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Dr. Smooth-Song, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Yacht Rock
The smooth groovy vibes of Yacht Rock await. Learn how songs by Steely Dan, Toto, and the Doobie Brothers function to use their ideas in your own songs!
Don’t Let the DAW Zap Your Creativity: 5 Tips for a Smooth Songwriting Process
Mastered the art of songwriting but struggling to find your creative voice when working in a DAW? Here are some tips for managing your process.
How the Circle of Fifths Can Help Your Songwriting
The circle of fifths sometimes gets a bad rap. But it can be one of the single most important tools in the songwriter’s toolbox.
5 Familiar Chord Progressions to Start Any Song
The first chords of your song will set the emotional precedent that your lyrics should ultimately follow. Here’s a few suggestions for starting strong!
3 Tips for Getting Out of a Lyric Rhyming Rut
Stuck in “rhymer’s block?” We enlisted a professional songwriting coach to show us three creative schemes for helping to write song lyrics that rhyme.
3 Atonal Techniques for Adventurous Songwriters
Inspired by Arnold Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, here are three ways to use atonal composition techniques in your pop music-making!
6 Useful Models for Organizing Your Setlists
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What Is the Nashville Number System?
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Chorus Writing Strategy 101
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