{"id":64142,"date":"2025-12-11T14:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/?p=64142"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:43:37","slug":"jimmy-webb-on-the-greatest-lesson-motown-ever-taught-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/jimmy-webb-on-the-greatest-lesson-motown-ever-taught-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Webb on the Greatest Lesson Motown Ever Taught Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"produ-leaderboard-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px!important;\" id=\"produ-1272881599\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-2278036589202-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/21927241144\/728x90-Leaderboard', [728,90], 'gpt-ad-2278036589202-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads());\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-2278036589202-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-2278036589202-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-2278036589202-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Motown&#039;s Lesson In Songwriting with Jimmy Webb\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lws1eQ18pMo?feature=oembed&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;playsinline=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">When Jimmy Webb talks about Motown, he does not talk about chart positions or studio tricks. He talks about an education. In his words, he had \u201cthe educational experience of my life at Motown,\u201d and it all revolved around one deceptively simple question the writers and producers there asked over and over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"font-[700]\">\u201cYeah, but where\u2019s the message?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64143 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-227x170.jpg 227w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-40x30.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-808x606.jpg 808w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-453x340.jpg 453w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-13x10.jpg 13w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-12x9.jpg 12w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/mm_hitsville_house-1-1024x768-1-385x289.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Motown pushed him to think beyond chord progressions and melodic flair. The emphasis was always on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">what you are carrying in the song<\/span><span class=\"\">. What is the emotional payload? What do you want the listener to walk away with? Until that was clear, nothing else mattered.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Jimmy said he took that challenge \u201cvery, very seriously,\u201d and it never once let him down. He does not claim to have written the greatest songs in history, yet he points out something essential. By and large, his songs have an A B C structure, a beginning, middle, and end. They are stories, fully formed, with somewhere to go and something to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That was the Motown mindset. Not just hooks. Not just grooves.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"font-[700]\">A message. A story. 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