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Articles,
music tips and advice
to get your guitar playing moving forward!
Songwriting
- Songwriting
Part One
- By Tom Hess
Any single songwriting process will be limiting.
You must really work hard to squeeze as much out of a single
process as possible. Of course having multiple processes
is better than having only one.
- Songwriting
Part Two
- By Tom Hess
After
you have written a melody, begin to write the chords around
it. It may help you to compose the chords for this melody
if you record the melody first, listen back to the melody
while writing the chords. Ok, after you have your new chord
progression written, record it. Listen back the recording
of the chord progression only (without the melody).
- Songwriting
Part Three
- by Tom Hess
In
Part 2, I expanded ideas regarding starting the songwriting
process by beginning with melody and chords first. Here
I'll go into greater detail with other processes to start
with that I began in part 1.
- The
Art of Writing a Good Song
- By Kathy Unruh
Did you know that good songwriting is often
the key to establishing a successful music career? But more
than that, it can be fun! When you write a song you are
able to express yourself in new and creative ways. Whether
you're sad, happy, angry, or in love... with words, you
can fly!
- Writing
Original Songs? Part One
-
By Mark Stefani
If
a 36-inch yardstick represents all the theory that you could
ever imagine, you'll only need 6 inches of it to compose
any song you'll ever write. But you WILL need those 6 inches!
- Writing
Original Songs? - Part Two - By Mark Stefani
Structure
and organization. Yes, these traits most certainly exist
in all successful compositions that you're likely to hear.
You'll do well to observe what they are and pattern your
song after a formula that your listeners are inclined to
be drawn to.
- Writing
Original Songs? Part Three
- By
Mark Stefani
In
almost all circumstances stylistically, the most potent
note for the bass role is simply the root. This means the
note C on a C chord, the note D on a D chord, and so on.
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