Castle on the Hill is a song by Ed Sheeran that was released on the 6th of January 2017. Its in the genre of Folk pop and is a very happy and upbeat song. This song was one of my main inspirations whilst writing my song, it was the main reason I wanted to play guitar and the main reason I wanted to tell a story of my life. In the song Ed sings about experiences he has had as a child and an adult at this castle on a hill. He wrote the song about his home town Framlingham and the castle there, Framlington Castle. He spent a lot of time here as a child/ teenager and it heavily influenced his life. Writing about something real and true is something that is prominent in a lot of his music and in general a lot of folk music, this is something I will strongly take into consideration when writing the remainder of my lyrics.
(Ed Sheeran, 2017)
Musically the song is generally up tempo and uses these four chords throughout: D, G. Bm and A. Using only four chords throughout the entire song is something I am also using in my song, I initially got the inspiration from Castle on The Hill. The song features lots of other instruments like bass and drums, something I won't be using in my song, however, having multiple instruments doesn't takeaway from the lyrics and story behind this song, it helps to emphasise them as its been used in a clever way.
Musically the song is generally up tempo and uses these four chords throughout: D, G. Bm and A. Using only four chords throughout the entire song is something I am also using in my song, I initially got the inspiration from Castle on The Hill. The song features lots of other instruments like bass and drums, something I won't be using in my song, however, having multiple instruments doesn't takeaway from the lyrics and story behind this song, it helps to emphasise them as its been used in a clever way.
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