Randomness is no help for your music. 5 tips to sort all that out. ____________ “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle comes with this FREE eBOOK: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ When a chord progression sounds random, that usually means that it has lost the sense of where “home” is. In […]
Choosing a key instantly gives you a list of chords to use as a starting point for chords-first songs. ____________ “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle comes with this FREE eBOOK: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ At what point are you aware of key when you compose your songs? Is it something […]
Pedal point is an option for adding a kind of musical anchor to a complex chord progression. ____________________ “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle now includes a free copy of “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro.” ____________________ [Before reading this article, give this video a quick view. It will explain the […]
Avoiding the V-chord helps to remove a layer of predictability from your music. ____________ “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle comes with this FREE eBOOK: “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro”. _____________ The V-chord is the one built on the 5th note of a scale. For music in C major, G is the […]
Identifying the melody notes that happen on strong beats will help you identify the chords that work. ____________________ Read more about how “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6-eBook Bundle can make you a top-level songwriter ($95.70 $37). Get “From Amateur to Ace: Writing Songs Like a Pro” FREE. ____________________ One of the advantages of working on a […]
By working backwards to create progressions, you ensure that the progression will make musical sense. ____________ 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”. _____________ To create progressions that have a strong sense of forward motion and harmonic goal, it is best […]
