Tag: Music Composition

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Music Production

Songwriting – Creating Interest

There are a number of simple techniques that you can use to make sure your song captures and holds your listener’s attention. In this blog post I will discuss structure, emotional intensity, withholding & expectations as well as uncommon time signatures.

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Music Production

Composition 101 – Chord Inversions

If all of your chords are basic chords your songs might end up sounding a bit dull. You can easily use chord inversions to give your song a lot more colour and improve the flow of the chord progressions.

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Music Production

Frozen Soundtrack

Celina from Fables in Fashion wanted me to create some atmospheric music to go along with her ‘frozen’ themed make-up look. In this blog post I take you through the steps I went through to create the final music for this project.

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Music Production

Guitar Composition – Open Chords

I love simple, open sounds and therefore am a big fan of composing songs with open chords. Open chords simply leave a few strings unfretted to ring and add some live and vibrance to your melodies.

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Music Production

Song Creation Part 1 – Conception

Coming up with an initial idea for a song, be it a melody line, a riff or a rhythm can be challenging. In this post I will show you my personal approach to coming up with ideas for new songs and see if I can share a few tips and tricks.

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Music Production

Composition 101 – Changing Keys

When changing the key during a song you need to ensure that there is a transition in place that gives the change the desired emotional impact. In this blog post I show you a simple and clean way to switch keys and make it feel natural.

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Music Production

Song Challenge – The Circle Concept

Skillfully mixing your recorded audio material is an essential step to creating an awesome piece of music. In this blog post I share some audio tracks with you to play around with and practice your mixing skills!

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