Song study is an important part of developing mastery skills as a professional songwriter.
But how do you study a song? How do you learn from it? And how does that help you develop your skills as a songwriter?
Not all song study systems are created equally, and worse, some even encourage you to plagiarize or outright copy the original work you're admiring.
That's not respectful, ethical or even helpful in the long run when you're trying to work toward a sustainable career.
To help songwriters study songs in an objective way, Songpreneurs developed a proprietary system for song study called the 7 Steps Song Analysis™.
To encourage its use, in 2020 we'll be posting Song Study Saturdays as a regular feature in our Songpreneurs Digest Email Newsletter.
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The first Song Study Saturday selection of this year is a classic nugget of Nashville gold called "Little Green Apples" by Roger Miller.
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This work demonstrates fearless, unique, creative self-expression at the highest level.
Please purchase your copy of the song from your favorite retailer or listen at home from your own collection if you already have the song in your library, and download the 7 Steps Song Analysis™ article & worksheet in our Songpreneurs Shop to participate with the group project.
If you'd like, post your comments here in the blog.
Happy, healthy and productive New Year, Songpreneurs!
Love,
HQ
Here's another good one for Song Study Saturday - The Who's "My Generation."
This is the band's official video post of the song "My Generation" written by Pete Townshend.
Thought it would be appropriate to choose a British band, as this weekend is when Brexit takes effect.
Also, this is Super Bowl weekend and The Who performed at the halftime show a few years back.
Post your comments if you do an analysis -
It's a great one! Great to see you on the site, Lydia.
Wow! This took me way back! I had never heard this original work but a remake of it! It is still so powerful. I will look at the seven step song analysis with it!
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