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
Browsing the "Basics" Category
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
Radiohead’s Creep and some questions on chords – Correspondence with Trey part 1
August 14th, 2012 | by Tom
A reader of the blog emailed me with some questions and agreed that I could share our correspondence with you.
5 Steps to Better Songwriting – 2. Developing Ideas
August 4th, 2012 | by Tom
The first post in this series looked at the process of sketching rough song ideas. This time we’ll think about
5 Steps to Better Songwriting – 1. Sketching
July 30th, 2012 | by Tom
There are 5 steps that I follow when writing songs. Sometimes they don’t happen exactly in the order I’m going
How to Write a Song – A video
March 3rd, 2012 | by Tom
Steven Wesley-Guiles is a songwriter I know through the FAWM.org website. This is a video he recently made about the
How is Music Theory like Human Evolution?
March 13th, 2011 | by Tom
The third article in my ‘Basic Theory Every Songwriter Needs to Know’ series is up at www.songwritinglab.com Basic Theory –
Is this Essential Theory for Songwriters?
January 30th, 2011 | by Tom
Edwin Songsville, over on the Fawm.org forums, has instigated an interesting discussion on what the ‘essential’ music theory knowledge for
A Second Theory Article
January 15th, 2011 | by Tom
Here’s a link to the second in a series of articles I’m writing on basic theory for songwriters: ‘What exactly
A Music Video and an Article
December 19th, 2010 | by Tom
Been wondering where I’ve been in recent weeks? Moving house and unusual weather here in London mean I don’t have
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