From the course: 20 Unofficial Rules of Songwriting

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Rule #6: Make certain your chorus is the main message of your song

Rule #6: Make certain your chorus is the main message of your song

From the course: 20 Unofficial Rules of Songwriting

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Rule #6: Make certain your chorus is the main message of your song

- Rule number six. Make certain your chorus is the main message of your song. What you're doing by doing this, is you're cueing your listener to pay attention and understand what the point of your song is. This is your moment in the song to stop and summarize. One of the things that we have a tendency to do when we're excited about telling our song's story, is just to keep telling the story all the way through the chorus. What we need to do is stop for a moment, stop telling the story and summarize and let people know what the story's point is. In our song example, "A Little Bit," what we decided to do was try and make the point that even though the singer wants to be over everything there's still a little bit of her that's hanging on and hopeful. So, give our chorus a listen and you'll see what I mean about summarizing the main message of the song. ♫ But I get lonely for you sometimes ♫ In spite of myself I get lost ♫ When I find me ♫ With somebody else ♫ There are days when I'm…

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