{"id":1617,"date":"2018-04-27T11:13:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T18:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:19:58","slug":"songwriting-tips-trivia-from-songregistration-com-this-months-featured-artist-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songregistration.com\/blog\/songwriting-tips-trivia-from-songregistration-com-this-months-featured-artist-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"#Songwriting Tips & Trivia from #SongRegistration.com (This month’s featured artist: #Prince)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First, some writing tips:
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\n\u279c Focus particularly on your song\u2019s opening lines. They\u2019re your best chance to pull in and engage your listener.
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\n\u279c Find other songs you like and analyze them \u2013 themes, chord progressions, how verses, choruses and bridges work together. Don’t imitate, simply master your craft!
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\n\u279c Don\u2019t put off your chorus for too long. Bring it in within the first 60 seconds or so.
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\n\u279c Try this lyric-writing technique: Write \u201csituations\u201d in your verses and \u201cemotions\u201d in your chorus.
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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 preserve your song copyright<\/a> by registering and documenting your songs. With SongRegistration.com<\/a>, it\u2019s fast, cheap, and super-easy.
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\nNOW\u2026 some interesting #Prince facts…
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\n\u279c \u201cPrince\u201d was not a stage name. Born \u201cPrince Rogers Nelson\u201d in 1958 in Minneapolis, it was a tribute to his father\u2019s jazz combo, The Prince Rogers Band.
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\n\u279c Called “Skipper” as a kid, Prince wrote his first song at 7, formed his first band at 13, and appeared on American Bandstand in 1980 when he was 19.
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\n\u279c He wrote songs for many other artists, including Chaka Khan (I Feel For You), the Bangles (Manic Monday), and Sin\u00e9ad O’Connor (Nothing Compares 2 U). And because of strong religious beliefs (Jehovah’s Witness), he didn’t use swear words in his songs.
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\n\u279c His first album debuted in 1978 when he was 20, though he hit super-star status 6 years later in 1984 when his film \u201cPurple Rain\u201d and song \u201cWhen Doves Cry\u201d topped all 3 charts (singles, albums, movies).
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\n\u279c He originally asked Stevie Nicks to write the lyrics for Purple Rain. But after listening to the 10-minute music track, she felt overwhelmed and told him it was too much. So he did it himself.
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\n\u279c At just 5\u20193\u201d and 120\u2019ish pounds, he was indeed larger than life \u2013 writing more songs than the Beatles (600+ tracks including his back catalogue) and selling 100 million records worldwide.
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