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4 Songwriting Personas to Avoid
(Unless You Want To Sound Like An Arsehole)

It’s fun to write a song from the perspective of an unpleasant character.  Pop music has enough love songs, so it can be refreshing to write something from an alternative […]

Posted on July 12, 2018August 12, 2018 by Rob Shiels
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The History of the Tonight Trick in Popular Music

Elvis used it, Ed Sheeran uses it.  In this month’s songwriting article, we take a look at one of the most enduring (and embarrassing) clichés of popular music: putting ‘tonight’ […]

Posted on March 12, 2018September 4, 2019 by Rob Shiels
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6 Ways to Prepare for your First
Songwriting Trip to Nashville

For a professional songwriter, Nashville is where it’s at.  The city is abuzz with young, commercially-focused writers and artists spending every hour of the day on writing, co-writing and performing.  Country […]

Posted on September 18, 2017February 1, 2018 by Rob Shiels
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“Am I Original? Yeah!”
How To Write A Great Pop Pre-Chorus
(Part 1)

Welcome to the latest entry in Twin Monarch’s series of Songwriting Guides.  This is the first in our two-part guide on How To Write A Great Pop Pre-chorus.  Feel free to […]

Posted on May 13, 2017March 12, 2018 by Rob Shiels
Posted in Songwriting GuidesTagged abba, backstreet boys, guide, pre, pre-chorus, robyn, songwriting, structure, tips1 Comment

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    The History of the Tonight Trick in Popular Music

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