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(14 intermediate revisions not shown) Line 1: Line 1: - ==Title==+ {{Songwriting Infobox}}- {{Songwriting_Infobox}}+ {{Title Infobox}}- {{Title_Infobox}}+ {{Lyric Infobox}}- Modeling is the process of creating useful maps of human abilities<br>+ ===Song Title Tips===- '''Ability:'''<br>+ - ''"What is [Ability]?"''<br>+ - ''"What do I want to be able to do?"''<br>+ - I write hit titles.+ - '''Belief Template:'''<br>+ Put your title in spotlighted positions: In chorus opening lines, closing lines, or both. in AABA form, at the end of each verse (modern) or at the beginning.- '''Criterion'''<br>+ - ''"When you are writing hit titles,what is important to you?"''<br>+ - ''"When you are writing hit titles,what are you evaluating?"''<br>+ - '''Definition'''<br>+ - ''"What is [Criterion]?"''<br>+ - ''"What do you mean by [Criterion]?"''<br>+ - '''Evidence'''<br>+ - ''"What do you see,hear, or feel that lets you know there is* [Criterion]?"''<br>+ - ''*(or "you are" "it is" "you have" etc.)''<br>+ - '''Enabling Cause-Effect'''<br>+ - ''"What enables someone to [Criterion]?"''<br>+ - ''"What is necessary for there to be [Criterion]?"''<br>+ - '''Motivating Cause-Effect'''<br>+ - ''"Why is [Criterion] important?"''<br>+ - ''"What does [Criterion] lead toormake possible?"''<br>+ - '''Supporting Beliefs:'''<br>+ - ''Note them ifthearise''<br>+ - '''Primary Strategy:'''<br>+ A good Title should...- ''"What are you usually doing—on the 'inside' and on the 'outside'—to write hit titles?"''<br>+ - ''"How do you normally go about writing hit titles?"''<br>+ - Place your title at key points in the chorus+ - Emphasize your title within the chorus+ - generate many chorus options for any song title+ - Tools to Emphasize aTitle+ - Step 1: Consider the title line+ - Which syllables are naturally stronger than others?+ - What natural rhythms does it suggest?+ - Are there any melodies that occur to you as you say it?+ - You want to set this line musically in a way that is natural and intuitive, easy to remember, where important lyrics are emphasized with support from the harmony and melody+ - Tools+ - Long Notes+ - Notes that sustain for a long time exaggerate a lyric and tell your audience "this is important."+ - Space+ - Absence of other lyrics around the title eliminates distractions from it.During this space, your audience can think about the words they just heard, and this will help them remember your important lyrics.+ - Downbeat Ending+ - The downbeat is the first beat of a measure. Ending the last strong syllable on (or near) the downbeat is a great way to emphasize your title.+ - Examples+ - Long Notes:+ - Roxanne - The Police+ - Space:+ - If This Is It - H. Lewis+ - Caroline in My Mind - J. Taylor+ - Downbeat Ending+ - Tracks of My Tears - S. Robinson+ - Power to the People - J. Lennon+ - Building the Section+ - Title Placement+ - the first line+ - Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting+ - What's Love Got To Do With It? - T. Turner+ - the last line+ - Time After Time - C. Lauper+ - Tracks of My Tears - S. Robinson+ - If you place your title (or other important lyrics) at the first or last line of the chorus, your audience will be more likely to remember it+ - Repetition+ - Exact Repetition is what the audience expects+ - How Sweet It Is - M. Gaye+ - Spirits In a Material World - The Police+ - Varied Repetition is more of a surprise+ - Roxanne - The Police+ - You can repeat lyrics, chord progressions, and melodic ideas in a variety of ways+ - Hook Placement and Focus: TurningtheLights On+ * Express the central idea of the song.- PuttheHook attheBeginning or EndofIts Section+ * Be the target of the rest of the lyrics.- Keep the Structure Pointing Forward until You Getto theHook+ * Be able to be developed as the song progresses, so that it gains more impact as we gain more information.- RepeattheHook+ * Be engaging and interesting, either by itself or in the ideas it provokes.- Use Sound to Spotlight the Hook+ * Be specific rather than general.- Use the Hook's Rhythm in Other Strategic Places+ - '''Secondary Strategy:'''<br>+ ===Song Titles Types: Direct or Blind===- ''"What doyoudo when that is not working well enough?"''<br>+ - ''"What do you do when that is not working at all?"''<br>+ ====Direct Song Titles====- ''"What doyoudo when it cannot work?"''<br>+ - '''Sustaining Emotions:'''<br>+ Direct song titles are self-contained. They contain meaning all by themselves.- ''"What is the background feelingthatkeeps you engaged in writing hit titles?"''<br>+ - ''"Whenyouare writing hit titles,what emotion is always operating inthebackground of your experience to help keepyouwriting hit titles?"''<br>+ * Rolling In the Deep, Adele- '''Signal Emotions:'''<br>+ * Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO- ''"What is the background feeling that keeps you engaged in writing hit titles?"''<br>+ * Firework, Katy Perry- '''ExternalBehavior:'''<br>+ * E.T., Katy Perry- ''"What areyou doing on theoutside that is essential to manifesting writing hit titles?"''<br>+ - '''Contributing Factors:'''<br>+ ====Blind Song Titles====- ''Note them ifthearise''+ + Blind song titles need lyrical context for full effect.+ + * Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed Peas+ * Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars+ * The Time, The Black Eyed Peas+ * Only Girl (In the World), Rihanna+ * I Wanna Go, Britney Spears+ + ===Finding Song Titles===+ + * [[Lizard Brain Titles]]+ * Transformed clichés+ * Suggest or contain metaphor or simile+ * A clever play on words+ * Sonic bonding with vowels (assonance), consonants (alliteration), or both+ * Opposites+ * Repetition+ * Variation+ * Double meanings+ * Advertising+ * Book and movie titles+ * Interesting things people say+ * Songs, especially lines you misunderstand+ * References: Thesaurus, Dictionaries of phrases, Rhyming dictionary, Dictionary of alliteration+ + ===Song Title Resources===+ + * [https://speedsongwriting.com The Speed Songwriting Cheat Sheet]+ * [https://speedsongwriting.com/lizard-brain-titles/ How To Get More Listeners With A "Lizard Brain" Song Title]+ * [https://speedsongwriting.com/the-perfect-song-title-5-things-to-remember/ The Perfect Song Title - 5 Things to Remember]+ + ===Song Title Examples/Lyric Triad Analysis===+ + * Rolling In the Deep: Place/Kinesthetic/Behavior+ * Party Rock Anthem (Party Rock Is in the House Tonight): People+Place+Time/Visual/Behavior+ * Firework ('Cause baby, you're a firework): People+Things/Visual/Identity+ * E.T. (Extraterrestrial): People+Place/Visual/Identity+ * Give Me Everything (Give me everything tonight): People+Things+Time/*/Behavior+ * Grenade (I'd catch a grenade for ya): People+Things/Visual/Behavior+ * Fuck You (Fuck you and fuck her too): People/Auditory/Behavior+ * Super Bass (He got that super bass. That's that super bass): People+Things/Auditory/Beliefs+ * Moves Like Jagger (I've got the moves like Jagger): People+Things/Visual+Kinesthetic/Capabilities+ * Just Can't Get Enough (I just can't get enough): People+Things/*/Belief+ * On the Floor: Place/Kinesthetic+Visual/Behavior+ * S&M: Activities/*/Behavior+ * Pumped Up Kicks (All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun): People+Things/Visual/Beliefs+ * Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): Time/*/Behavior+ * Just the Way You Are (Girl you're amazing just the way you are): People/*/Belief+Identity+ * Tonight (I'm Lovin' You): People+Time+Activities/*/Behavior+ * Raise Your Glass: Things+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective+ * Born This Way (I was born this way): People+Information/*/Identity+Beliefs+ * Fuckin' Perfect (You're fuckin' perfect to me): People/*/Beliefs+ * What's My Name?: People/*/Identity+ * Look At Me Now: People/Visual/Behavior+Capabilities+ * Down On Me (Put it down on me): People/Visual/Behavior+ * How to Love: People/*/Behavior+ * Someone Like You (Never mind, I'll find someone like you): People/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Capabilities+ * Good Life (This has gotta be good life): People+Things+Place/*/Beliefs+Environment+ * The Lazy Song (Today I swear I'm not doing anything, nothing at all): Time+People+Activities/*/Behavior+Environment+Beliefs+ * (Keep on dancing) Till the World Ends: Activities+People+Information/*/Behavior+Collective+Beliefs+Environment+ * The Show Goes On: Information+Activities/*/Beliefs+ * (I'm on) The Edge of Glory: People/*/Beliefs+ * We R Who We R: People+Place+Time/*/Beliefs+Identity+Collective+ * Black and Yellow: Place/Visual/Environment+ * Tonight Tonight: Time/*/Environment+ * (This place about to) Blow: Place+Time/*/Environment+Behavior+ * (A sky full of) Lighters: People+Place+Things+Activities/Visual/Collective+Behavior+Environment+ * If I Die Young: People+Activities+Time/*/Behavior+ * Stereo Hearts (My heart's a stereo): People+Things/Visual/Collective+Beliefs+ * The Time (I've had the time of my life): People+Time+Activities/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Environment+ * (I'm) Coming Home: People+Activities+Place/*/Behavior+Environment+ * Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor): People+Things+Activities+Place/*/Collective+Behavior+Environment+ * Only Girl (In the World): People+Place/Visual/Collective+Identity+Environment+ * 6 Foot 7 Foot (eight-foot bunch): People+Place+Information/Visual/Identity+ * Just a Kiss: People+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective+ * Dirt Road Anthem (Dirt Road): Place/Visual/Environment+ * Dynamite: Things/Visual/Behavior+ * No Hands: People+Things/Visual/Behavior+ * I Wanna Go (all the way): People+Activities/*/Behavior+ * I'm On One: People+Activities+Things/*/Identity+Behavior+Capabilities+ * You Make Me Feel: People+Activities/*/Beliefs+Collective+Capabilities+Behavior+ * (say) Yeah 3X: People/*/Behavior+ * (I wish that I could have this) Moment 4 Life: People+Things+Place+Time/*/Belief+Capabilities+ * I Need a Doctor: People/Visual/Beliefs+ * Just a Dream: People+Things/*/Beliefs+ * Motivation: People+Things/*/Identity+Beliefs+Capabilities+Behavior+ + + [[category:Music]]+ [[category:Songwriting]]+ [[category:Lyrics]]+ [[category:Title]]Current revision as of 13:19, 18 November 2018
Songwriting Infobox 
Song ModelSongwriting Lyrics - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Song Form Title - Chorus - Verse - Prechorus - Bridge Title Infobox Title Lyrics - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Lyric Infobox Lyrics: Top Level Title - Song Plots - Rhyme - Rhyme Scheme - Lyric Triad Patterns - Lyric Writing Checklist - Scratch - RhymeZone - Titles - Category:Lyrics - Template:Rhyme - Template:Lyric Lyric Lyric - Melody - Harmony - Rhythm - Form Contents
Song Title Tips
Put your title in spotlighted positions: In chorus opening lines, closing lines, or both. in AABA form, at the end of each verse (modern) or at the beginning.
A good Title should...
- Express the central idea of the song.
- Be the target of the rest of the lyrics.
- Be able to be developed as the song progresses, so that it gains more impact as we gain more information.
- Be engaging and interesting, either by itself or in the ideas it provokes.
- Be specific rather than general.
Song Titles Types: Direct or Blind
Direct Song Titles
Direct song titles are self-contained. They contain meaning all by themselves.
- Rolling In the Deep, Adele
- Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO
- Firework, Katy Perry
- E.T., Katy Perry
Blind Song Titles
Blind song titles need lyrical context for full effect.
- Just Can't Get Enough, The Black Eyed Peas
- Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars
- The Time, The Black Eyed Peas
- Only Girl (In the World), Rihanna
- I Wanna Go, Britney Spears
Finding Song Titles
- Lizard Brain Titles
- Transformed clichés
- Suggest or contain metaphor or simile
- A clever play on words
- Sonic bonding with vowels (assonance), consonants (alliteration), or both
- Opposites
- Repetition
- Variation
- Double meanings
- Advertising
- Book and movie titles
- Interesting things people say
- Songs, especially lines you misunderstand
- References: Thesaurus, Dictionaries of phrases, Rhyming dictionary, Dictionary of alliteration
Song Title Resources
- The Speed Songwriting Cheat Sheet
- How To Get More Listeners With A "Lizard Brain" Song Title
- The Perfect Song Title - 5 Things to Remember
Song Title Examples/Lyric Triad Analysis
- Rolling In the Deep: Place/Kinesthetic/Behavior
- Party Rock Anthem (Party Rock Is in the House Tonight): People+Place+Time/Visual/Behavior
- Firework ('Cause baby, you're a firework): People+Things/Visual/Identity
- E.T. (Extraterrestrial): People+Place/Visual/Identity
- Give Me Everything (Give me everything tonight): People+Things+Time/*/Behavior
- Grenade (I'd catch a grenade for ya): People+Things/Visual/Behavior
- Fuck You (Fuck you and fuck her too): People/Auditory/Behavior
- Super Bass (He got that super bass. That's that super bass): People+Things/Auditory/Beliefs
- Moves Like Jagger (I've got the moves like Jagger): People+Things/Visual+Kinesthetic/Capabilities
- Just Can't Get Enough (I just can't get enough): People+Things/*/Belief
- On the Floor: Place/Kinesthetic+Visual/Behavior
- S&M: Activities/*/Behavior
- Pumped Up Kicks (All the other kids with the pumped up kicks, you'd better run, better run, outrun my gun): People+Things/Visual/Beliefs
- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): Time/*/Behavior
- Just the Way You Are (Girl you're amazing just the way you are): People/*/Belief+Identity
- Tonight (I'm Lovin' You): People+Time+Activities/*/Behavior
- Raise Your Glass: Things+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective
- Born This Way (I was born this way): People+Information/*/Identity+Beliefs
- Fuckin' Perfect (You're fuckin' perfect to me): People/*/Beliefs
- What's My Name?: People/*/Identity
- Look At Me Now: People/Visual/Behavior+Capabilities
- Down On Me (Put it down on me): People/Visual/Behavior
- How to Love: People/*/Behavior
- Someone Like You (Never mind, I'll find someone like you): People/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Capabilities
- Good Life (This has gotta be good life): People+Things+Place/*/Beliefs+Environment
- The Lazy Song (Today I swear I'm not doing anything, nothing at all): Time+People+Activities/*/Behavior+Environment+Beliefs
- (Keep on dancing) Till the World Ends: Activities+People+Information/*/Behavior+Collective+Beliefs+Environment
- The Show Goes On: Information+Activities/*/Beliefs
- (I'm on) The Edge of Glory: People/*/Beliefs
- We R Who We R: People+Place+Time/*/Beliefs+Identity+Collective
- Black and Yellow: Place/Visual/Environment
- Tonight Tonight: Time/*/Environment
- (This place about to) Blow: Place+Time/*/Environment+Behavior
- (A sky full of) Lighters: People+Place+Things+Activities/Visual/Collective+Behavior+Environment
- If I Die Young: People+Activities+Time/*/Behavior
- Stereo Hearts (My heart's a stereo): People+Things/Visual/Collective+Beliefs
- The Time (I've had the time of my life): People+Time+Activities/*/Beliefs+Behavior+Environment
- (I'm) Coming Home: People+Activities+Place/*/Behavior+Environment
- Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor): People+Things+Activities+Place/*/Collective+Behavior+Environment
- Only Girl (In the World): People+Place/Visual/Collective+Identity+Environment
- 6 Foot 7 Foot (eight-foot bunch): People+Place+Information/Visual/Identity
- Just a Kiss: People+Activities/Visual/Behavior+Collective
- Dirt Road Anthem (Dirt Road): Place/Visual/Environment
- Dynamite: Things/Visual/Behavior
- No Hands: People+Things/Visual/Behavior
- I Wanna Go (all the way): People+Activities/*/Behavior
- I'm On One: People+Activities+Things/*/Identity+Behavior+Capabilities
- You Make Me Feel: People+Activities/*/Beliefs+Collective+Capabilities+Behavior
- (say) Yeah 3X: People/*/Behavior
- (I wish that I could have this) Moment 4 Life: People+Things+Place+Time/*/Belief+Capabilities
- I Need a Doctor: People/Visual/Beliefs
- Just a Dream: People+Things/*/Beliefs
- Motivation: People+Things/*/Identity+Beliefs+Capabilities+Behavior
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