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3 Scale Modes That Will Deepen the Emotions of Your Pop Song

If you’re looking to impart a sinister, mysterious, bittersweet, or jazzy quality into your songwriting, do it using scale modes! Here’s how.

5 Free Online Resources for Learning Music Theory (Plus a Bonus)

We’ve scowered the web to find these five great websites where you can improve your knowledge and grasp of music theory concepts entirely for free!

Scale Mode Cheat Sheet: How to Remember Each and Every Mode

Modes and Key Signatures have a variety of different characteristics and are great for outside-the-box songwriting. Here’s a cheat sheet to remember them!

Why Producers Need to Learn to Analyze Common Pop Song Structures

As a producer, it’s essential to have a knack for songwriting structures and forms so your music doesn’t feel aimless.

The Importance of Theme and Variation in Hip-Hop Beat Making

With a minimalist music style such as hip-hop, the slightest change or variation on an established musical theme can have a deep impact. Here’s how.

Exploring Tonal Hierarchies in Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”

In his ongoing attempts to seek out the answers to why we like the music we like, Hunter Farris has uncovered a melodic hierarchy via Whitney Houston.

How I Combined Sample Pack Sounds and Live Instruments for My Latest Challenge

Some thoughts on producing tracks with sample pack sounds as well as letting collaborators steer the production ship and open up new possibilities.

Practical Approaches to Writing Lyrics (for Producers, Mainly)

For electronic home producers, writing lyrics doesn’t always come easy. Here are a few tried-and-true strategies culled from our newest online course.