A quick historical deep dive on the journey of the saxophone from French military pride to jazz band spotlight, but never the symphonic orchestra.
What Actually IS the Difference Between AM and FM Radio?
Learn the basics of what makes AM and FM radio different, and why AM is probably more desireable than we’ve been led to believe!
Reflections on Nico Muhly’s Composing Process
How does composer Nico Muhly stay organized while juggling travel, commission deadlines, meetings, collaborations, and his own creativity?
3 Tips for Getting Out of a Lyric Rhyming Rut
Stuck in “rhymer’s block?” We enlisted a professional songwriting coach to show us three creative schemes for helping to write song lyrics that rhyme.
One Chord to Rule Them All
When Bob Marley toured New Zealand for the first and only time in 1979 (he…
Chorus Writing Strategy 101
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Are You Talking to Me? Using Conversation in Lyrics
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Do Cheetahs and House Cats Purr at the Same Frequency?
One of the wackier outcroppings now appearing on the coastlines of the internet has been…
Scaffolding: How to Use Structure to Map Out the Energy Flow of Your Song
Songs are almost always built from sections that will feel very familiar, and yet they still…
Ultrasonic Animals That Vocalize at Frequencies Beyond Our Hearing Range
We humans live in such an audio bubble, with a hearing range of a mere…