How to Write A Melody for Your Lyrics

How to write a melody? Or should you start with the lyrics first? As a songwriter, you’re probably used to this question. If your answer is usually “lyrics,” you may be lucky! Often, the story and message of a song are the most challenging to cultivate. Once you have the lyrical core of your…

So you’ve written a song that has that special something? While a great song is timeless at its core, we live in a musical culture that requires us to place our amazing writing into a package that is influenced by the current trends. The question is – How to sell a song? We’ll help…

Do you ever feel limited when improvising or songwriting? One of the most effective ways to break the barriers is to expand your musical vocabulary! The best soloists and most original composers weren’t born with all of their ideas. They learned them! Music is a language. In mastering any language, the more words you…

Audio mixing is a job that can be so rewarding at times – and so frustrating at other times. I believe that the most difficult time in the journey to mixing mastery is the period between the moment you realize that your mixes just don’t meet up and the moment your mixes start sounding…

Looking to produce music with Splice at your home studio? This post is for those who are newer to production, and desire to make some higher-quality demos at home. It comes from my direct experience. I’ll be sharing with you some of my own process and music, and how I made it, step by…

How To Write Songs? Learn from the best. The Beatles are the heavyweight champion of modern songwriting and therefore a great example to check for some songwriting tips. Ask anyone who was around in the US and Europe from 1963-1970 (Yes, The Beatles were only a band for eight years!) and they will tell…

If you play a harmonic or melodic instrument, playing “in the pocket” will legitimize you in the eyes of any drummer. This element of your musicianship shouldn’t be overlooked because of a focus on scales, runs, voicing, or the desire to play fast. In this post, we will suggest some practice methods that will…

In these intense and serious times, one of the best medicines is a good laugh or an honest smile. Think you need to wait around to get your heart broken to write a great song that really affects people? Think again – use humor in your songwriting! Let’s share some songwriting tips to get…

How to produce songs inspired global music beats such as African, Caribbean or Middle Eastern music? Easier than you may think. In this blog, we’ll go in-depth with examples and techniques how to produce songs inspired by global music beats and melodies. Thanks to the remarkable evolution of the human race in the last…

Creative discipline is a special skill. Sometimes it’s easier to do brainy or routine work for longer periods of time than it is to be producing or creating content from scratch. To sustain a full day of creativity, it takes more than a willingness to muscle through. We have to set up our whole…