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Cut your song’s intro in half

Cut your song’s intro in half

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Cut your song’s intro in half

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- Cut your song's intro in half. One of the most important things to remember if you're writing songs for the commercial market, is how very little time you have to get your listener's attention. It's understandable that we as songwriters want to give our songs our full loving and undivided attention, which is why a long winding musical intro feels perfectly natural as a way to set the stage for the song to come. The reality though is that our listeners rarely give a song their entire attention, which is why you, as a songwriter, have to go and get it, quickly. A short to-the-point intro, which leads directly into the verse of the song, is the first step towards pulling your listener in.

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