What is the Phrygian mode? And how is it useful to us as songwriters?

If you're looking for a sound that's darker than a regular minor key, the Phrygian mode might be the mode for you. 

Let's...

I think there are 4 important things we as songwriters can learn from authors.

In fact, I'm of the opinion that artists can learn quite a lot from artists of different forms.

Authors can learn...

What is the Dorian mode? Specifically, how do we figure out the notes and use it as songwriters?

In this video, we talk about how to get to the Dorian mode with keeping the same key...

In this video, we're going to talk about 3 more reasons that your song might suck. 

Sometimes we end up underwhelmed with our final song. Sometimes it's worse and we hate it or resent it for...

What is the Mixolydian Mode? The short answer is that it is the "darkest" of the 3 modes that are based on a Major Tonic chord. 

If you want a song that's mostly Major in sound, but not ...

Do you find yourself underwhelmed with your song after you've finished?

Or maybe you haven't finished many songs because you throw them in the metaphorical trash before even finishing them.

If...

What is the Lydian mode?

The short version is that it's the mode based off of the 4th scale degree of a Major Key and it's a mode that's even brighter and more heavenly sounding than a Major...

In this video, you'll learn the single thing you need to know in order to figure out every single note in every minor key. Let's talk about it!

What are Modes in music? And how are they useful for songwriters? Are modes different than keys or scales?

We talk about all that in this video and dive into an overview of the general sounds of...

Let's talk about the one simple way to figure out all of the notes for any and all major keys. Whether C Major, F# Major, Bb Major or any other major key, this one method will allow you...

In this video, we're going to talk about 3 more destructive songwriting myths you might believe! As songwriters, it's important we don't fall for myths that will hold back our songwriting! Let's...

Songwriting myths can and often do get in our way on our quest to writing killer songs. Whether we create fake rules for ourselves that make our songs worse or don't try things that would help our...