How to Spice Up a Mundane Melody With Jazz Chords
Looking at Nile Rodgers’ famous arrangements for David Bowie and Sister Sledge, let’s talk about how to turn pop into funk and so much more!
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How to Arrange a Cover Song for Your Instrument
New to performing cover versions of songs? Here are some starter tips for arranging a cover in your preferred instrument and style!
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8 Ways to Turn a Cover Version Into Something Original
How do you decide which songs fit your style, brand, or voice, and how do to make your version unique from the original? Find out here.
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How Kimbra Created “Madhouse” (Video)
In this video borrowed from Kimbra’s exclusive course on Soundfly, she breaks down how her track featuring Thundercat, “Madhouse,” was made.
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How to Set up a Film Scoring Session in Your DAW
Nervous about getting started on a film or media sync project in your DAW? Here’s everything you need to know to professionalize your session
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How Scary Film Music Actually Comes Across as “Scary”
From sound design to music theory to auditory phenomena, here are the reasons why horror film score music can actually spook us to death!
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6 Pop Songwriters Turned Film Score Composers
Who’s the first composer you think of when you think of film scoring? They probably started in pop music, and that says something!
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How to Write an Award-Winning Film Score
The composer behind the award-winning music from the short film, The Nobody Prayer, lays out his 7 simple keys to success.
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Exploring the Functions of Music in Visual Media
Underscore and sound design can serve a variety of different purposes in film and TV, here are a plethora of scene music function examples.
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Crying in the Club: Songs Within Songs and Intertextuality in Pop Music
A lengthy, in-depth look at the self-referential nature of pop music and what that means for legality and creativity in music.
