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00:20 Hello and welcome to 3ABN's Praise Him Music Network.
00:25 This program is, You Can Write A Song, 00:29 and it's featuring Lanny Wolfe. 00:31 Hey, Lanny! 00:32 Yvonne, it's so good to be here as always. 00:34 It's so great to have you 00:35 because you have been already teaching us 00:38 some really important principles. 00:41 In our last episode, we learned about simplicity, right? 00:45 Simplicity and repetition. 00:48 And then today we're going to learn about? 00:51 The power of repetition. 00:52 The power of repetition. 00:54 The power of repetition, repetition, repetition, 00:57 repetition, repetition. 00:59 That's what today is about, about, about, about. 01:01 And you know what? 01:03 You know, I think that with you breaking it down like this, 01:06 it just makes it so much easier to grasp, 01:10 to hold on to and to implement. 01:12 So I know you're gonna be breaking it down for us today. 01:17 And I really need it, and I'm gonna be taking notes. 01:19 And I'm going to check your notes 01:21 and I'm gonna give you a test after it's all over. 01:23 Oh, my God, you know what? 01:24 To see how well you were listening, Yvonne. 01:26 Oh my God, this is too much like school. 01:27 Okay. 01:29 But I love this because I need this. 01:31 And I think our viewers are gonna really appreciate 01:35 the fact that you are, 01:36 you know, putting it into bite size morsels for us 01:40 so that we apply it. 01:42 We need to be able to apply it right away. 01:44 So simplicity and repetition, 01:46 if you miss that episode, check it out. 01:49 Now stay tuned. 01:56 Just so you know, neither 3ABN nor I 02:00 are either endorsing or necessarily recommending 02:03 any of the following slogans or references. 02:06 I'm merely including them 02:07 to demonstrate the power of repetition. 02:10 Both politicians as well as company selling products 02:13 are keenly aware of the value of coming up with a slogan 02:17 that will be associated with them 02:19 or their product that sticks, sticks, sticks 02:23 in the minds of the public. 02:24 For example, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 02:27 I like Ike. 02:29 Ronald Reagan slogan was, let's make America great again. 02:33 Hope and change was the slogan for Barack Obama's campaign. 02:38 And Donald Trump's slogan is, make America great again. 02:42 Every successful company 02:45 that selling a product wants a slogan 02:48 that the public associates with their product. 02:51 Some of these slogans and products 02:53 that you're probably very familiar 02:55 with McDonald's, I'm loving it. 02:58 Have it your way, Burger King. 03:01 Its finger lickin' good 03:02 and you know that's Kentucky Fried Chicken. 03:06 It melts in your mouth and not your hand 03:09 and you know that's M&M's. 03:11 When you care enough to send the very best, Hallmark. 03:15 Nike, just do it. 03:17 Dunkin, America runs on Dunkin. 03:22 And like a good neighbor State Farm is there. 03:26 Maxwell House, 03:27 coffee is good to the last drop. 03:30 And the quicker picker upper, Bounty. 03:36 Wheaties has long been known for breakfast of the champions. 03:40 And they've always used that as an opportunity 03:43 to highlight Olympian champions. 03:45 And last and certainly not least, the few, 03:49 the proud, the Marines. 03:51 Now let's talk about songs. 03:54 In our popular culture of pop songs, 03:58 every song writer would love to have a song 04:03 that has a line 04:05 or what radio people call a hook 04:08 that people remember. 04:10 I'd like to call your attention to a few of these songs 04:14 that have had outstanding hooks. 04:17 The Beatles, I want to hold your hand. 04:20 Michael Jackson, beat it. 04:23 ABC, you know that's the Jackson Five. 04:26 Stayin' alive, the Bee Gees. 04:28 Aretha Franklin, RESPECT. 04:32 Elvis Presley, 04:33 you ain't nothin' but a hound dog. 04:35 And YMCA, whether you like it or hate it. 04:41 It's been going on so many times 04:44 that it's in your head 04:46 whether you want it there or not. 04:48 Neil Diamond, Sweet Caroline, and Pharrell Williams, 04:52 oh, he wrote this wonderful song 04:55 originally for a Disney kids movie. 04:58 But once we heard it, 05:00 we couldn't get it out of our head. 05:01 It's the happy song. 05:03 So why should a songwriter 05:05 be so concerned about repetition? 05:07 If you're a poet or writer, 05:09 and your poem or book gets published, 05:11 a reader has the luxury to read and reread 05:15 your poem or your book as many times 05:18 as he wants or needs to in order to get it. 05:20 But if you're a songwriter, your song gets 100 words 05:26 and if it's played on radio or TV, 05:28 you get three to four minutes, 05:30 you get one time to make an impact on the listener. 05:34 And so that's why it's so important 05:36 the repetition helps you to make that impact. 05:41 It is well, written in 1873 by Horatio Spafford, 05:45 the chorus focuses on one idea. 05:48 It is well And use a repeat, 05:50 it is well It is well Repeat it, 05:54 it is well And it is well It is well with my soul 05:58 There's a great story behind that. 06:00 We'll talk about that later. 06:02 But that is the power of repetition. 06:04 Some Lanny Wolfe, Andrae Crouch songs 06:07 that highlight repetition. 06:09 One of the songs that God has given me simply says... 06:13 Jesus made me an offer Jesus made me an offer so good 06:17 That I just couldn't turn it down 06:20 I just couldn't turn it down 06:21 I just couldn't turn it down Jesus made me an offer So good 06:25 that I just couldn't turn it down 06:27 Jesus made me an offer. And I just... 06:30 Well, I wonder what this chorus is about. 06:33 Take a listen. 06:35 Jesus made me an offer so good 06:37 That I just couldn't turn it down 06:41 I just couldn't turn it down 06:43 No, I just couldn't turn it down 06:48 Jesus made me an offer so good 06:51 That I just couldn't turn it down 06:55 Jesus made me an offer 06:58 I just couldn't turn it down 07:00 Well, I wonder what that's all about. 07:02 I mean, it's one idea. 07:04 And I'm just driving that nail, 07:06 driving that nail deeper and deeper and deeper. 07:10 I love this little chorus that God gave me. 07:13 It simply says more than ever before. 07:16 Lord, I love You more than ever before, 07:19 Lord, I need You more than ever before, 07:22 I've got to tell You, I love You now 07:25 more than ever before, shows up four times. 07:28 And this illustrates a technique 07:29 that songwriters talk about 07:31 going in the front door and out the back door. 07:34 The very first part of the first line 07:36 is opening the front door more than ever before. 07:39 And the last part of the last line 07:42 going out the back door 07:43 is the same phrase more than ever before. 07:46 I know that I could never love Him enough, 07:49 but I'm sure gonna try. 07:51 I wonder what the second line 07:52 of this Lanny Wolfe's chorus is gonna be. 07:54 I know that I could never love Him enough, 07:56 but I'm sure gonna try. 07:58 If I would start right now and do nothing else 08:01 until the very day that I die, 08:03 I know that I could never love Him enough, 08:06 but I'm sure gonna try. 08:08 So I wanna call your attention to the fact 08:09 that I'm simply illustrating the power of repetition. 08:13 Not concerned about the music at this point, 08:16 and not really concerned about the form. 08:18 There's a fresh touch of desire in my soul today. 08:22 Lanny Wolfe is gonna write a second line 08:23 and you know, he's gonna do it. 08:25 There's a fresh touch of desire to go all the way, 08:28 changed the last part of the second line, 08:30 for I've made up in my mind, 08:32 I'm gonna make it come what may. 08:35 Line four, there's a fresh touch of desire 08:38 in my soul today. 08:40 Andrae Crouch, 08:41 a great songwriter of our generation, 08:43 he wrote this little chorus. 08:44 I don't know why Jesus loved me 08:47 I don't know why He cared 08:49 I don't know why He sacrificed His life Oh, 08:53 but I'm glad, so glad He did 08:55 I don't know why, I don't know why, 08:57 I don't know why, and glad, glad. 09:00 Oh, one of my favorite Andrae Crouch's songs. 09:03 Through it all Through it all 09:06 I've learned to trust in Jesus 09:09 I've learned to trust in God Through it all Through it all 09:14 I've learned to depend upon His Word 09:17 So we get through it all, through it all, 09:20 I've learned to, I've learned to, 09:22 I've learned to. 09:23 And so, he's keenly aware of the value of repetition. 09:28 Now I want to share with you 09:32 one of my favorite techniques for choruses. 09:35 In the last session, we used A, A, A, A prime. 09:40 Now I'm going to talk to you about an extension of that, 09:45 a variation of that, 09:46 and it's simply AA and what I call 09:50 internal rhyme line B and then A, 09:54 and I'll illustrate this. 09:55 So AA line four is A, 09:58 but it's that third line where we divide it up 10:02 and the middle of the third line rhymes 10:04 with the end of the third line. 10:06 And the song 10:08 I keep falling in love with Him illustrates that. 10:10 Let's take a listen. 10:12 And I just keep falling in love with Him 10:16 Over and over, and over and over again 10:21 I keep falling in love with Him 10:25 Over and over, and over and over again 10:31 He gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by 10:36 Oh, what a love between my Lord and I 10:39 Just keep falling in love with Him 10:42 Over and over, and over and over again 10:47 So that internal rhyme line on the third line, 10:51 he gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by, 10:55 oh what a love between my Lord and I. 10:58 And then I actually use that I 11:00 to be the last word of line three. 11:02 And the first word of line four. 11:05 I just, same technique on. 11:08 I love the thrill that I fell 11:11 when I get together with God's wonderful people 11:16 Love the thrill that I feel when I get together 11:20 with God's wonderful people 11:23 What a sight just to see all the happy faces 11:28 That's the middle of the third line. 11:30 Praising God in heavenly places 11:33 So we have faces and places, internal rhyme line three. 11:38 And line four is... 11:39 Love the thrill that I feel 11:41 when I get together 11:43 with God's wonderful people 11:48 Have a nice day is another one of these choruses 11:51 that illustrate this. 11:53 Have a nice day with Jesus Have a nice day 11:56 Have a nice day with Jesus 11:58 Have a nice day Here's line three. 12:01 You may wish the sun would shine a little bit brighter 12:05 But when you've got the Lord 12:06 He'll make your load a lot lighter Line four. 12:10 So have a nice day with Jesus Have a nice day 12:14 One, two and four are all ending with day 12:18 and they're the same line. 12:21 Here we are to gather again 12:24 Just praising the Lord 12:26 I wonder what line two is gonna be? 12:29 Here we are together again Just praising the Lord 12:34 Internal rhyme line three. 12:37 It's been a while since we've seen each other 12:41 I'm glad to be with my sisters and brothers 12:44 So we have other brothers, 12:47 and now line four. 12:48 Here we are together again 12:51 Just praising the name of the Lord 12:54 You got the idea what's happening here. 12:57 A song that you're probably familiar with, 12:59 Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir recorded it. 13:01 Jesus, we crown You with praise 13:03 Jesus, we crown You with praise 13:05 We love and adore You Bow down before You Now, 13:09 you and you is officially not a rhyme, 13:13 but it's working as a rhyme 13:14 on that internal line three and then last line 13:17 Jesus we crown You with phrase. 13:18 Let's take a listen to this. 13:21 Jesus, 13:23 We crown You 13:26 With praise 13:32 Jesus, 13:34 We crown You 13:37 With praise 13:43 We love and adore You 13:49 Bow down before You 13:54 Jesus, 13:57 We crown You 14:00 With praise 14:04 I love that chorus, I love the way they did it. 14:07 The Lanny Wolfe Trio was in a concert 14:09 in Kingsport, Tennessee. 14:11 We were singing an upbeat song and most of the audience 14:14 were just clapping along with this. 14:16 I noticed about five rows back 14:18 a little lady there was clapping 14:19 and there was something a little awkward about the way 14:21 she was clapping. 14:23 I also noticed that folks to her left and her right 14:26 were just sitting there with their hand, arms folded. 14:30 So as I looked more closely at this little lady, 14:33 she had this great smile on her face. 14:35 I noticed that her right hand 14:36 was clapping against her left elbow. 14:39 Her left arm had been amputated at the elbow. 14:42 And so she was clapping as best she could 14:46 with what she had to work with. 14:48 And I was so impressed. 14:49 I mean, it just impacted me. 14:52 I don't know the lady's name. 14:53 I never found out her name, 14:55 but leaving that concert that night 14:58 in the Silver Eagle bus, I took out my pen and I wrote, 15:02 I'm gonna praise the Lord any way that I can. 15:05 I want you to take a listen to this and see 15:07 if you can figure out how line three 15:09 is doing internal rhyme. 15:11 Let's take a listen. 15:13 I'm gonna praise the Lord any way that I can 15:20 I'm gonna praise the Lord any way that I can 15:26 I'm gonna pat my feet 15:29 Lift my voice Clap my hands 15:32 I'm gonna sing and rejoice 15:34 I'm gonna praise the Lord any way that I can 15:42 I'm gonna pat my feet, lift my voice. 15:45 I'm gonna clap my hands and honor that dear sister, 15:49 I'm gonna sing and rejoice, voice and rejoice. 15:53 A chorus that I wrote, it feels so good just being here again. 15:57 It feels so good feeling what I feel within. 16:02 There's just nothing I like better 16:05 than God's children getting together. 16:07 It feels so good just being here again. 16:10 AA internal rhyme B, 16:14 and those words that are rhyming on that third line 16:16 are better and together, 16:19 peace and Jesus in a troubled world. 16:21 The Lord gave me this song 30 some years ago. 16:24 And wow, it's more important and impactive today, 16:29 there is peace in Jesus in a troubled world today. 16:33 There's peace in Jesus, 16:35 and the world can't take it away. 16:37 Line three, and tho' there's turmoil all around, 16:41 I'm so glad I have found, 16:44 there is peace in Jesus in a troubled world today. 16:47 And, of course, internal rhyme line three 16:50 was around and found. 16:53 A new chorus that God has given me, 16:55 it's called You're in our prayers, 16:58 You're in our prayers, 16:59 we've touched the throne of grace for You. 17:02 Your Father cares, you notice 17:04 how I've paralleled the first line and the second line, 17:07 You're in our prayers, Your Father cares. 17:10 He's promised He would see you through, 17:12 You can be sure the Great I AM 17:16 will make a way, just trust His plan. 17:19 You're in our prayers, but best of all, 17:20 you're in God's hand. 17:22 This was a very difficult chorus to write. 17:24 I knew that it had to end 17:26 in what songwriters call the payoff line, 17:30 or some songwriters in the secular world would say, 17:32 the money line. 17:34 And the money line or the payoff line would be, 17:37 you're in our prayers, but best of all, 17:40 you're in God's hands. 17:41 That comes out of nowhere. 17:42 And that's the surprise. 17:44 And that's the punch of this whole song. 17:46 So I really wanted line three to end with a word 17:50 that would rhyme with hands. 17:52 And I feel, I felt I wanted to have 17:55 internal rhyme on line three. 17:57 So here I am, I'm needing a word 18:00 to in line three that rhymes with hands. 18:03 And so I finally came up with, you can be sure the great I AM, 18:09 will make a way just trust His plan. 18:11 Now that sounds easy. 18:12 And it's written and it sounds very easy. 18:15 But I'm telling you, 18:16 I would get in my car and for weeks, 18:18 I would just toss phrases around. 18:20 It was, this was one of the hardest challenges 18:23 of songs in recent months that I've written, 18:27 that I was able to finally. 18:29 I know when a song is right. 18:32 I know exactly 18:33 when it finally deserves to be born. 18:35 I will not let it be born until it's exactly right. 18:38 We give You praise, we give You praise, 18:40 we give You praise, Lord, You're worthy. 18:43 With hands up raised, we give You praise, 18:46 we give You glory and praise, 18:48 internal rhyme line three, upraised and praise. 18:53 The beauty of the name. 18:55 It's so beautiful, 18:57 the name of Jesus 18:59 It's so beautiful, 19:01 that precious name 19:03 Here's line three. 19:05 If you'll ask in Jesus name Anything is yours 19:09 just to claim And I love that precious name 19:15 So we have names showing up on the end of line two, 19:20 line four, and we have line three, 19:23 name and claim. 19:24 So claim at the end of line three is working 19:28 as a rhyme with the end of line four. 19:31 So sometimes when I'm doing internal rhyme line three, 19:35 I actually want that to work 19:36 with the last word of line four. 19:41 Wow. 19:43 To me songwriting it's like a puzzle 19:46 God gives me the inspiration and at that point, 19:49 I have to figure out how to put the puzzle together. 19:53 Andrae Crouch... 19:54 To God be the glory To God be the glory 19:56 To God be the glory For the things He has done 20:00 With His blood He has saved me 20:02 With His power He has raised me Internal rhyme, 20:06 to God be the glory, for the things He has done. 20:08 If you write that out in eight short lines, 20:11 you don't get the impact of the form. 20:13 But if you spread it out into four lines, 20:16 then you understand that we have 20:17 to God be the glory, to God be the glory, line one. 20:21 To God be the glory for the things He has done, 20:23 line two. 20:24 And here we have line three, with His blood He has saved me, 20:28 with His power He has raised me, 20:30 internal rhyme line three. 20:32 And last line, to God be the glory, 20:35 for the great things He has done. 20:37 Wow. 20:38 Her name was Loretta Barnard. 20:39 She was a missionary to South Korea. 20:42 She relays the story that one day she was so sick, 20:46 she couldn't even pray for herself. 20:48 So finally, after that, a year later, 20:52 she comes back home and is on furlough. 20:54 She's in a service in Michigan and mentioning about 20:57 this time when she was so sick, she couldn't pray for herself. 21:00 After the service, a dear sister 21:03 came up to Loretta and said, "When was that? 21:06 What was the date?" 21:08 And so, Loretta told her the date and she said, 21:10 "That was the very day that God woke me up 21:14 in the middle of the night and said, 21:16 get out of bed and pray for Loretta Bernard." 21:20 She said, "And I did." 21:23 So I heard about this story 21:25 and when I heard about this story, 21:28 God prompted me to write this chorus. 21:32 Let's take a listen. 21:36 Someone 21:38 Is praying 21:41 For you 21:46 Someone 21:49 Is praying 21:51 For you 21:56 So when it seems you're all alone 22:02 And your heart would break in two 22:07 Remember someone 22:10 Is praying 22:13 For you 22:18 That song has ministered all over the world. 22:23 It originally showed up in a musical 22:25 that Don Marsh orchestrated 22:28 for the Benson Company, greater is He. 22:31 And so somehow it found its way to the Asian communities. 22:36 And it's unbelievable the impact 22:38 that this song has had on the Asian community. 22:41 Let me just call your attention to the fact that what, 22:43 someone is praying for you. 22:46 Someone is praying for you. 22:48 So when it seems you're all alone, 22:52 and your heart would break in two, 22:54 remember someone is praying for you. 22:55 So internal rhyme line three. 22:59 So it seems you're all alone 23:01 and your heart would break in two, 23:02 that's not internal rhyme. 23:04 It feels like it should be. 23:07 Now I could have written that, 23:09 so that it would have been internal rhyme line three, 23:12 I could have written line three. 23:14 So when you're all alone in blue, 23:18 and your heart would break in two, 23:21 remember someone. 23:22 Now, here's the problem with that. 23:24 If I would have chosen to have had that 23:26 as the internal rhyme line three, 23:29 then we would have had you, you, 23:34 blue, two, you. 23:38 That's overload. 23:39 That's kill. 23:41 So that's too much. 23:43 So that's why we didn't sense to do an internal line, 23:47 rhyme, internal rhyme line three. 23:50 So this is the principle. 23:52 When you're using internal rhyme on the third line, 23:56 basically those words usually are different words 24:01 than what the ends of one, two and four are. 24:04 So they are different words. 24:05 I love the thrill that I feel 24:07 when I get together with God's wonderful people. 24:09 Love the thrill that I feel 24:11 when I get together with God's wonderful people. 24:14 What a sight just to see all the happy faces, 24:17 praising God in heavenly places. 24:19 So we have faces and places rather than people. 24:23 Now there are times when we will have 24:25 internal rhyme on the third line, 24:28 rhyming with the last word of line four. 24:33 So I do incorporate that like I did on, 24:36 you're in God's hands. 24:38 I want to call your attention to the fact 24:40 that the song someone is praying for you 24:44 would never have been written 24:45 if Sister Bernard had never been sick, 24:47 or if she had been sick but not so sick 24:51 that she couldn't have prayed for herself. 24:53 Or if the sister in Michigan 24:56 would have not been spiritually sensitive 24:58 and listened to God's voice 24:59 and said get out of bed and pray for Loretta Bernard. 25:02 Or if all of that would have happened, 25:04 and I never heard the story, this song would never been. 25:08 Isn't that amazing how God does all that 25:11 for His honor and for His glory. 25:13 So, I want to remind you, 25:17 that songwriting is so exciting, 25:19 when God anoints your heart and your mind with some idea. 25:23 And I just want to keep impressing you 25:25 that you actually can write a song. 25:27 In general, the internal line for rhyme three 25:31 is just this exciting principle 25:34 that encompasses so many Lanny Wolfe's songs. 25:36 So remember, I want you to keep your ears, 25:40 your eyes, your heart open, 25:43 you just never, never know, 25:46 when you might hear or see some moment of inspiration, 25:50 that might be your more than wonderful song 25:53 that the world is waiting to hear. 25:55 You might write a song 25:58 that Lanny Wolfe would never write. 26:00 You don't say like, well, 26:02 I maybe I couldn't write it as good as him. 26:05 Or maybe I couldn't write as good as somebody else. 26:08 No, no, if God gives you a song, 26:10 you write it, write, write, edit it, 26:14 throw away, rewrite, write, 26:16 and then protect the child that God has given you. 26:19 And just be reminded that 26:21 this is something that you can do, 26:23 you can write a song. 26:31 Lanny, that was so full of... 26:34 It was chock-full of information. 26:36 Thank you so much for that. 26:40 One of the things that I loved about that is the formula, 26:43 the formula, the AA B, which is the internal rhyme. 26:46 Internal rhyme B. 26:48 B which is and an A. 26:50 And don't be surprised 26:52 if you hear that in one of my songs 26:54 that I'm gonna work on. 26:55 No, I'm doing this, 26:57 so you can learn to write a song. 26:58 This is great. This is great. 27:00 And I really do want to implement 27:02 this in my next assignment which is... 27:06 Next assignment is using repetition. 27:10 I want you to write three or four choruses 27:12 that use this new format that is a favorite of mine, 27:16 AA, 27:18 internal rhyme line B, A, 27:22 I need three or four of those choruses. 27:24 And by the way, our next session 27:26 we're going to talk about where do I get ideas for songs? 27:29 It's one of my favorites. 27:31 Oh, that's great. 27:32 Where do we get ideas? 27:34 Oh. 27:38 No hands, but that's it. 27:40 Okay, that's good. That's good. 27:41 That's good enough. 27:42 Well, thank you so much. 27:44 I'm going to work on this 27:45 and you have something to work on to. 27:47 Make sure that you tune in. 27:49 If you missed the first episode, 27:51 which dealt with simplicity and repetition, 27:53 make sure you check that out as well. 27:56 You know why? 27:57 Because you can write a song. |
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