Understanding the Most Common Song Structures

When you write a full song, you’ll need to decide on a song structure for that song. Your song structure will help you take the chords you’ve come up with and organize them into sections. There are really only a handful of common song structures used in popular music. So one thing you can do, […]

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Holdiay Music Related Gifts for Musicians

Winter is on the horizon and various holidays are creeping upon us. So I’ve started thinking about the types of music related gifts I’ll be considering for my friends and family. Some times it’s as easy as getting a staff pad for writing down those impromptu riffs or melodies. Sometimes its about doing something a […]

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Finding Time to Study Music

I got an interesting tip the other day on how a student was having a difficult time trying to study.   Here’s what was happening. This student had a preconceived notion that they need to take an hour to study the music theory content. That thought alone was holding her back from actually accomplishing anything […]

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A Mercurial Act – Why We Will Rock You Tickets Are Still Hot More Than 10 Years On

There was once a band, and the band wrote some of the most famous and best loved songs ever to grace the airwaves of British radio. The band was Queen, the songs included We Will Rock You and Radio Ga Ga, and they ruled the charts for more than a decade. Then there was a […]

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New Musicians: Finding Inspiration for Your Lyrics

Most forms of writing, particularly in the arts, require or at least make use of some inspiration.  Some of the greatest songs are emotion-driven works that transform the inspiration of a feeling into heartfelt words that speak to millions.  Many new songwriters are surprised to learn that the words don’t always come easy and sometimes […]

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Why Sheet Music Will Not Succumb to the Desensitisation of Digitalisation

This just in: people are still buying physical music scores and playing tunes on actual pianos. You heard it here first. They’re not downloading it (well, some are, but shhh) and playing it on their iPad, they’re actively opening a book, sitting down at a piano and getting stuck in. The world is in shock. […]

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Express Yourself the Jazz Way

Jazz is a wonderful genre of music that has enthralled music lovers for decades. But they remain an enigma for the beginners. Hardly a beginner has been able to produce that soulful music of the great masters like Herbie Hancock and Charles Parker without some considerable effort and of course some efficient guidance. Given below […]

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