Song Analysis

[Farrell Jackson]

That is a great link! This person's  Beatle songs analysis are quite in depth and interesting to read. Although, my guess is that the Fab Four probably didn't give it that much thought when they were putting these songs together.
Thanks for posting the link! It will keep me busy for hours...............

Farrell

[dasilvasings]

I came across this site you may find interesting:

http://www.reasontorock.com/tracks/sympathy.html

[Daniel Storey]

If like me you get stuck..... as in i write what i think is a great hook and that's it, or i nail a verse that leads nowhere..... Just go into free-style mode, totally fuck about, hit chords out of key, change the rhythm, reverse the feel, contrast... BUT RECORD IT ALL>>>> Then painfully listen back.... most times you will find something that will work, something that grabs your ear, it might be one note, a chord or a lyric, but this is now starting the process over again.

Also keep a track of all the little pieces you write, its amazing how often two will merge together.

[Vaisvil]

It seems many of the most famous pop artists learned lots of other people's music.

 I remember an interview with Dylan where he said he discovered Woody Guthrie and other folk singers of that ear and listened to that music - immersed himself in it.

The Beatles did lots of covers, as I'm sure the Stones did. Both listened to a lot, lots, tremendous amounts of authentic American blues that Americans in general ignored because the people playing it weren't the right color. Its funny that American teens to went crazy over Brits playing their interpretation of American blues.

Myself - as a teen I used to sit watching TV with electric guitar in hand (unplugged) and played along with every commercial and show theme.

long story short - its hard to quantify what you learn when you try to reproduce other people's music. Its probably best to say you develop an ear - instrument coordination.

[T.C. Elliott]

i found this site with a lot of songs by The Beatles analyzed, it's interesting

http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/awp/awp.html

There is also this blog by a fellow songwriter. He's doing a song by song write up of all the Beatles songs as well. And he does "tickets" for each technique he identifies.

http://beatlessongwriting.blogspot.com/

[Hilary]

i found this site with a lot of songs by The Beatles analyzed, it's interesting

http://www.recmusicbeatles.com/public/files/awp/awp.html

There is also this blog by a fellow songwriter. He's doing a song by song write up of all the Beatles songs as well. And he does "tickets" for each technique he identifies.

http://beatlessongwriting.blogspot.com/

That looks really interesting TC and I'll definately check out the other link too. I analyzed lots of covers when I first started writing to gain an insight into basic song structure, which was really useful as I was relying on instinct and got in a bit of a rut. The main thing I learnt was that anything goes as long as it sounds right. (The 7th thing on the blog spot TC refers to is something I use and I also use the non-standard B7 (a lot) coz I'm rubbish on the guitar) - they'll both make interesting reading, thanks.