November 17, 2022

Hit Maker Justin Tranter - on writing with and for Imagine Dragons, Dua Lipa, Kelly Clarkson, Justing Bieber, and Lady Gaga, shares writing tips, technique and all the things!!

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Justin Tranter is one of the most successful pop songwriters of our time.

Tranter has co-written with Julia Michaels, and written songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Linkin Park, Kelly Clarkson, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, DNCE, Kesha, Imagine Dragons, Fifth Harmony, 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Bea Miller, Demi Lovato, Dua Lipa, Måneskin, and Fall Out Boy. From 2004 to 2014, Tranter was the lead singer of Semi Precious Weapons, a rock band based in New York. Since February 2017, they have been a board member of GLAAD, an organization that promotes LGBT acceptance in the entertainment and news industries and they also have their own jewlry line.

Here are some takeaways form todays show:

The bullies are wrong
Start each section of your song in a different part of the phrase
Make sure you’re using new notes for the chorus
Use the highest note in the chorus or now, use new notes, doesn’t have to be the highest note in the song
Learn 10 different songs rom 110 different genre and feel what makes them great songs
Lyricist looking for strong melody writer
What you’re most passionate about you’re the best at because you pay more attention to it
Lyric structure
Enhancing your skills through technical thinking
Change your rhyme schemes up in each song section

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