Comments on: How To Set Up a Chorus Like Justin T. & Max Martin https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tony https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/#comment-6983 Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:34:46 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2762#comment-6983 Hi Tony, I’m quite surprised no one has answered, but I will, 3 years later:)
Almost everything by Rod Temperton uses this kind of pre-chorus, in fact I think the songwriters were paying homage to him, since he was very sick at the time, he died later that year.

Songs:
Rock with you
Thriller
Off the wall
Disco inferno
After the love has gone
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]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/#comment-6982 Wed, 25 May 2016 04:40:30 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2762#comment-6982 In reply to Charity James.

Can’t share your feelings on this one, Charity! But always glad to hear your opinion.
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Charity James https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/#comment-6981 Wed, 25 May 2016 04:29:28 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2762#comment-6981 Instead of Dance Dance Dance this song should be called Snooze Snooze Snooze. I fell asleep shortly after the first verse.
How to write a hit:
1. Decide you want to write a hit
2. Realize the surest way to do this is to write about dancing
3. Set up a strong DANCE beat
4. Say the word Dance. A lot.
5. Repeat
6. Make sure the pre-chorus drops way out so that when the chorus comes in it really seems like something huge
7. Try to repeat the same chords in the chorus that you have in the verse. Oh, and say ‘dance’ a lot
8. (and this is important) Add one artistic element of surprise as when Justin says ‘stop’ and halts the verse line momentarily
9. Keep it simple when it comes to lyrics. Remember: people shouldn’t be thinking – they should be DANCING.
And finally
10. Repeat repeat repeat.
Of course, I could be wrong about all this. After all, I did fall asleep.:)
xo

]]> By: Tony Conniff https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/#comment-6980 Tue, 24 May 2016 01:54:26 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2762#comment-6980 In reply to Joyce Rogers.

Thank you, Joyce! Well said (about songs).
Tony

]]> By: Joyce Rogers https://tonyconniff.com/justin-t-max-martin-shellback-and-the-pre-chorus/#comment-6979 Mon, 23 May 2016 14:49:28 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=2762#comment-6979 Thanks, Tony, for yet another insight into this simple yet amazingly complicated world of songwriting. Keep up the good work.

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