If you're someone who dreams of becoming a great songwriter let me offer you this bit of advice; set aside a few hours out of your day to study any one of Michael Jackson's hit songs. I am convinced that clearly he was -- and is -- one of the world's greatest songwriters.

I'm an 80's baby, baby, so I grew up during the King of Pop's heyday and I was shocked -- like probably you were -- when I heard the news about Michael Jackson's death. And like most people, I started downloading a ton of music. I felt I needed to honor my man for a little while; honor what MJ gave to music and to the world. Eventually I found myself reminiscing events in my life as my mp3 player cycled through classics like "remember the time", and "will you be there", man, those were great times!

And it wasn't so much a thing where I was a hyperventilating concert fan in the past -- or where I'd have a walkman (yeah, remember those?) or CD player packed full with his music in continuous rotation -- but maybe I'd be in the car with my dad as he drove his boys to the park to toss around the football, and Michael Jackson's latest hit would echo in the background on the radio.

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