Inspiration may strike like lightning, but just about as frequently, so go out and find your own stories, ideas, characters, and narratives in these blogs!
Scale Mode Cheat Sheet: How to Remember Each and Every Mode
Modes and Key Signatures have a variety of different characteristics and are great for outside-the-box songwriting. Here’s a cheat sheet to remember them!
What Students Are Saying About Soundfly’s Advanced Harmonic Theory Course
With overwhelmingly positive results, we’re happy to share a few select testimonials of Soundfly’s Advanced Harmony course directly from our students.
We Tried Playing “Music for Dogs” to a Dog. Turns Out, He Didn’t Care.
A deep exploration of YouTube and Spotify playlists made to calm dogs down in the home. But do they work? Find out with our experiment.
What Is Durchkomponiert?
Today we’re exploring a concept in music that has taken us from Beethoven to Freddie Mercury and beyond. And it’s got a very, very silly name too.
A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Metaphor Into Lyrics
Looking for ways to create more a powerful impact with your song lyrics? Here’s a step-by-step guide to using metaphor to deepen your storylines.
György Ligeti’s ‘Musica Ricercata’: Is It Possible to Compose with Just One Note?
We look at Ligeti’s famous composition in order to decide how much, or how little, the use of music’s foundational parameters really matter in composing.
Learn Modern Pop Vocal Production in Soundfly’s New Mentored Online Course
In Soundfly’s new course, Modern Pop Vocal Production, you’ll how to produce vocals at home that sound modern, polished, and professional.
Public Enemy’s Model for Breaking “Second Album Syndrome”
Looking for a cure to the dreaded “Second Album Syndrome”? Look no further than Public Enemy’s brilliant 1988 sophomore release for answers.
How to Build and Customize Synths in Logic Pro X
Logic Pro offers some of the best-sounding and most customizable synths right out of the box, here’s how to adjust their default settings to your liking!