{"id":1546,"date":"2016-09-10T10:41:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T17:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:17:46","slug":"more-songwriting-tips-from-songregistration-com-plus-this-months-tribute-to-eric-clapton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/more-songwriting-tips-from-songregistration-com-plus-this-months-tribute-to-eric-clapton\/","title":{"rendered":"More #Songwriting Tips From #SongRegistration.com\u2026 (Plus this month’s tribute to Eric Clapton)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nBut first, some tips:
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\n\u279c When collaborating with others, decide songwriting credits right away (splitting potential revenues, etc.) to avoid future disputes (read https:\/\/goo.gl\/jNbfIA).
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\n\u279c A few quick ways to jump-start your songwriting: Melody-based (humming a catchy hook or strumming a nice chord progression? Try expanding it!); Title-based (create a cool title and see where that takes you); Experience-based (think auto-biographical).
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\n\u279c Before recording, practice your songs at tempo. Otherwise, you risk a “stammering” quality.
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\n\u279c For other lyric ideas listen to conversations, monitor activities around you, take notes.
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\n\u279c Always document your song copyright<\/a> by professionally registering your songs. With SongRegistration.com<\/a>, it’s fast, cheap, and super-easy.
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\nNow, some stuff about another music icon, #Eric_Patrick_Clapton —
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\n\u279c The only person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall and Fame 3 times — with The Yardbirds, then Cream, and finally as a solo artist.
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\n\u279c If the key to eternal youth is constant reinvention, #Clapton may be king — Compare: Rock Layla to Unplugged Layla, #Cream to #Bluesbreakers, master guitarist to ballad composer. (Of course it never hurts to also be blessed with that Magical Music Trifecta every producer is searching for: Smooth Voice, Songwriting Savvy, Guitar Chops.)
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\n\u279c A man of many faces: His first band (1963), The Roosters; then Casey Jones and the Engineers; The #Yardbirds; John Mayall\u2019s #Bluesbreakers; #Cream; Delaney & Bonnie & Friends; #Blind_Faith; Derek & The Dominos; Legends.
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\n\u279c Though he won’t, if he quit now he could easily live large off just a fraction of what his chart-hit royalties earn (#I_Shot_The_Sheriff, #Tears_In_Heaven, #Lay_Down_Sally, #Change_The_World, #Layla, #Wonderful_Tonight, #After_Midnight\u2026 we’ll randomly stop there\u2026).
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\nAnd thanks, Eric, for a lifetime of epic music!
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