{"id":49696,"date":"2020-02-17T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=49696"},"modified":"2020-02-17T13:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T13:05:38","slug":"songwriting-101-with-martin-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/songwriting-101-with-martin-jones","title":{"rendered":"Songwriting 101 with Martin Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cardiff&#8217;s Martin Jones just completed his second album and is now touring Europe, but claims &#8220;anyone&#8221; can write a song with these four steps.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song.jpg 950w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/How-To-Write-a-Song-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Martin Jones plays his newest single for his second album. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing a song can be daunting, from the lyrics to the chords to figuring out that perfect beat for everyone to bob their heads and hum over and over. 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