For this special Episode 25 of “Themes and Variation,” we chat with RJD2 about sampling, song idea fodder, and his new course on Soundfly!
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Songwriting for Producers: Relating Bass Lines to Harmony
In this lesson from Soundfly’s Songwriting For Producers course, we go over how to marry and unmarry bass lines with your harmonic backdrop.
A Harmonic Analysis of Radiohead’s “Weird Fishes/Arpeggi”
Let’s revisit one of Radiohead’s most propulsive and intricately layered songs, to deconstruct all the elements at play and how they function.
4 Ways to Develop Your Musical Idea Into a Full Arrangement
Got a great melodic motif that you don’t know how to develop? Here are four easy and creative ways to flesh it out into a full musical arrangement.
What Students Are Saying About Soundfly’s Orchestration for Strings Course
With overwhelmingly positive results, we’re happy to share a few testimonials of Soundfly’s Orchestration For Strings course directly from our students.
How Thomas Newman’s “American Beauty” Score Flipped the Script on Film Music
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How I’d Redesign Piano Sheet Music
TL;DR: Here’s a new method for writing sheet music for piano that makes it easier to learn to…
How Taylor Swift Turned Right Said Fred’s Body-Positive Hit Into a Revenge Fantasy
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Allegro! Exploring the Legacy and Technique of the Great Django Reinhardt
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Dorothy Ashby Was One Fierce Lady Pioneer of Jazz Harp
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