>\n8:25 How to Create Imagery for Songs<br \/>\n15:23 Weight and Pace<br \/>\n18:47 How to Use Imagery to Write a Verse<br \/>\n23:55 How to Use Toggling and Imagery<br \/>\n28:08 Writing through a Lens<br \/>\n31:02 Writing the Second Verse<br \/>\n33:35 Polishing Techniques for Lyrics<\/p>\n<p>About Andrea Stolpe:<br \/>\nAndrea Stolpe is a multiplatinum songwriter, performing artist, and educator. Her songs have been recorded by Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Wayne, and more. She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing. Her books, Popular Songwriting: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling and Beginning Songwriting: Writing Your Own Lyrics, Melodies, and Chords detail a unique process for uniting your artistic voice with the commercial market. Andrea has taught melody, harmony, and lyric writing courses for Berklee Online for more than a decade. She authored the Berklee Online course Commercial Songwriting Techniques, which she teaches. She also teaches Lyric Writing: Writing from the Title, and Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music for Berklee Online.<\/p>\n<p>About Berklee Online:<br \/>\nBerklee Online is the continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, delivering online access to Berklee&#8217;s acclaimed curriculum from anywhere in the world, offering online courses, certificate programs, and degree programs. Contact an Academic Advisor today:<br \/>\n1-866-BERKLEE (US)<br \/>\n1-617-747-2146 (international callers)<br \/>\nadvisors@online.berklee.edu<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BerkleeOnline<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"525\" data-height=\"788\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BerkleeOnline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by BerkleeOnline<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.instagram.com\/berkleeonline\/<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Stolpe | Songwriting Tips | Free Songwriting Lesson | Online Songwriting Lesson | Songwriting Tutorial | American Songwriter | I Create Music | Berklee | Berklee Online | Berklee College of Music<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hDI1b2dXlt8\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Your Free Songwriting Handout Now: https:\/\/berkonl.in\/2w7aXEL It\u2019s easy to see the imagery that songwriters use in the lyrics of country music, but in other [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,50,51,42,34,33,36],"tags":[334,347,348,717,714,716,272,715,103,113,111,104,112,117,114,116,115],"class_list":["post-9594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-creating-a-hit-song","category-how-to-write-soul-music","category-how-to-write-soul-music-songs","category-most-popular-soul-songwriters","category-motown-songwriters","category-r-and-b-songwriters","category-self-publish-songwriter","tag-american","tag-berklee","tag-berklee-college-of-music","tag-berklee-online","tag-berkleemusic","tag-music-education","tag-online-education","tag-online-music-education","tag-songwriter","tag-songwriters-festival","tag-songwriting","tag-songwriting-contest","tag-songwriting-tips","tag-successful-songwriters","tag-writing-lyrics","tag-writing-lyrics-to-a-song","tag-writing-lyrics-to-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wildsongwriter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}