stylinsongifs: songwriting How do you write down your moments of inspiration? Do you prefer the old-fashioned way of handwriting it down, or do you think that technical evolution is the only way to note down your deepest emotions? We’d love to hear, how you create all those great lyrics you send us throughout the week. […]
Chord of the day #15
Chord of the day #15 Hey everyone! Today we have a little music theory to our chord of the day. This lovely F minor chord could easily be played in a minor key song. However, you could use it to add emotional twists in your major scales as well. In this case, the C major scale has […]
Tom Waits on Songwriting #2 tomwaitsvisualdictionary: “My theory is the best songs have never really been recorded. We’re listening to things that made it through but there’s so many songs that have never made it because they were scared of the machine and wouldn’t allow themselves to be recorded.
Absurd songwriting tip #12
Hey everyone! Today we’re back with a new episode of our absurd songwriting tips. While this one might not seem that absurd to you at first, it is not an obvious approach to writing lyrics. When you’re commuting the next time, take some time to find an exciting newspaper at the newsstand that is either […]
Absurd songwriting tip #12
Hey everyone! Today we’re back with a new episode of our absurd songwriting tips. While this one might not seem that absurd to you at first, it is not an obvious approach to writing lyrics. When you’re commuting the next time, take some time to find an exciting newspaper at the newsstand that is either […]
tomwaitsvisualdictionary: “My theory is the best songs have never really been recorded. We’re listening to things that made it through but there’s so many songs that have never made it because they were scared of the machine and wouldn’t allow themselves to be recorded. The trick is to get it in there, don’t hurt the […]
Chord of the day #15
Hey everyone! Today we have a little music theory to our chord of the day. This lovely F minor chord could easily be played in a minor key song. However, you could use it to add emotional twists in your major scales as well. In this case, the C major scale has an F as its […]
stylinsongifs: songwriting How do you write down your moments of inspiration? Do you prefer the old-fashioned way of handwriting it down, or do you think that technical evolution is the only way to note down your deepest emotions? We’d love to hear, how you create all those great lyrics you send us throughout the week. […]
Chord of the day #12
Hey, out songwriters out there! Well we know, you must be thinking – ‘Hey there was a D chord yesterday already!’ – and indeed, there was. However, this one so wonderful to have another chord to alter your regular D when playing chord progressions. So for today, try to use this and the other chords we […]
Chord of the day #11
Hey everybody! Today’s chord is Dsus4 and it is rather simple to play even for beginners. For guitarists, you just need to change one note on your high e-string and on the piano you just play the G instead of the F#. So try altering the normal D chord with this Dsus4 at some occasions […]