An Evening with Jimmy Webb
He could not stress enough, however, how essential a first step he thinks it is to know what the parts of the song are and how they work together, including things like "what's the little bit that leads into the chorus -- you know, that little two bars or four bars that some people a generation before me called a ramp.”
It’s all part of the craft., “Part of the mystery of being a songwriter is trying to decode the language that has been tacked onto different parts of songs ad infinitum through the years,” Jimmy said.
Coming in Part two: The next step is digging deeper.
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