5 Chord Progressions to Kickstart Your Songwriting
Need a boost of inspiration? Try any of these fool-proof chord progressions to jumpstart your writing process.
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7 Strange (but Effective) Ways to Keep Your Voice Healthy
This article originally appeared on TakeLessons’ blog. As a singer, you probably know how important it is to take care of your voice — it is your instrument, after all! If you’re already staying hydrated and doing your daily warm-ups, take it a step further by trying these strange (but effective) strategies in this guest…
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6 Memorable Musical Variations on The Star-Spangled Banner
Here at Soundfly, we encourage everyone to work towards finding their own musical voice, and improvise on top of anything. But did you know, in many states you could be fined, or even arrested, for embellishing on the national anthem? To celebrate the Fourth of July, and America’s tradition of going against the rules, here…
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Bill Clinton’s The Pres Blows and the Hilarious Response to a Legendary Record
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. In 1994, a mysteriously unauthorized 18-minute bootleg live recording of Bill Clinton playing the saxophone at a Prague jazz club ends up on a CD and gets…
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How to Run a Flawless Recording Session with Strings
In order to create all the videos, resources and course assets for our popular Mainstage course, Orchestration for Strings, we worked closely with the incredible young composer, Ian Davis, who writes and arranges in the band, Landlady as well as his solo project Relatives, and has composed for such notable acts as My Brightest Diamond. Specifically for the course,…
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How to Write Songs That Get Stuck in People’s Heads
If you’ve seen Easy A, you probably remember the scene where Emma Stone receives a card that plays Natasha Bedingfield’s “Pocketful of Sunshine” and how Stone’s character hates the song — at first. Flash forward to a few days later, and she can’t stop singing it. There are songs that we can’t stand, yet can’t get out…
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How to Get the Most out of Your Practice Session
Often times when we practice and rehearse, we just do so instinctively — we show up, play through our songs, maybe talk about them a bit, and then do it again. While any sort of practice and rehearsal is probably a good thing, no matter how you go about it, there is some interesting research…
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How to Guarantee Your Music Is Heard by a Film/TV Supervisor
Licensing your music for film or television is one of the few sure-fire ways to make money as a musician. But how do you get started?
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How to Travel with String Instruments
Summertime is upon us, and so is the glory of festival and touring season. If you are lucky enough to travel around to perform music at venues all over the country or world, chances are you’ll spend at least a little bit of time airborne en route to your next exotic destination. Many of us…
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Launching Today: 3 New Music Courses!
Drumroll please! Today we’re launching a new round of course offerings, including our first ever Premium-level content. And — as you may have noticed — our whole site has an entirely new look and feel. We can’t wait for you to peek around and tell us what you think! The free courses you know and love…
