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Unfamiliar Genre Project Proposal Patrice Washington January 30, 2012

Name: R & B Ballad

Why Interested:

I want to write and R&B ballad for my Unfamiliar Genre Project. I am interested in doing this because I love R&B and soul music. Motown and classic R&B stations are a constant in my household and I was raised listening to this music. I have an appreciation for the simplicity of the words that seem to capture such complicated emotions like love, betrayal, desire, guilt, pleasure and the like. I have NEVER written a love song and a love poem would be the closest I ever got to write a song. I think it will be difficult to do it without it sounding cheesy. I want to write a really good set of lyrics. I have been listening to a lot of love songs to get inspiration and I I am eager to try this myself.

 What I know about the genre:  I know that most ballads in the R&B category have verses, a chorus that usually repeats through the song, and a bridge/vamp. These are important parts of the song because they build the emotion that is being expressed to some sort of climax dur

== This seems very reasonable. Try to read a range of lyrics, even those you may not prefer, just to get the range of the writing. Besides rhyme and rhythm, consider the tone, the word choice, the imagery, and figurative language, if there is any. Good choice. ==