Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...
Wong explains how outlining notes in the chord progression helps find a solo that's melodically on-point and just what the song calls for ...
Welcome back. This is a continuation of our exploration of chord progressions in songs, both diationic (one key) and chromatic (more than one color, of key). It starts with an example by The Beatles, ...
It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury ...
A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...
Artists “People who like that song aren’t actually fans of The Cure”: How Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s greatest hits Artists The intricate music theory and lyrical weight of a Tears for ...