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Thread started 08/15/10 12:45pm

smoothcriminal
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How do you tell if someone is a good songwriter?

I struggle with this, someone please just tell me.
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Reply #1 posted 08/15/10 12:48pm

BklynBabe

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ummm....you like the song hmmm

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Reply #2 posted 08/15/10 3:55pm

bboy87

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BklynBabe said:

ummm....you like the song hmmm

BINGO

also if they have good structure

"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #3 posted 08/15/10 4:25pm

elmer

The precious gift as a songwriter is that of communication, on whatever level: natural, familial or sociopolitical. The goal of any work of art should be an honest expression of the artist's own perceptions, but you have to privilege the listener, and not the writer, in determining meaning or multiple meanings from lyrics.

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Reply #4 posted 08/15/10 4:27pm

alphastreet

I think the flow is important too in addition to what was already said. I don't think it should sound awkward, especially lyrically.

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Reply #5 posted 08/15/10 4:58pm

WildStyle

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They write good songs? lol

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Reply #6 posted 08/15/10 5:10pm

alphastreet

you want to start dancing to it in the middle of work, even if you're the lady in harlem scrubbing toilets

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Reply #7 posted 08/15/10 9:09pm

smoothcriminal
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alphastreet said:

you want to start dancing to it in the middle of work, even if you're the lady in harlem scrubbing toilets

You so read the MJ Ebony interview lol

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Reply #8 posted 08/15/10 9:13pm

alphastreet

smoothcriminal12 said:

alphastreet said:

you want to start dancing to it in the middle of work, even if you're the lady in harlem scrubbing toilets

You so read the MJ Ebony interview lol

in the words of Michelle Tanner, you got it dude!!! I remember reading it when it first came out

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