Ultimately, your song is made up of lyrics, melody, and harmony (chords). Of those 3, Lyrics are the only one you can put in a frame and hang up on your wall.
Whether or not you see...
I get it, sometimes you just want to get to the next step of your songwriting process more quickly. Once you have your initial lyrics, you’re ready to dive into edit mode.
Maybe you’re...
Songwriting and music composing are sort of the same. And yet sort of completely different.
Music composers often work without lyrics or see lyrics in a supplementary role. Hopefully, as...
A song title is like a book cover. Sure, you can tell yourself it doesn’t matter, but do you want someone to choose your book from the bookshelf or not?
Alright, then I guess the song...
So you already know what major and minor triads are. And you know augmented and diminished triads as well. We’ve even talked about the power of dyads. But what on...
A lot of important things can be taken for granted. Like how every story- movie, book, or otherwise, is separated into 3 distinct acts. Song structure is something else often taken for granted.
You...
Every song you’ve ever heard is probably littered with this concept. It brings together all the different genres, from classical, to rap, to pop, to country, to rock and everything in...
What is the relationship between lyrics and rhythm? It’s pretty common to separate “music writing” and “lyric writing”, but they’re actually inherently...
You may have heard of a chord root and inversions. But what are they?
It all starts with a chord. What exactly is that?
Basically, multiple notes played simultaneously.
Inversions are...
My goal is to always be transparent and honest with you. Besides, we’re both real humans, right?
Sometimes discouragement will come. And it will weigh A LOT.
We’re going to...
Technology is a beautiful thing. It gives us tools that can help us with tasks that would otherwise take much longer. It can help us be more organized, efficient, and proficient in our craft. Why...
Does chord progression matter? Or do you just randomly pick a progression and go? If you have a melody already, do you figure out a chord progression that works and say “alrighty,...
