Think like a person or poet not a musician

POWER OF WORDS # 7

Think like a person or poet, not a musician

August 18th, 2007

When describing your music, PLEASE dont be a musician.

Dont say, Wonderful harmonies and intricate arrangements. A tight rhythm section and introspective lyrics!

Real people dont even understand what that means. Thats musician speak.

Think what an office-worker would say to a friend about your music: Its cute! They have this song that has a little hoop-hoop! at the beginning, with that baby voice. Its kinda funky! And hes got this sexy bedroom voice. Cool video.

Think what one teenager down at the mall would say to another, when describing what they love about your CD: Dude - its like if Korn hadnt wimped out. Its like Busta Rhymes went metal, but theyre from Mars or somethin. Its slammin. And you gotta see that picture on the inside cover!

Real people often compare an artist to other famous artists. Real people talk about the overall vibe or sound of something.

Real people DONT talk about insightful lyrics and wonderful harmonies and tight musicianship. Thats musician-speak.

Play your music for some non-musicians, and ask them what theyd say to a friend about it.

Avoid musician-terms, and learn to describe your music in ways that reach normal peoples emotion and imagination, and your music itself will be that much more likely to reach and touch people.

Your descriptions of your music should be almost as exciting (or touching, or sad, or shocking) as the music itself.

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[Briansongman]

smart



[MortgageDiva1]

Great info!