{"id":107,"date":"2018-04-02T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/writing-a-melody-101\/"},"modified":"2018-04-02T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T13:50:00","slug":"writing-melody-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/writing-melody-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing a Melody 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easily one of the hardest parts of songwriting is nailing that catchy lick, the one that has people familiar with the song as soon as it starts, and loving it from the first listen. This is one of the keys to a successful track. People often jump to try and get the most dazzlingly complex melody that will catch people’s ears, but that shouldn’t always be the case.<\/div>\n

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The thing is, most modern pop music is incredibly formulaic. Remember years ago, when Axis of Awesome hit the spotlight on Youtube, playing their Four Chord Song? To many, it revealed how unoriginal most modern music was, playing the same four chords and making “every” song ever fit it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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