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Home > Writing Challenges > March 2021 Co-write Challenge Results

March 2021 Co-write Challenge Results

Congratulations to our MAS 2021 March Co-Writing Challenge songwriters!

Each time we run these challenges, it's a special treat to see what songs are created from the same set of prompts they are given. Some writers selected their own co-writer, and some were adventurous and let us pick a writer at random for them.

The talent, creativity, and heart of our writers shows up in their work.

You'll hear it in a second.

If you're interested in jumping in on the fun our members have, click here to find out how you can join MAS today.

What was the prompt this time?

Each writing team was given a choice to pick one of three writing challenge levels.

Here they are:

Level 1: Huh, okay. Seems easy enough.

  • They had to put the word bug, bugs, or bugged in the title.

That was it for this level.

Level 2: Umm sure. A challenge but I’ll go for it.

  • Must have bug, bugs, or bugged in the title.
  • Must contain the phrase, “You always claim you have stage fright”, somewhere in the song.
  • Must be a VCVCBC song structure.

And that’s it for this level

Level 3: Yeah baby! Bring it on!

  • Must have bug, bugs, or bugged in the title.
  • Must contain the phrase, “You always claim you have stage fright”, somewhere in the song.
  • Must be a VCVCBC song structure.
  • The chord progression A E D C# D must show up in the song. Or a key equivalent.
  • The bridge must contain only three lines and at least one question.
  • Must contain a breakdown for at least one measure. At some point in the song everything drops out except a drum beat and vocal or just vocal for a minimum of one measure to however long they feel it should be.

Here are the songs.

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