{"id":1581,"date":"2016-11-03T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:21:19","slug":"songwriting-tips-and-trivia-from-songregistration-com-this-months-featured-artist-neil-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/songwriting-tips-and-trivia-from-songregistration-com-this-months-featured-artist-neil-young\/","title":{"rendered":"#Songwriting Tips and Trivia from #SongRegistration.com (This month’s featured artist: Neil Young)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFirst, the tips:
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\n\u279c Don’t put off your chorus for too long. Bring it in within the first 60 seconds or so.
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\n\u279c A tried-and-true lyric method: Write “situations” in your versus, “emotions” in your chorus.
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\n\u279c Music Block? Try coming up with a good hook to get things started. Next work on melody before chords.
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\n\u279c Find other songs you like and analyze them \u2013 their themes, chord progressions, how the verses, choruses and bridges are set out. It’s not imitation, it’s mastering your craft!
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\n\u279c Always preserve your music copyright<\/a> by professionally registering your songs. With SongRegistration<\/a>.com, it’s fast, cheap, and super-easy.
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\nNow, some #Neil_Young \u2013
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\n\u279c Believe it or not, only one song from his huge catalog has ever topped the charts (in both the US and Canada) \u2013 “Heart of Gold” in 1971.
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\n\u279c He lives on his ranch in La Honda, California (in the Santa Cruz Mountains), with other homes in Florida and Hawaii, and has never renounced his Canadian citizenship.
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\n\u279c He’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice \u2013 with #Buffalo_Springfield and again as a solo artist.
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\n\u279c He says he’ll never play as part of “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young” again. Nothing against Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, both with whom he loves playing. He’s just not a big fan of the other one (David Crosby).
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\n\u279c One reason he’s drifted from loud Crazy Horse music to softer acoustics (at least sometimes) is the tinnitus (ringing in the ears) he developed in the 90’s.
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\n\u279c An avid model train collector, when he heard that Lionel was close to bankruptcy he helped bail them out. Today they’re still in business, thanks partly to his generosity.
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