Shipbuilding – When Political Songs Work
March 25th, 2013 | by Tom
Political songs sometimes don’t work musically. Songs are there to take us on an emotional journey, not communicate a point.
Let’s Build an Airport – A Songwriting Interview
March 24th, 2013 | by Tom
Matt Blick is a songwriter I’ve got to know via FAWM. He writes a great songwriting blog called the Beatles
Why Chord Progressions Charts are a Great Idea that I Would Never Use
March 16th, 2013 | by Tom
Gary Ewer has a great post about chord progression charts. What are they? Here’s how Gary explains them: “Once in
5 Steps to Better Songwriting – Step 5 – Realisation
March 3rd, 2013 | by Tom
Previously in this series, we’ve looked at: Step 1: Sketching Step 2: Developing Your Ideas Step 3: Arrangement Step 4:
Three Rows of Teeth!
March 1st, 2013 | by Tom
It’s been quiet around here at indiesongwriter for the simple reason that I’ve been working on a new album. And
The world doesn’t need more hit pop songs
January 5th, 2013 | by Tom
After a few months away from blogging (I’ve been moving to a new job, trying to buy a house, and
5 Steps to Better Songwriting – Step 4 – Editing
September 23rd, 2012 | by Tom
Previously we’ve looked at: Step 1: Sketching Step 2: Developing Your Ideas Step 3: Arrangement Now we’ll look at Step
5 Steps to Better Songwriting – Step 3 Arrangement
September 1st, 2012 | by Tom
So far in this series we’ve looked at: Sketching Developing your ideas Now it’s time for step 3: Arrangement You’ve
5 tips to Improve your bridges
August 20th, 2012 | by Tom
A bridge is there to join two sections of music together – in the pop song this is most commonly
Radiohead’s Creep and some questions on chords – Correspondence with Trey part 2
August 15th, 2012 | by Tom
The second part of my correspondence with Trey. THe first part can be found here. Hi Tom On those notes
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