Songwriting tips, techniques, and ideas
In the previous post, I kicked off a series of articles that will run for at least another week. My goal for this series is to provide a comprehensive but succinct summary of the entire art of …
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How Ruts Form Ruts form when you over-emphasize certain skill sets while neglecting others. It’s like a weightlifter working only his chest and not his arms. He looks funny with giant pecs and tiny …
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This is a transcript of my first songwriting podcast, cleaned up a little and given headings. If you missed the audio version, you can download it here. During my senior year of high school, our …
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Andrea Stolpe is a hit songwriter, former student of Pat Pattison, and the author of a Berkleemusic online songwriting course. Throughout this book, she demonstrates her penetrating comprehension of …
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Over on "Songwriting Scene" I found an interesting argument. The controversial question is: "Can chord progressions/rhythms be plagiarized?" Some say it's morally fine to lift a chord progression …
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Many songwriters develop ideas in parallel structures without even being fully conscious that they're doing so. It's a reaction to one of the most challenging and persistent puzzles of songwriting: …
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