FREE POP Radio Song Advice

Todd Agnew has an unbelievably funny song about writing commercially for the radio, but here's the skinny--just the facts. Solving the pop mystery for all of you aspiring songwriters will put you right to the frontlines. Blessings with that, and yep, you are welcome.　 My pleasure.

1.  Format essentially comes first in pop.　 You have 2 choices only.
v,c,v,c,b,c (no tags allowed) or v,v,c,v,(c),b, c (no tags)
2.  Just forget what you hear in old rock-n-roll, jazz or classics formats or quality of sound recordings. This is a new day.　 You must shoot for the cutting edge and be better.
3.  A song's chorus must come in by the first 60 seconds, preferably by the first 45 seconds.
4.  Keep the song under 5 minutes long, best is 3 minutes or less.
5.  Your chorus should be exactly the same every time it comes 'round.　 A chorus should lift up the listener from the melody & be a natural high to the song.
6.  The bridge should take the listener to a completely different place.　 It should be the turning point or the character development of your song.
7.  Submit the c.d. and lyrics only to a rep.　 Do not add chord charts or notes when you submit it.　 The lyrics must line up on　top of one another in each verse, syllable by syllable.　 The song must show the format.　 Don't assume the rep will know you were smart enough to put the chorus in each time.　 They want to see how smart you are before they even put in the c.d. for a listen.　 If the song doesn't look right on the page (& it's one page only) they might not even put in the c.d.
8.  A songs hook must be a catch phrase either melodically or rhythmically.　 One way to make a catchy line is to repeat it with different words.
9.  The title must be able to be picked out easily from the song.　 Ask your friends what the name of the song is.　 If they don't get it right, change what you are doing.　 The title is the lyrical hook without making a tag line out of it.
10.  An instrumental hook for the song is a must.　 Find some repetitive instrumental phrase or sound & "brand" your song with it.
11.  Buy the Master Writer songwriter's software.　 It will give you ideas galore, solve all kinds of lyrical issues and save or copyright your material as you write it.　 It is not a music notation program, but a lyrical program.　 Seriously, I have found it to be worth the investment.
12.  Record your material in a professional studio with professional engineer ears.　 This is an expensive investment, but if you do not do that, you have no chance in this competition.　 The rep is listening to the first 8 seconds of your "sound"... if that catches his or her ear, then, they will listen to the first chorus.