Latest about Music Theory And Songwriting
Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s Teenage Dirtbag
A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down
How to create satisfying lo-fi chords and progressions
Think smart and consider the underlying theory of your lo-fi arrangement
How to understand rhythm when reading music
Establishing rhythm in your sheet music is just as important as dictating pitch
Brian Eno to share creative ‘avant gardening’ tips in new online workshop
Producer will also ponder whether music "should still be called music"
The piano that was used to record the famous coda from Derek & The Dominos' Layla is up for sale
Rita Coolidge claims that she wrote the part with her then boyfriend Jim Gordon, but her contribution was never officially acknowledged
“I get paid, so why not?: Sting says he’s fine with other artists interpolating his music
"I never object because I always learn something about the song that I hadn’t known or anticipated," he says
The quick guide to reading music
We go back to basics and make a pitch for reading music. Here's the first part of a new series
“That’s different, let’s go”: Killah K on the making of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em
“It’s incredible how Beyoncé was able to hear herself in the original demo; it was completely left-field from what we’d usually hear from her and that’s just how genius she is”
