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dreamsongs · 4th June 2006

I just came back from a big songwriter's workshop and the big topic of the day was " Can you take an average/decent song and produce it into a hit" ?

The camp was very divided with some heated discussion. I for one think that "YES YOU CAN" take an ok song with ok lyrics and turn it into a Billboard Hit. Simply because I hear that every single day on my local Pop station.

Some of these songs are completely average in their structure and lyrics, still a lot of them are on the Top 40 charts...and the songwriters are laughing all the way to the bank. This certainly proved my point I thought...

But, many people seem to think that for a song to make it, it has to be great to begin with. I definitely don't agree with this so I want to hear from you guys...

What are your thoughts on this matter ?

Is a hit song a hit because it is great in every way or can you take an ok song and produce it into a hit song ?

4th June 2006	#1
dreamsongs Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: FL Posts: 1,542 Thread Starter	Can you Produce a "Hit Song" ? I just came back from a big songwriter's workshop and the big topic of the day was " Can you take an average/decent song and produce it into a hit" ? The camp was very divided with some heated discussion. I for one think that "YES YOU CAN" take an ok song with ok lyrics and turn it into a Billboard Hit. Simply because I hear that every single day on my local Pop station. Some of these songs are completely average in their structure and lyrics, still a lot of them are on the Top 40 charts...and the songwriters are laughing all the way to the bank. This certainly proved my point I thought... But, many people seem to think that for a song to make it, it has to be great to begin with. I definitely don't agree with this so I want to hear from you guys... What are your thoughts on this matter ? Is a hit song a hit because it is great in every way or can you take an ok song and produce it into a hit song ? __________________ Dreamsongs BMI Dreamsongs Productions Dreamsongs Publishing BMI Dreamsongs LLC " The dream don't come any closer on it's own, you have to go after it " Me...!