Everyone tells you to just write and the song will take care of itself. But here’s the truth…feelings don’t dictate hits. The listener’s brain chemistry does. Let me explain 👇 When someone hears your song, their brain instantly runs it through a reward system. If the melody, rhythm, lyrics, and patterns trigger dopamine at the right times, boom, it feels addictive. If they don’t, it doesn’t matter how emotional or heartfelt it is… it’s forgettable. Most songwriters write from emotion outward. H
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Music school can teach you a wide array of things. What it leaves out though is the part that makes a listener hit repeat without thinking. 👉🏼 Dopamine triggers. Brain mechanisms hit songs have been exploiting forever. The brain loves certain rhythm patterns. It loves specific repetition layouts in a hook. And 100s of other methods, patterns, and techniques. Those moves create addicting dopamine spikes throughout a song. String enough of those together and the song feels addictive. This is the
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Leo | Hit Songwriting Techniques | Song Psychology on Instagram: "Most beginners write like the song ends with them. They pour everything into the wrong aspects of a song, and never stop to ask what actually lights up the listener’s brain. That habit keeps your songs safely nice, instead of dangerous. Hit songwriters do something different. They write with dopamine triggers. (Whether they know it or not) Every rhythm choice. Every melody. Every word. The listener’s brain is tracking promises and
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