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100 Years | Parallelism, Borrowed Chords, 2 Bridges, Non-Lazy Songwriting, and more

Season #2

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In this episode of the Songwriter Theory Podcast, we talk about the power of parallelism in your lyrics, why bridges are the perfect song section to start utilizing modes and borrowed chords, the art of subtly different song structure in our songs, non-lazy songwriting, and more! We're going off of the great song 100 Years by Five for Fighting for this episode.

0:00 Intro

2:51 The Power of Parallelism In Lyrics

12:59 Where To Use Modes and Borrowed Chords In Your Songs

35:32 Changing Up Song Song Structure

50:00 The Art of Non-Lazy Songwriting

1:08:36 Should We Have Our Song Title In The First Line?

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