Michael Jackson, also known as the king of pop, died on June 25, 2009. It was shocking news heard worldwide due to his international success as a music artist. His legacy will live on forever every time his songs like Thriller, Beat It, Smooth Criminal, and Heal the World are played and his music videos are shown that feature his signature dance moves like the moon walk. Not only will he live on through the music, but he will also be remembered in comics. His many talents such as singer-songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, choreographer, dancer, actor, businessman, and author are worthy of fame and recognition. There have also been other tributes on music channels, concerts, and near his home in Los Angeles.

The comic books industry is showing tribute to Michal Jackson by releasing a comic by Bluewater Productions called, Tribute: Michael Jackson, King of Pop. The comic is planned to be released sometime in October. The comic will be a biography of his life, similar to other Bluewater Productions biography comics like the Female Force series. The comic will feature a wrap around cover and a foreword by Giuseppe Mazzola who is part of The Official Michael Jackson Fan Club. It is a limited special edition book. This tribute is so appropriate for him because Michael Jackson loved comic books. He collected comics and read them. According to an article written by Josh Wigler for an MTV blog, Jackson almost purchased Marvel Comics in the early 1990s.

Michael Jackson’s career started when he was born the seventh child and lead singer of the Jackson 5. Their hits were popular in the Motown ere when Jackson was just a kid. In his teen years he began a solo career that proved to be a huge success. One of the world’s bestselling albums was released in the early 1980s by Jackson called Thriller, and he received the title king of pop. As an artist, he has won so many awards and recognitions. He’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, received 13 Grammy Awards, and can be found in the Guinness Book of World Records under the category most successful entertainer of all time. The fame and fortune made him a very charitable person. He raised millions of dollars for charities during his lifetime. He supported his own charity, Heal the World Foundation, and also raised money for other people’s charities. His accomplishments haven’t gone unnoticed and will be tastefully displayed in a comic.

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Los Angeles County Coroner has it that Michael Jackson’s death was a case of homicide. After 2 months of waiting for the result of the forensic autopsy, it was revealed that Jackson’s case is a homicide case. Dr. Conrad Murray will now be facing homicide and criminal charges as one of the suspects for the death of the King of Pop. It was found out on the autopsy conducted that Wacko Jacko died because of the high lethal drug levels that were administered to his body.

It is a known fact that MJ is battling with insomnia. In order to get a good sleep, he needs to be sedated. On the night prior to his death, Dr. Murray administered different sedatives to MJ in an effort to give Jackson a good sleep. However, Jackson can’t sleep still. This is the time that Murray decided to give MJ Propofol. The doctor probably was not expecting that Propofol will react negatively with the other sedatives he administered to the King of Pop. It was too late to notice that only after minutes when Propofol was administered, Wacko Jacko is no longer breathing and was diagnosed to die of cardiac arrest.

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The police authorities will surely file criminal charges against Dr. Murray. If proven guilty, he will be put into jail. It must be noted though that even if Jackson died at the hands of the doctor, it is yet to be proven that the doctor has intended to actually kill the King of Pop.

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, 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 that I was a hyperventilating concert fan in the past — or where I’d have a walkman (yeah…remember those things?) 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.

I’ve never been to any of his concerts nor bought any of his music (until a few weeks ago), but Michael Jackson’s music was always on the playlist to the soundtrack of my life for the better part of 2 decades. Everyone I knew knew who Michael Jackson was well before his “Wacko Jacko” era…and that saying a lot about his talent as a songwriter, musician and entertainer!

For A While I Was Thinking About Starting a Series of Songwriter Articles…

 …But I didn’t know how I should start it until late June (2009). Then it hit me: “I should talk about today’s songs; pick apart crappy songs and applaud great songs”. I thought, “Maybe it could help unleash a brand new batch of professional songwriters onto the world…or at least help you further study the subject of songwriting”. And then — as if on cue — in a tragic turn of events Mike Jay passes and people flood stores trying to buy and download all his albums and music.

I felt this was my chance to help you start your transformation into a great songwriter — sort of like “passing the torch” on behalf of MJ — while also paying small homage to the dude as one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

So within my first 100 or so articles, I’m going to focus on how Michael Jackson was able to become a songwriting force starting now. Later I’ll start several smaller articles to pick apart many of his most popular songs and explain why there’re as great as they are. Eventually I’m going to expand my songwriter articles into studying many of today’s popular songwriters and songs, but I feel it’s fitting if I begin with one of the best.

Now it takes more than writing great lyrics to make a great song.

It takes mastering all parts of the songwriting process, and then you must make sure your song connects people to one another. Mike’s greatest gift was his ability to connect with people (because he wasn’t always the principle songwriter for his songs). He hired legendary songwriters like Paul McCartney (of the Beatles), Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson writing songs for him (which isn’t bad if you ask me), but eventually he wanted to express his own creativity…much like I assume you want to.

When he took over the job of songwriter, his career hit the stratosphere! It was a “thrill[er]”, to say the least. Michael Jackson made sure he understood all parts of the songwriting process. I read that he would work on a song over and over until it was perfect. Thirteen (13) #1 songs and 750 Million record sales later, I think it’s safe to assume that he was able to discover the winning songwriting formula.

I feel there are 3 key stages to become a successful songwriter:

No one knows exactly what formula Michael Jackson used in his songwriting — and every songwriter eventually discovers his and her own songwriting style — but I’ve provided a basic order to develop your song from idea to composition. Come to think of it, Michael Jackson was probably so gifted and intuitive that he didn’t need steps to follow, so these steps are for those of us who aren’t as special, who need a little direction:

Much of Michael Jackson’s life was very strange — what else would you expect from a society that’s turns people into objects of our entertainment — but many of his songs were and still are brilliant (to say the least) because Jackson was able to follow a similar songwriting process.

And even though we live in a decade of rock and rap — where we’re “too cool” to associate ourselves with someone like a Michael Jackson until his tragic death — no one can deny his great music or the strength of his songwriting ability.

Study his music, and the above songwriting steps if you want to become a great songwriter.