Category : Songwriting Techniques
Today we will be focusing on 5 different elements of hip hop production that will transform your projects from good to great. These few pointers are key to catching the ear of an A&R or Label Executive. The areas we will be concentrating on are Rhythmic Groove, Musical Arrangement, Creating “Unique Moments”, Layering Sounds and [...]
Welcome back everyone! If you’ve been following our blog the last few weeks, you’ll know that we’ve been focusing on techniques that help you fight writer’s block and increase your productivity. This week we will be addressing a bad habit many of us have formed: NOT FINISHING PROJECTS! If you’re anything like me, you probably [...]
Welcome back for part 2 of our latest installment, Overcoming Writer’s Block and Increasing Productivity. Last week we took a look at a few key things we can do to change our habits and routine in order to overcome writer’s block, and this week I’d like to share a few more tips with you. Today, [...]
We’ve all been there… You’re excited to work on a new song or project, you get everything setup and ready to start your next masterpiece, and then… nothing. You sit there and wait for creativity to hit so you can begin, but again, you are left staring at an empty pad of paper and 2 [...]
Over the course of the next few weeks, we will be taking a look at basic synthesis/sound creation and explore the unlimited possibilities this opens up for us in our music creation. I am Jambot, and I will be breaking down some fundamentals of synthesis for you over the next few weeks that will completely [...]
Chord Substitutions Now that we have taken a look at some basic music theory over the last several weeks, I’d like to finish out this mini-series by taking a quick look at a great trick we can employ to add both creativity and variety to any piece: Chord Substitution. Chord Substitution is the use of [...]
The Melodic Minor Scale Now that we have talked about both the natural minor and harmonic minor scales, lets take a minute to introduce the 3rd minor scale in our repertoire: the melodic minor scale. The Melodic Minor scale, in traditional application, has a different formula when ascending and when descending. When ascending, the melodic [...]
The Harmonic Minor Scale In addition to the natural minor scale, there are two other forms of the minor scale: the harmonic minor and the melodic minor. In this article we will be talking about the harmonic minor scale. The harmonic scale is a simple derivation of the natural minor scale. All that we need [...]