What Are Your Favorite Songs That Are Impossible to Cover?
In ep. 52 of Themes and Variation Soundfly’s podcast panel discusses “Songs That Are Impossible to Cover” with songwriter and producer Redah.
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What Are Your Favorite Songs to Play Air Guitar to?
In Ep. 46 of Soundfly’s podcast, Carter and Mahea are joined by songwriter and “actual” guitarist Dre DiMura to discuss Air Guitar Songs.
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6 Easy Steps to Create Album Art for Free with Canva
It can often be the last thing you think of as a musician, album or single cover art, but it can be easy and fun to design it yourself!
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What Makes a Great Cover Song?
That’s the question we’re asking, answering, and passing along in Episode 5 of Soundfly’s new podcast, “Themes and Variation.” Check it out!
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10 Cover Versions That Creatively Transform the Original Song
No classic song is safe from the cover treatment… but how many cover versions are actually interesting to listen to? We delve in and pick out our top 10.
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6 Bands Who Have Attempted to Cover Aphex Twin
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. Richard D. James’ longstanding Aphex Twin project surfs the crest between experimental and groovy better than anyone else out there. He’s one of the world’s greatest […]
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10 Times Invited Fans Absolutely Crushed It on Stage
Bands bring their superfans on stage with them all the time, but occasionally they strike gold. Here are our 10 favorite times fans absolutely crushed it.
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Kenneka Cook on Taking Music Out of the Loop Pedal and into a Live Band
Welcome back to Soundfly’s weekly interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Richmond, Virginia’s Kenneka Cook credits her early explorations in arranging to the loop pedal, which she started experimenting […]
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Hear a Never-Before-Seen 1986 Dexter Gordon Piece, Played by 8 Different Artists
In November 2016, Peter Pillitteri, an aspiring composer and one of the students in Ian Davis’ popular Orchestration for Strings course, emailed us out of the blue to tell us this incredible story: “‘Round Midnight is a 1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier about a fictitious jazzman, Dale Turner, who was played by the great jazz saxophonist, Dexter Gordon. […]
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These Four Classic Covers Can Tell Us Everything About What Makes Great Album Art
Four albums top my all-time favorite records list. They’re some of my favorite albums musically, but their impact and significance to me and other listeners run deeper than that. After spending so many cumulative hours engaging deeply with these works, I realized that these four great covers can teach us everything we need to know about […]
