09 Walk Away From Love (Ruffin) by zazula published on 2021-01-17T18:44:43Z Songs composed for my Berklee "Writing Hit Songs" class back in 2016 (https://online.berklee.edu/courses/songwriting-writing-hit-songs). None of these are full songs except my reimagining of "Walk Away From Love" (Ruffin/1975). Each of these was written and recorded in a one-week timeframe i.e., pretty quick and not much time for refinement. Someday I may come back and build these out more... Week 1 : Writing a Chorus : Chorus from "Walk Away From Love" - full song below Week 2 : Writing a Verse : Verse from "Time Stands Still" - full song below Week 3 : Writing a Bridge : "Time Stands Still" with helpful BG VOX from Clover! - goal was to create contrasting verse, chorus, bridge sections Week 4 : Standard Chorus Types : "Losing Myself" - another exercise in contrasting verse from chorus Week 5 : Chorus Variations : "Take Me Down" - repetition, repetition, repetition... Week 6 : Verse Variations : "Time And Again" (Daniels/???) - Lyrics from Eddie Daniels : https://songwritersofnewyork.com/eddie_daniels.html - not sure what variations I used here, but some creative chords can be heard Week 7 : Modulation : "I Want More" - Chorus is in a different key than the verse, yay! Week 8 : Pre-Chorus : "Not My Girlfriend" - Pre-chorus in a song about a vampire! Week 9 : Another V-PC-C Song : "Walk Away From Love" (Ruffin/1975) - I had never heard an R&B song about breaking up before! - Also demonstrates the length of intro I like - get to the damn song! Week 10 : Verse Refrain / Instrumental Hook : "Turn It To 11" - We hear the title in the chorus, yay (Refrain) - Guitar line after chorus (Instrumental Hook) Week 11 : Complete AABA Song : "Time Will Make Things Better" - Yikes, more than one verse??? Week 12 : Complete Song : "Climbing" - Snare drum solo! The Band : lead "vocals" : me guitar : me bass : me drums : me* background vocals : Clover on Losing Time *except for: Losing Time, Losing Myself, & Time & Again which are virtual drummers