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Before writing songs, I’d already started to use a form of Message Matrix structure for marketing (thanks Dave Kellog!). I just wasn’t very good at it. Learning how to build the scaffold of music and lyrics drove message structure into my DNA. Just as an experienced songwriter would never confuse a verse with a chorus, the distinct roles of Positioning Statement, Key Messages, and Proof Points became clear and visceral. From that gut-level understanding emerged the Matrix methodology I’ve used and taught ever since. Just like a memorable song, a good message set is three minutes of output constructed with days, weeks or months of care. Lesson 3: Leave Words Out I’m a word person. Unsurprisingly, my early songs had way too many lyrics. 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It’s to find the few words that secure interest and make them want to hear the rest of your “song.” In The Final Chorus… writing music didn’t make make me rich. It doesn’t for most songwriters. After eighteen months it was time to get a “real” job again, though I still write songs today. But I still mark that time as the pivot point when my marketing career became far more successful, and a lot more fun. Today it feels as satisfying (and elusive) to nail the “song” of a company, brand or product as an actual song. I did what I loved and, like the saying goes, the money did follow. It just followed sneakily and caught up with me on a different stretch of the road. Jeffry-Wynne Prince of the band The Bitter Elegance confirms the value of this kind of career cross-pollination to his work as a top-performing design consultant. “The effort and mechanics of getting a person to respond to a song is identical in getting a client to respond to a service or even a product. 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