We have all been there. You sit down to write, inspiration strikes, and within twenty minutes you have an absolute heater of a 4-bar loop. T...

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the vastness of music theory? You have a dozen tabs open on film scoring, a book on classical counterpoint y...

If there's one chord that's used a lot (often overused) in pop and rock music, it's the suspended chord. It's a traditionall...

So you're looking to dive into writing for strings. Whether you're aiming for a soaring pop ballad or an epic film score, understand...

Classical music, with its profound emotional depth and intricate structures, often captivates us without us fully understanding how. Much of...

Nirvana was known for their raw, aggressive, yet melodic sound. While they often utilized simple chord structures, their genius lay in how t...

Last post we talked about how to go about writing a song. We talked about all of the different ways  that you can go about writing. This...

When it comes to popular music, it's hard to overlook the influence of the blues. You can hear it in everything from Led Zepplin to No...

Most musicians are familiar with the pentatonic scales in one way or another. Most of the time it's usually learned early as a prepara...

So you've written a memorable hook, or a nice little melody. You put together some chords to go with your creation and that's it. Wh...

While studying theory and composition at university, one of the first things they talked to us about was voice leading. Voice leading is sim...