Making Music

The verse-chorus form is probably the most common in pop song genres, songs in the 3-6 minute time frame. Of those, many use bridge sections...

Everything you do in music communicates something to the people listening to it. It goes almost without saying that it’s the words you use, ...

Some songs use the same melody and chord progression for the verse and chorus. But those songs are in the minority; for most of the songs yo...

You’ll probably notice that I write about song energy a lot. For me, energy is what it’s all about. And I don’t mean “Is your song energetic...

Is it possible to analyze music without having strong music theory skills? I strongly advocate the learning of music theory as being hugely ...

Back in the early days of the existence of chord progressions, composers discovered (or at least instinctively knew) that the tempo of a pie...

DOWNLOAD THE FREE E-Book FROM Here One of the things that immediately attracted me to the song, “How Come You Never Go There“, by Canadian s...

DOWNLOAD THE FREE E-Book FROM Here Has songwriting become frustrating for you? Do you sometimes wonder where all the fun went? Songwriting, ...

DOWNLOAD THE FREE E-Book FROM Here One of the most important aspects of a successful song is this: how easily is it remembered by listeners?...

For most animals, pattern recognition is a survival tool, an ability to make sense of the surrounding environment. But we humans have an abi...