Let’s revisit one of Radiohead’s most propulsive and intricately layered songs, to deconstruct all the elements at play and how they function.
The Beginner’s Guide to Writing Lyrics in Multiple Voices
Whether you’re writing your own song or pitching a singer, learning to write in multiple voices is key. Here are some tips to get you started.
How Secondary Dominants Can Make Your Chord Progressions Less Boring
It’s not hard to break out of predictable chord patterns with a new mindset on harmony, and a bit of easy help from secondary dominants, too.
Here’s Just a Bunch of… Songwriting Prompts (Go Nuts!)
There’s really nothing complicated about this post. Songwriters, you looking for some quick inspiration? How about some lyric and melody ideas? We can help.
How Dreams Can Inspire Your Songwriting
Your dreams offer an evolving well of emotional and narrative depth that can only enhance your creative writing process, here are some tips to help!
Resistance Is Futile: On Letting Creative Flow Happen
Resisting feedback, or change, can be the single biggest mindset obstacle you have to overcome in your songwriting. Don’t let it destroy yours.
When the Music Doesn’t Trust You
When film music becomes continuous wallpaper so aggressively it doesn’t even let the viewers think for themselves, everyone loses.
Tasting Notes: Fried Catfish with Jollof Spice & The Emotions’ “Blind Alley”
Welcome to “Tasting Notes: Modern Soul Food and Vintage Soul Music Pairings,” we’re serving up the flavors of succulent recipes and classic harmonies.
Student Spotlight: Heiðar Sigurðsson on Turning Random Collected Ideas Into Songs
On this week’s Student Spotlight edition, we chat with student Heiðar Sigurðsson about his new EP, and how finishing full songs is harder than you think.
Will My Poems Work as Songs?
Poetry offers a great starting place for developing lyric ideas, but poetry and songs don’t always flow the same way — here’s how to tell if it’s working.