How To Expand Your Musical Vocabulary

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? 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 step. First of all,…

The Beatles are the heavyweight champion of modern songwriting and therefore a great subject for 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 you how The Beatles changed everything. Since there are too many…

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! On the other hand, re-casting the role…

How to produce a song inspired by 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…

Which songwriting exercises can improve quality of your songs? Sometimes it’s easier to do brainy or routine work for longer periods of time than it is to produce or create content from scratch. To sustain a full day of creativity, it takes more than a willingness to muscle through. We have to set up…

As a genre, “singer-songwriter” is widely perceived as confessional, biographical, and honest. It’s considered courageous to get up on stage with your instrument and tell the truth about your life and yourself in your songs. Songwriting, however, can do so much more than paint a realistic picture. Try changing perspective. Try using satire in…

Is there anything better than the feeling of your heartstrings vibrating and your eyes watering during the final chorus of a love song? Universal, true, essential, the love song is an ancient craft and an illusive skill. The way to approach writing a love song is just the same as you would approach love.…