Borrowing a nifty couple of chord changes from the jazz world can really elevate your songwriting, no matter the genre or style.
How to Navigate the Music Industry as a Topliner
When it comes to toplining in the music industry, collaborating and co-writing, producing negotations, and royalty splits should all be familiar territory.
Consonance Is Nice. Dissonance Is Delicious
A practical guide to using intervals to create a range of emotional effects, because despite what you’ve heard: dissonance is king.
7 Melody Writing and Motivic Development Techniques for Songwriters
Want to write catchier melodies? Use any of these seven approaches to motif development and your melody will surely get stuck in your listener’s head.
How to Pick the Point of View of Your Song
Here’s a quick lesson on songwriting perspectives with advice on how to choose your lyrical point of view when starting to write.
What Makes a Great Songwriting Workflow?
Learn how to optimize your songwriting and production workflow and what matters most in your creative process with this lesson from our online course.
How John Williams Implies Modality Within Diatonic Harmony in “Yoda’s Theme”
Learn how composer John Williams is able to transform the notes of his Yoda leitmotif into a colorful tapestry using themes of elevation, mystique, and uncertainty.
How the Drive for Musical Cohesion Can Stifle New Ideas
How can songwriters escape the trap of sounding “correct” in order to make work that embraces risk and explores new creative directions?
5 Free Online Resources for Learning Music Theory (Plus a Bonus)
We’ve scowered the web to find these five great websites where you can improve your knowledge and grasp of music theory concepts entirely for free!
The Best Choruses We Heard in 2019
2019 was a year of smash hits, global pop moments that shattered the musical landscape. Let’s dive in to some of the choruses stuck in our ears all year.