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Analysis of ‘And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda’ (Eric Bogle)

By alexander Posted on October 8, 2016 Posted in Song Analysis 7 Comments

Analysing other people’s songs can teach us a lot This is the second song analysis to be posted on this blog. As I said I have said elsewhere, a song does not have to be good, or one we like, …

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Analysis of ‘Hell No’ (Ingrid Michaelson)

By alexander Posted on September 13, 2016 Posted in Song Analysis No Comments

Why should we study other people’s songs? We can learn a lot about songwriting through close study of other people’s songs. It doesn’t matter whether the song is ‘great’, mediocre or terrible; a song will always teach us something about …

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