Do you want to improve your songwriting?
Are you looking for new ways to boost creativity and productivity when composing your songs?
Do you want to learn more about music theory in a way that is relevent and meaningful to the everyday songwriter?
If your answer is yes , Songwriting Workouts are for you.
Songwriting Workouts – How to Add Melody to Chords
- Learn how to identify the key of a chord progression and what scales to use
- Learn the difference between riff, verse and chorus melodies and how to compose them for a given chord progression
- Learn how to find Melodic Pathways through your chord progression
The Songwriting Workout comes in the form of a 16 page how-to PDF and 7 MP3 audio files.
It is aimed at songwriters with an intermediate understanding of music theory.
‘Brilliant – just what people like me want to know – concrete ideas with examples instead of just trying to wing it.’
Carol Manser – Song writing Moderator at www.guitarforbeginners.com
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Why are you taking a donation, rather than giving me a fixed price?
I believe in the honesty-box or pay-what-you-want approach. I sell/give away my music like this as well. I think it encourages a mature relationship between the reader/audience and the author/musician.
Also, while I’d like to recover the costs of running this website, I’m more interested in helping songwriters than I am in making money. This isn’t a corporate website, and I don’t want it to become one.
How much should I donate?
It’s up to you. Think of it like a tip. How much is a 16 page how to PDF and the example MP3s on this subject worth to you? Paypal take approximately 25p (About 40 cents) in fees for a donation of £1, so anything less than that results in a donation of 0.
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Comrade Robot is the name of my songwriting duo.
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