Howdy all,

Long time, no post.

Technically speaking, only melody and lyrics make up a 'song', although an 
arguement can be made for chord structure too.

In keeping with the spirit of the poll, here's my idea of what makes a great 
'record/song':

1. melody
2. lyric
3. vocals (lead & harmony)
4. arrangement
5. production/engineering

A rule of thumb I've been conditioned to believe is that if you've got 1-3 
right, then you need to avoid screwing it up by overdoing 4 & 5. If you 
don't have 1-3 right, then you need to be really good at 4 & 5, but also be 
good at knowing when you are only polishing a turd!

Cheers,

Lee Elliott (the one from Blue Cartoon)

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>From: tim scott <timscotti@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: What makes a great song?  Poll!?!!
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:04:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Thought it would be very interesting to see what
>everyone things makes up a great rock and roll song.
>Here are my top 5 prioities (IN ORDER).
>
>1. melody (cathiness)
>2. instrumentation
>3. harmonies
>4. lyrics
>5. production
>
>Bee cool!
>Tim
>
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