When you learn the structure of a song, you can write better songs because you are using proven formulas. The song "Live Your Life" by T.I. & Rhianna is dope for many reasons. It really shows T.I.'s maturity as a songwriter and everything in the song just blends together. The music, the lyrics, melody, the structure...I mean everything.
The song structure for "Live Your Life" basically goes like this:
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
When you listen to the song, you can hear this formula and this formula is a HIT!
To make it even simpler we can use the songwriting standard of using letters to identify the parts of a song. Here it is below where A=Verse, B=Chorus/Hook, C=Bridge.
BABABCB
In my next blog I will break down the bars of "Live Your Life" and why it is also important to song structure.
Let's Make It Happen!!!
Mello Melanin, The Hot Instrumentalist
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Friday, January 9, 2009
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