In this week’s SongTown Songwriting Podcast episode, multi-hit songwriters Clay Mills and Marty Dodson, who've critiqued thousands of songs at SongTown, break down the 10 most common songwriting mistakes that peg a songwriter as an amateur. Correct these 10 simple things and you will be quickly writing your best songs!
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📒 Show Notes and Resources 📒
⭐️ Songwriting Books:
►Mastering Melody Writing: https://amzn.to/3wC5ipE
►Song Building: Mastering Lyric Writing: https://amzn.to/36t3kMy
►The Songwriter's Guide To Mastering Co-Writing: https://amzn.to/2Idev3R
⏰ Time Codes ⏰
0:00 Intro
0:15 All stats
2:35 Better than radio
6:10 Pronoun MixUp
7:30 Time Jumping
8:55 Rhyme Slave
09:55 Getting heard myth
12:15 Same ol' same
13:40 Too many ideas
15:27 Lack of contrast
18:10 Walking Org Ad