Narrative Songwriting Explored. This podcast is all about how you can write a song that tells a story. The LyricMastery Podcast helps you look BEYOND lyric structure and form AND focus on what's important: how to hook, move, and impact your audience. And we achieve that through the power of storytelling. In this podcast, you get amazing tools on how to craft, write, and revise your lyrics without hitting writer's block ever again. Hit subscribe and get ready to get to another level!
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#67 - 7 Storytelling Mistakes That Are KILLING Your Songs
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#65 How To Write A Chorus - Lyrics For An Empowering Song
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#64 Unpacking the Magic of "Nothing is Over" by Sunrise Avenue: A Powerful Love Story in Song
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#63 Taylor Swift's Storytelling and Songwriting Explored
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#62 Lyric Breakdown of a Crime Story - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
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#61 - 3 Ways to Include the Location in the Lyrics
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#60 How To Write A Song Based On A Story (Key Story Moments)
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#59 - Quick Guide to Storytelling in Songwriting
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#58 - The Only 3 Ways To Include The PLACE In Your Song Lyrics
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#56 - Best Song Topics To Write About (That People Love To Listen To)
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#55 - How To Write The Beginning Of A Song So You Can Hook Your Audience (+Examples)
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#54 - Your Song Has To Go Somewhere - Meaning Explained
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#53 - How To Write A Song That Tells A Story
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#52 - Lewis Capaldi - The Needless Struggle of a Successful Music Artist
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#50 - “The Comeback” by Drew Davies - A great example of a redemption story in a song
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#49 - Overcoming what's holding you back & reaching your goals.
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#48 - The Ultimate Dilemma for the Song’s Main Character – Waypoint #3: The Crisis
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#47 - How to combine every part of the lyrics so that it contributes to one central meaning?
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Today, I wanna answer a question that I got recently asked in my Facebook Group. It’s from Hudson. And he asked: How can I combine every part of the song so that it contributes to one central meaning of the lyrics? That’s an awesome question, and let’s talk about it right now. Visit lyricmastery.com for everything on storytelling in songwriting…
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#46 - Writing A Turning Point Moment in Lyrics – Waypoint #2: The Turning Point Progressive Complication
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If you’re like me, you have something valuable to share. Something that matters. And that we know that can help someone who will listen to our song. And to get our message across in a way that bypasses a listener's critical mind, we have to wrap what we have to say into an experience. And we create that experience through the journey we send our so…
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#45 - How I Discovered the Power of Lyrics
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#44 - Throwing the Song's Character's Life Out Of Balance – Waypoint #1: The Inciting Incident
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#43 - What You Have to Say Matters… and How To Make it Matter to Others
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#42 - “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” by Thompson Square – How to Create a Smooth and Subtle Narrative Flow
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#41 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 3: The Intriguing Question
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#40 - Steps Two and Three to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process
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#39 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines – Part 2: The Shocking Statement
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#38 - The First Step to Creating A One-Sentence Lyric Outline To Guide Your Writing Process
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#37 - Attention Grabbing Opening Lines - Part 1: The Powerful Problem
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#36 - Knowing Which Lyric Lines & Ideas To Keep Or Throw Out – How To Answer The Question Of Relevancy
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#34 - How To Crush It As A Support Act - The Do’s and Dont’s!
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#33 - Dynamic Characters in Narrative Songwriting
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#32 - “You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This” by Toby Keith – Making Your Song’s Character Fall in Love
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#31 - Creating Conflict by Using a Character's Wants and Needs (+ WORKSHEET)
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#30 - 3 Ways to Develop your Song's Character Using Internal Content Genres
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#29 - Every Character WANTS something. But how to figure out WHAT that is?
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#28 - “Shut Up and Kiss Me” by Mary Chapin Carpenter – Avoiding Contradictions in Lyrics
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#27 - Develop your Lyric's Verses by Using Progressive Complications (+ WORKSHEET)
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#26 - Development Engine ADVANCED: 5 Commandments of Storytelling
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#25 - A Songwriter’s Six Best Friends ADVANCED: The Story Grid Diorama Model (+WORKSHEET)
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#24 - “Rumor” by Lee Brice – Using Multiple Love Story Conventions
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#23 - Finding Topics to Write about by Looking at Universal Human Values
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#22 - How to Show a Change between your Song's Beginning and Ending
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#21 - Crucial Components of Narrative Songwriting
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#20 - “Kiss Me Slowly” by Parachute – Why Change is Better than Repetition
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#19 - What songwriters need to know about writing lyrics about the first kiss
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#18 - 15 Secrets Every Songwriter Must Know About Writing The Lyrics For A Lovers’ First Meet Scene
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