{"id":85328,"date":"2021-05-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=85328"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T10:54:17","slug":"5-ways-to-hook-listeners-with-a-great-song-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-hook-listeners-with-a-great-song-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"5 ways to hook listeners with a great song intro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What’s the best way to start to a song? We explore how to write a good song introduction, with music production techniques to stop people skipping your track.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Music fans have less patience than ever before. Research shows <\/a>that a listener on a streaming platform like Spotify<\/a> will hit skip<\/a> on a song before even 30 seconds has passed if they\u2019re not immediately entranced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst a gloomy fact, no doubt that has as much to do with personal preference as with the sheer amount of music being released each day \u2013 there\u2019s only so many songs one person can give their full attention to, and there\u2019s too much great new music around to stick with something you’re just not that into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how do you make sure your<\/em> track doesn\u2019t get skipped? Write a killer song intro,<\/a> of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are neat music production techniques that you can use to hook the listener, gaining their full attention quickly at the beginning of the track and keeping it until the end. Here are five examples of the best way to start a song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Start with a riff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some of the catchiest song introductions of all time open with the central riff; think synth classics \u201cJump\u201d<\/a> by Van Halen and \u201cJust Can\u2019t Get Enough\u201d<\/a> by Depeche Mode. Metallica\u2019s “Enter Sandman”<\/a> is a masterclass at building suspense with a simple, beefy riff that gets your head bobbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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