Tips ‘n Tricks: Chord Progression Guidelines for Songwriters

A bad chord progression can bring cause an otherwise excellent song to fail. Here are some basic tips for creating good progressions. ____________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, and increase your song’s HIT potential. _____________ When songwriters go looking for a “killer” progression, what they’re really looking for is something that’s unique, and something that really […]

Check Out These 13 Modal Chord Progressions

Written by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” website. Check out “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” e-books. Increase your listenership simply by fixing your songs! Eliminating one small error can turn a weak song into one that everyone is humming. ____________ A few months back I wrote an article about the differences between minor […]

Dorian Mode, Aeolian Mode, Minor Key… What's the Difference?

by Gary Ewer, from “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting”. Gary is the author of several e-books that open the world of song composition to budding writers. If you’d like to know how to get your songs working, let his texts show you the way. ____________ In traditional harmony (i.e., the kind you’d learn in a […]