Filed under: Music Analysis — dpenn @ 12:30 pm
THREE DAYS GRACE – BREAK
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Song: Break
Artist: Three Days Grace
Album: Life Starts Now
Genre: Rock
SONG INFORMATION:
Length: 3:13
Structure: A-B-A-B-Solo-C-B
Tempo: Mid/Up
Mood: Angry
Lyrical Theme: Change
SOUND:
Crisp bass driven hard rock with thick distorted guitar. Definitely 80’s metal influenced (just listen to the solo – Maiden, anyone???)
SONG TIMELINE:
0:00 – Intro
0:19 – Verse 1
0:36 – Prechorus
0:44 – Chorus
1:00 – Turn Around
1:05 – Verse 2
1:21 – Prechorus
1:30 – Chorus
1:46 – Solo
2:15 – Bridge
2:24 – Chorus
2:40 – Outro
2:58 – Last Chord Ring
3:13 – End
STRUCTURE LENGTHS:
Intro Length: 0:19
Verse 1 Length: 0:17
Pre-chorus Length: 0:08
Chorus 1 Length: 0:16
Turn Around Length: 0:05
Verse 2 Length: 0:16
Pre-chorus 2 Length: 0:09
Chorus 2 Length: 0:16
Solo Length: 0:29
Bridge Length: 0:09
Chorus 3 Length: 0:16
Outro length: 0:18
Last chord ring length: 0:15
PRIMARY INSTRUMENTATION:
Guitar, Bass, Drum, Vox
Filed under: Music Analysis — dpenn @ 10:42 am
Ever wonder if artists are writing their own material or using outside songwriters? Here’s a look at 10 of the highest ranking albums on the Billboard 200 for the week of 12/19/09 (excluding compilations, total cover albums and soundtracks).
#3: Taylor Swift
Fearless – Pop/Country
Total Album Writers: 6
Total Album Tracks: 3
Tracks composed solely by artist: 6 / 46%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 7 / 54%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 0 / 0%
Total 13 / 100%
#5: Lady Gaga
The Fame – Pop
Total Album Writers: 8
Total Album Tracks: 13
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 13 / 100%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 0 / 0%
Total 13 / 100%
#6: Carrie Underwood
Play On – Country
Total Album Writers: 25
Total Album Tracks: 13
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 7 / 54%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 6 / 46%
Total 13 / 100%
#7: Norah Jones
The Fall – Jazz/Soul
Total Album Writers: 6
Total Album Tracks: 13
Tracks composed solely by artist: 8 / 62%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 5 / 38%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 0 / 0%
Total 13 / 100%
#10: Michael Buble
Crazy Love – Standards/Pop
Total Album Writers: 23
Total Album Tracks: 13
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 2 / 15%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 11 / 85%
Total 13 / 100%
#12: Justin Bieber
My World (EP) – Pop/R&B
Total Album Writers: 18
Total Album Tracks: 9
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 3 / 33%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 6 / 67%
Total 9 / 100%
#13: Lady Gaga
The Fame Monster (EP) – Pop
Total Album Writers:
Total Album Tracks: 9
8
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 8 / 100%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 0 / 0%
Total 8 / 100%
#16: Rihanna
Rated R – R&B/Pop
Total Album Writers: 22
Total Album Tracks: 13
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 10 / 77%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 3 / 23%
Total 13 / 100%
#17: john Mayer
Battle Studies – Pop/Rock, Blues
Total Album Writers: 1
Total Album Tracks: 11
Tracks composed solely by artist: 11 / 100%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 0 / 0%
Total 11 / 100%
*Note – 2 of the tracks were covers.
#18: Miley Cyrus
The Time Of Our Lives (EP) – Pop
Total Album Writers: 14
Total Album Tracks: 7
Tracks composed solely by artist: 0 / 0%
Tracks composed by artist and collaborators: 1 / 14%
Tracks composed solely by outside writers: 6 / 86%
Total 7 / 100%
Analysis:
- Out of 113 total tracks, 22% were composed exclusively by the band/artist, 50% by the band/artist in conjunction with outside songwriters, and 28% were composed exclusively by outside songwriters.
- There were a total of 132 writers used on 10 albums.
- Carrie Underwood used the most outside songwriters on her album (25), while John Mayer exclusively wrote all of his songs (with the exception of two covers).
- Only 3 out of the 10 artists had at least one track on an album that they exclusively wrote.
- Miley Cyrus had the least amount of input in her album, with 86% of the tracks being written exclusively by 14 outside songwriters.
- Excluding Michael Buble (who does quite a few covers), Miley Cyrus (86%), Justin Bieber (67%) and Carrie Underwood (46%) rely heavily on cuts exclusively from outside songwriters. This represents the Pop and Country markets.
- As for the artists who exclusively write their own songs, John Mayer led the pack at 100%, Norah Jones wrote 62% and Taylor Swift wrote 46% of her own songs.