Flypaper: Creative Music Articles From Online Music School Soundfly

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What to Do When You’re Stuck in a Creative Desert

man holding a piano while dangling off a cliff

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Dangling Over the Cliff Edge

Van Gogh's starry night with a quote from Rilke on top of it.

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What Do You Adore?

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Does Pressure Make You More Creative?

Features

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The Surprising Origins of the Bagel Bites Theme Music

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Why Is THIS the Most Influential Music Cue in Hollywood?

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Do Dogs Understand Music?

Tips & Advice

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Hold Up, Can You Sidechain Reverb?

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What Are the Different Tiers of Music Publicity Campaigns?

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How to Recognize Chords Faster

Lessons From Our Courses

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Ryan Lott: 8 Tips for Creating and Using Custom Digital Instruments

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Three Examples of Dilla Swing

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The Modal Mixture at the Heart of Elijah Fox’s “City In the Sky”

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Com Truise: Mid-Fi Synthwave Slow-Motion Funk

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The Pocket Queen: Moving at Your Own Tempo

Ben Weinman Soundfly official course portrait

Ben Weinman: The Business of Uncompromising Art

Elijah Fox at the piano (official Soundfly portrait)

Elijah Fox: Impressionist Piano & Production

Ian Chang: Warped Rhythms & Abstract Beats

BREAKDOWNS & ANALYSES

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Is “If I Fell” The Beatles’ Hippest Pre-Revolver Tune?

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THIS Is the Most Defiant Song of All-Time.

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The Curious Case of the △7 Chord Symbol

Community Spotlight

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Community Spotlight: Carla Malrowe on Creating Juxtapositions in Pop Forms (Track Premier)

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Listen to Soundfly’s Musical Exquisite Corpse Project (Yup, We Did That.)

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Student Spotlight: Misticeti on Adding Latin Grooves to Tycho-Style Synths

Walkthroughs

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Synths 101: How Oscillators & Waveforms Work

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How to Use Pedal Tones (for Dramatic Effect!)

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A Short-Ish Guide to Cadences

OPINIONS & EDITORIALS

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What Photography Has Taught Me About Music

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Is Timbre Actually the Most Important Factor in Orchestration?

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You Should “Vibe” With Your Publicist.

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Office Listening — August 2023 Spotify Playlist

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The Creative Process: Ora Cogan on the Dark and Light of Songwriting (Video)