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 […]
Music Theory 101 for guitar #1
So have you ever wondered how the great solo players could come up with the most incredible solos? You’re lucky cause well, the theory behind it it is rather simple actually. The trick we want to introduce to you within the next posts is the CAGED system. A powerful tool to empower you to play […]
How to Practice Songwriting
How to Practice Songwriting Here is another beautiful approach to songwriting on secretsofsongwriting.com Have fun and let us know, how you’ve been doing so far❤️
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 […]
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Hey out there! We decided to expand to Facebook and created a FB page as well. We’re going to link the latest posts there, so if we upload something new here, there is going to be a link in your timeline, so you be updated. Perhaps in some time, there will be Facebook-only content as […]
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 […]
Challenges For Writers
wordsnstuff: You guys wanted some prompts and I thought this might give you some fun ideas. Some of these challenges can apply to every kind of writer, so I suggest skimming them all 🙂 Songwriters Produce an album with each song touching on a different social issue compose a movie score write 1 song a […]
srsfunny: Typical 90s Problem Need inspiration? Look for something typical to your childhood, it might be antique by tomorrow. Some things are worth to be captured in lyrics to be kept alive. Yes especially VHS and cassettes. Perhaps even floppy disks 💾. Have fun searching for something retro to your songs. We’re thrilled to hear […]