Originally Posted by Gary E. Andrews
I think Songs are just Songs, and almost anyone could sing almost any Song, with their 'interpretation' bending it to 'fit' their general genre.
A 'good' Song should have that Adaptability, enabling a man or a woman to sing it, in a variety of genres.
If you haven't tried playing your Songs as a blues, do it right now.
Get a jaunty Rhythm going and play it as country.
Rock it and see if you can make it work.
I think lots of Songs CAN work in those variations. Try yours and see. Slow them down. Speed them up.
Varying the Prosody of how the Lyrical vocalization and Melody 'marries' to the tempo, the beat, can be very educational.
And that flexibility of how a Song 'can' be executed widens the potential for who could fit it logically into their repertoire.


Hi Gary,

I agree a good song can work for a number of Artists' I am thinking more in terms of Pitching... True, a song can take on many different styles, some can work, but I think you when you write with an Artist in mind, your song can become more focused.. Sometimes when a song can work in other genres, you have to be conscious of the dialect as well... R&B songs can make great Country songs and vice versa but there may be some lyrical changing and phrasing to make it really work...
But more to the point, when focusing on 'Casting' your song, I think you also have to find that Artists' 'Voice' in the song as well...
meaning.. Can the Artists' relate? Is it something they are going through or have been through... is it true to their Character?
what do you think?