Originally Posted by
Annoying Twit
I've spent a lot of my life trying to write good songs. It doesn't happen for me naturally. Though, I haven't spent as long on any individual song as Jackson Browne does.
That suggests that I have a bit of a frail grasp on the big picture of songwriting. I do believe that it's possible to learn things intellectually, but get to the point where it becomes internalised so that it can be used.
Now that I've got oodles of Eagles sheet music, I'll be analysing more.
BTW: I find that analysing songs often makes me appreciate them more. E.g. the bridge for BOML.