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So I’m working on my first song. I’ve never composed anything before, except for a few really bad drum solos, but now I’m thinking verse, chorus, bridge and falling asleep with chord progressions bouncing around my brain. It’s good.

The unexpected thing is that I listen to music differently now. I’ll be idly listening to something I’ve heard 30 times, subconsciously playing along with the music in my head, and I’ll think, Hmm, there’s not even a melody there; the band is just bashing out a rhythm together. I didn’t realize that was OK. And then I wonder if I can work the same trick into my song. I’m deducing the art of songwriting.

But I guess if I want to be a good songwriter, I should be listening to Beatles tracks instead of this obscure progressive stuff that only sold 1000 copies…

Nah!