Climactic moments happen in lyrics, chords and instrumentation – not just melodies. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle TODAY, and receive your free eBook “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ When we talk about the climactic moment in a song, we often automatically look for the highest note in the melody. That’s […]
With subjective listening, you’re usually too easy or too hard on yourself. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and get this eBook FREE OF CHARGE: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ Objective listening simply refers to your ability to hear your own music without being unduly influenced by the fact that […]
Most major progressions work well when they’re transposed as-is into a minor key. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle TODAY, and receive your free eBook “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ Justin Timberlake’s 2013 hit, “Mirrors,” demonstrates the power that comes from creating a chorus progression that is strongly linked to the verse […]
Like a pictures in a photo album, music is more than one nice “shot” following another. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and get this eBook FREE OF CHARGE: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ Back in 1956, two professors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign made history by being the […]
Focusing on one pitch at a time can help add structure to your song melodies. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle TODAY, and receive your free eBook “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ Do you find lately that your song melodies have an undesirable wandering nature? One aspect of good melodies that […]
Create a pleasant sense of musical restlessness by moving the root upward in the tonic chord. ____________ Purchase “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and get this eBook FREE OF CHARGE: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ The tonic chord is the one that represents the key of your song. A couple of […]
