Country music is packed to the brim with great songs that contain memorable and meaningful lyrics. There are also plenty of songs that contain unforgettable instrumental breaks. However, not all ...

The chorus is usually the part of a song that listeners latch onto. In return, it’s the section that songwriters tend to focus on the most. But an underratedly memorable part of a song is the intro.

They could be two seconds long or 30; straightforward 4/4 rhythms or flights of percussive wizardry; inducers of head nodding or air drumming. They are the drum intros to classic songs, and legends ...

We all hear the “duh-duh-duh-duh” of the organ followed by a “clap-clap” and know right away it’s “The Addams Family.” “In West Philadelphia, born and raised …” is the one song just about everyone can ...

There's a particular kind of magic that happens in the first few seconds of a great song. Before a single lyric lands, before the chorus arrives, something in the sound grabs you by the collar and ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...