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.
Browsing the "Chords and harmony" Category
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 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
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.
Why do all pop songs sound the same?
August 13th, 2012 | by Tom
Does every song in the current top 40 sound the same? On the Indiesongwriter.net facebook page I recently linked to
Help, I’ve run out of Chord Progressions!
June 1st, 2012 | by Tom
‘Help, I’ve run out of chord progressions’ was the gist of a forum thread over at the 50/90 site. User
How to end your Musical phrases
January 31st, 2012 | by Tom
A piece of writing with no punctuation or paragraph breaks even when the words involved make sense can be confusing
What Chords should you use in a neo-soul song?
November 24th, 2011 | by Tom
A really interesting questions turned up from the fanbridge sign-up page. Hi I’m new to songwriting, I would like to
Why You Should Be Writing Chord Progressions Backwards
March 13th, 2011 | by Tom
There’s a sure-fire way of writing killer chord progressions: Write them backwards. Thinking of the end point of your chord
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