Why Singing Actors Need to Learn Music Theory
Most singing actors can memorize a melody without too much trouble, so why learn theory? We’ll explore this question with Amy Marie Stewart.
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Aisha Chaouche on Overcoming Her Competition with Crippling Self-Doubt
Welcome back to our 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. Bristol’s Aisha Chaouche (known professionally as Chaouche) has this dynamic-yet-slow vibrato that works in unusual contrast against her…
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J. Hoard of Sonnymoon on Why Singers Should Strive to Be Like Water
Welcome back to Soundfly’s monthly 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. Jonathan Hoard is more than just a vocalist. The singer-songwriter has written, composed, and arranged music for…
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The “Green Apple Trick” for Recording Singers in a Session
The above video features recording engineer Tim Leitner, one of the star instructors of both our Faders Up mixing courses, I: Modern Mix Techniques and II: Advanced Mix Techniques, explaining a trick he uses to minimize mouth sounds in a vocalist’s performance in the studio. For more tips and techniques just like this, check out Faders Up I:…
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Scaffolding: How to Use Structure to Map Out the Energy Flow of Your Song
+ Improve your songwriting with Soundfly! Explore our range of courses on emotional chord progressions, basic songwriting technique, songwriting for producers, and many more. Subscribe for unlimited access here. Songs are almost always built from sections that will feel very familiar, and yet they still have the power to bring us delightful surprises. How songs are put together has varied over the…
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Into the Great Wide Open: Tom Petty Gave Us Everything He Had
Tom Petty, the iconic American songwriter and guitarist music icon, whose hits like “I Won’t Back Down,” “Free Fallin’” and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” have blown the lid off rock music’s canon, died unexpectedly on October 2 at the age of 66. He was found unresponsive in his home after a cardiac arrest and could not…
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How to Organize Your Audition Song Book Like a Boss
The above video and following tips are drawn from our brand-new, free course, The Definitive Guide to Building Your Audition Book, made in partnership with TheoryWorks. Check it out to see many more insights about what makes a great audition book! Getting Organized If you’re heading into an audition and your song book isn’t organized, your accompanist will notice,…
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8 Incredible Songs of the Sea to Celebrate the International Day of the Seafarer
By Daniel Merrill It’s June 23, and that means this weekend, we celebrate the International Day of the Seafarer! I know what you’re thinking… how on Earth did I forget (again)!? Well, I’ll cut you some slack; it’s easy to let it slip when the other major seafarer’s holiday, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, just around…
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How to Overcome Musical Boredom? Make “Incorrect” Music Instead
Midway into the song “Room,” the opening track of Arthur Moon’s debut EP Our Head, a slightly out of tune banjo plows over top of the ethereal, washy atmospherics that the band has spent the last minute building. It’s a moment that catches the listener entirely off guard: “…Wait, what did I just hear?” But that’s the beauty…
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Reflecting on the Legacy of Chris Cornell, and What I Learned Playing His Music
Words you say never seem To live up to the ones inside your head The lives we make never seem To ever get us anywhere but dead. — Chris Cornell/Soundgarden Chris Cornell left this Earth too soon. Still, judging by the life he led, he seemed like the sort of legendary artist who belonged to…
