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Anatomy of a Hit
Hit song analysis
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Beyonce—Irreplaceable
Corrine Bailey Rae—Put Your Records On
KT Tunstall—Suddenly I See
Nelly Furtado–Promiscuous
Ne-Yo—So Sick
James Blunt—You're Beautiful
Rascal Flatts–What Hurts The Most
Eminem—Lose Yourself
Norah
Jones —Don't Know Why
Avril Lavigne —Complicated
Alan Jackson—Where
Were You When The World Stopped Turning?
Pink—Get
the Party Started
Craig David—Fill
Me In
Alicia
Keys—Fallin'
Train—Drops
of Jupiter
Janet Jackson—All
For You
Dido—Thank You
Sisqo—Incomplete
Macy Grey—I
Try
Faith Hill—Breathe
Destiny's Child—Say
My Name
Santana/Rob Thomas—Smooth
Ricky Martin—La
Vida Loca
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Classic Songcraft Articles
Reprints from Cat's columns in The
Music Connection and LASS/NAS Musepaper
Outside
vs. Inside Songwriting
Cat describes the change of opportunities in today's songwriting
scene from Outside Songwriting for established artists to Inside Songwriting
for original acts.
Grabbers
and Shakers
Cat lists many of hue characteristics that make a pop song a hit song
including what grabs a listener's attention and what keeps an audience
involved all the way through to the end.
A
Songwriter's New Year's Resolutions
Cat lists some goals and resolves we as songwriters can make to improve
our writing and our careers for the coming year.
Other Classic
Articles
The
Hispanic Invasion
Today's
pop scene has much in common with that of the mid-'60s. American pop music
is being invaded by foreigners. Only this time the British aren't coming,
it's the Hispanics.
1999:
A Year of Retro and Recycling
Cat looks at the year 1999 in pop music and saw a return to recordings
with older more melodic writing and more romantic dance styles including
latin dance styles. Hot and sexy began to replace alienation and rebellion
as the millennium turned.
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