Perhaps one of the biggest differences between a professional and an amateur musician is what…
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Learn to improve your songwriting with these tips, stories, and resources to help you break out of a creative rut and start writing better music. For more help, check out Soundfly’s course, The New Songwriter’s Workshop.
Scaffolding: How to Use Structure to Map Out the Energy Flow of Your Song
Songs are almost always built from sections that will feel very familiar, and yet they still…
Why Writing Music All About Yourself Hurts Your Songwriting Craft
Songwriting can be an intensely personal artistic endeavor, so it makes sense that many musicians…
Exploring the Lydian Mode with Elliott Smith’s “Waltz #1”
Like thousands of other young music fans with a penchant for the delicate beauty born…
Songwriting School: Verse Two – Now What?
A common stumbling block for songwriters is how to handle the second verse. After all,…
Student Spotlight: Listen to 6 Tracks from Our Latest Student Artists
From contemplative songwriting, to epic beats, to carefully crafted orchestrations, September’s student artists have created…
Quick Tracks Nº 5: Write a Song for an Artist You Don’t Like
Welcome back to Quick Tracks! Every other week, we’ll send you another short composition, performance, or production…
Meet Your Mentors
At Soundfly, we’re really excited about our new model of mentor-driven learning. Yes, we have…
Longing for Simpler Times? Why the ‘Good Old Days’ Ain’t So Simple This Time Around
Have you heard Macklemore and Kesha’s recent duet, “Good Old Days”? It’s got a main…
Did You Just Get the ‘Nashville No’?
A good friend of mine once said: “They never tell you ‘no’ in Nashville —…