"You gotta know how to start a song so you know how to end it" - Anon

If you really break a song down to it's most basic structure you will find that its just like any type of prose. There is a beginning, a middle and an end.

This article deals with the beginning and the end of a song and how important they are to the song.

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Sometimes a change is as good as a holiday

I love bridges, there is something about the way a good bridge can take you to somewhere else in a song and then gently take you back to the familiarity of a verse or chorus that makes it a very important piece of your songwriting armoury.

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