You can strengthen chord progressions by defining a goal and then working backwards. ___________ Buy “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle, and get back to songwriting excellence. ___________ Yesterday, we looked at how to work backwards with lyrics. We saw that getting the chorus lyrics working first made it easier to work out verse ideas. […]
Here are some ideas for fixing that song that just never seems finished. Do you have a song in your own personal catalogue that’s finished but just doesn’t sound right? Every once in a while you dig it out and sing through it, but it just lies there like yesterday’s porridge. Everything seems right, but you can […]
Here’s an easy way to make 2 key changes as you move from verse to chorus. It’s a very common technique for songwriters to move from minor to major as they move from verse to chorus. A classic example is Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend“, the verse for which is in F minor, switching […]
Simple chord substitutions can do more for your music than simply vary the sound. _____________ “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle (plus a FREE copy of “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”) is written by Gary Ewer, designed to straighten out your technique and get you writing better songs. ______________________ Most of the chords you’ll […]
A turn-around builds musical energy by its seamless back-to-the-beginning characteristic. ________________ Get the entire “Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 10-eBook Bundle, with an 11th free eBook, “Creative Chord Progressions”. High-quality PDFs for laptop, desktop, iPad, or any other PDF-reading device. ________________ A turn-around is a progression, usually relatively short (4 or 5 chords), that ends in such […]
Good songwriting is always a process of tossing some ideas, and keeping others. ________________ The new 3rd edition of “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook has been released. Get the entire “Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle, with a 7th free eBook. High-quality PDFs for laptop, desktop, iPad, or any other PDF-reading device. Read more.. ________________ At the […]
