In this video, our no. 1 hit selling songwriting instructor Alex Von Soos gives us a little taster of what you can expect on our Hit Songwriting course, jam packed full of songwriting tips from a top songwriter with record sales in the millions. Songwriting Tips...
Songwriting, Music Composition writing chords and bass lines: Yesterday was my last day with my Song Writing and Music Composition students before leaving to set up my own music production school. In the course we covered chord sequences, melody, structure and rhythm, lyrics, arrangement, extended...
Which comes first, the lyrics or the music? Writing a song is easy but writing a great song isn't. Have you ever wondered how to write a song with good lyrics and a good melody? I've been lucky enough to work with some of the most successful...
Melodies make an integral part of music composition. They are one of the prime reasons why some songs etch in our hearts forever and ever. However, arranging the notes to make a meaningful tune is not a very easy job for many. It takes...
by Chris Porter Communicate, connect and feedback. This is critical. A great (or at least, better!) lyric has something to say and knows how to say it. The subject matter is irrelevant if you get this critical step right. Run your ideas past trusted...
Whether you’re a budding producer, DJ or a brand new indie artist -- most of the time the focus is purely on the music, and that’s about it. However, soon enough, you’ll realize that there’s much more involved in just putting on music. You...
As early as 2010, if you wanted to put together an album you were pretty much forced to shell out cash to a local recording studio. Or, even worse, you pretty much needed a record deal with a label of some sort. Needless to...
Did you know that YouTube traffic makes up nearly a ⅕ of ALL internet traffic? Similarly, quite a bit of that is music consumption. It’s also common for labels to upload an audio tracks as video for YouTube, the imagery will usually just be...
Major, minor and extended chords on the keyboard and piano: Music Theory Practice part 2 - Extended chords: Just some more music theory rules. You will need to have some music theory knowledge or you could always book workshop 4 of my Logic 9 Music Production...
Music theory practice, chord progressions, keys and scales: A music production college I worked at in London a while back asked me to teach a Music Theory and Music Composition course with chord progressions, keys & scales. I know my way around a fretboard of a...
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