In this short lesson from our beginner-level New Songwriter’s Workshop course, we share some tips to get you brainstorming if you’re stuck.
How to Create Tensions With Your Chords
In this edition of Soundfly Basics, we run down the usefulness and potential applications of utilizing tension in your chord progressions.
The Hidden Grammar of Music
What a music theory book at age 13 taught me about how to look at chords, chord progressions and the emotions they’re capable of manifesting.
The Birth of the Unjazz
Modern songwriters, producers and artists are reinventing the way jazz idioms and foundations are applied in modern pop. Let’s break it down!
It Only Takes 4 Weeks to Transform Your Songwriting With a Pro
Get 1-on-1 and tutorials, guidance, and feedback on your songwriting work from a seasoned pro: Soundfly Mentor, Charlotte Yates.
What Songs Do You Recognize in the First 5 Seconds?
In Ep. 29 of Themes and Variation, we tackle that age-old combination between nostalgia and familiarity. Enjoy our chat with Brian Funk!
Mixing Notes: Time Correction for Cinematic Strings in Logic Pro
Whether you’re dealing with live strings or VSTs, legato or staccato passages, to create fluidity you may have to use time correction tools.
Kimbra’s 7 Different Roles for Background Vocals
In this lesson taken from Kimbra’s exclusive course on Soundfly, she breaks down the various ways her background vocals can elevate a song.
Lyrical Themes, and the Many Ways to Develop Them…
Writing a page full of lyrics is only half the battle when it comes to developing your song’s meaning… There’s a lot more work to do!
What Are Your Favorite Songs That Do Something Incorrectly?
Ep. 28 of Themes and Variation features our conversation with composer and songwriter Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of Arthur Moon) on “incorrect” music.