Latest about Music Theory And Songwriting
Chris Martin: “I'm as obsessed with Mary Poppins as I am with Radiohead”
“Songs pop up everywhere. They wake you up, songs”
How to use diminished chords effectively in your songs
"They unite Lennon and McCartney, Michael Jackson and even the classic work Mars by Gustav Holst"
“Everybody clap your hands and boogie!”: Watch the young Ozzy Osbourne raising hell in newly unearthed Black Sabbath live footage from 1976
30 minutes of head-banging action to enjoy
How to augment chords for dramatic effect
If you take a triad and stretch it, what happens? We take a closer look at how augmentation works, but in reality.
How varying your chord voicings can make your music sound more expansive
Now you’ve composed the chords for your song, it’s time to find your inner voicing!
“He thought that he wouldn’t have the ideas, but they were absolutely there": Here’s the songwriting advice that Elton John gave to Chappell Roan
The up-and-coming superstar is just one of today’s artists that have been helped by one of music’s true greats
“A magical part is this sidechain with the bass”: Lady Gaga breaks down Disease in new studio video
Discover which plugins were used and how Rick Rubin produced her album without being there…
How to write better songs by understanding how song forms work
All the theory in the world can’t make you a competent songwriter, to make a song work you need to understand how common song-forms engage listeners
