The practice of crafting songs, or skill in doing so(noun)
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Use "songcraft" in a sentence
"As vanguard bands such as Loud Family, Negro Problem and Matthew Sweet have discovered, "songcraft" and "professionalism" have somehow become code words for painful dullness."
"'tell me that I'm wrong, try to sing me your ego song' is a more complex and lyrically advanced than many punk bands which just use aggression and image instead of actually thinking about there songcraft which is why I think of the early hardcore bands such as black flag, germs and dead kennidies to be soo great, they showed more than anger, there intellegent side was put forward aswell."
"With the pop smarts of Adele, the mellow vibe of Norah Jones, a voice and sound that echoes Karen Carpenter, and songcraft that follows in the footsteps of Burt Bacharach, Rumer's talent is built to last."