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Author :: Gary Ewer  |
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| Article Title :: Seven Basic Songwriting Errors |
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Seven Basic Songwriting Errors
The advice in this article comes from The Essential Secrets
of Songwriting, a popular website and e-book.
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So are there only seven possible errors? In my experience as a
teacher, the seven errors listed below represent the most common
errors committed by students of songwriting. Addressing these
shortcomings is essential to making your songs work.
ERROR #1: THE FORM OF THE SONG IS CONFUSING. SOLUTION:
Strengthen the form of your songs by carefully controlling the
energy. Usually, an intro should have the same or more energy
than a verse, not less. A chorus should have more energy than a
verse. A bridge should have more e (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Seb Jarakian |
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| Article Title :: Madonna Goes Back To Her Roots With Confessions On A Dance Floor |
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By now you've probably heard of the Abba Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
sampling dance club monster hit Hung Up and probably wondering
if the rest of the new Madonna album Confessions On A Dance
Floor is any good. Well it's definitely good and has a string of
very nicely produced tracks by the Les Rhytmes Digitales
mastermind, Stuart Price, as well as a couple of other producers
on the album. In Fact if you happen to have the Les Rhytmes
Digitales Darkdancer album you'll notice some similarities. The
similarities of the early 1980's sound that was present on
Darkdancer and which is present on Confessions On A Dance Floor.
Of course the album gets right into the beats with Hung Up the
best single off (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Matty G |
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| Article Title :: The Formula: How To Get A Record Deal |
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The Formula: How To Get A Record Deal
by Matty G
Actually, anybody that tells you there is an exact formula you
can follow to get signed is lying. The truth is, there is no
exact formula that will land you a record deal, period. This may
be disappointing for some to hear: I know I was disappointed
when I first heard the truth.
Although a record deal can sometimes come about just by being in
the right place at the right time, there are several things you
can do to maximize the possibility of attracting a major label
or production company to get them interested in signing you.
First and foremost, be ready! Make sure your skills are
developed to the point that they can compe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Fabio Marcell |
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| Article Title :: Memories Are Made Of This : The Golden Years of The Sixties
Music Revolution |
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Notes from an era of true free expression where we were "spoilt
for choice" with the newest musical innovators. Before the
onslaught of the digital age and the polarisation of modern
music we experienced a cultural revolution which, in my humble
opinion, has yet to be equalled in successive generations ...
I suppose my first realisation that music was something more
relevant than learning the words to carols for the school
Christmas concert was appreciating my Dad's collection of 78s'.
He was a man with unusual tastes in music. My contemporys'
parents listened to American crooners, like Bing Crosby, Dean
Martin and the like, or the big band sounds of the day.
But my Dad had individual tas (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Don Stinson |
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| Article Title :: Building Range for the Beginning Trumpet Player |
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Building Range for the Beginning Trumpet Player
I teach many students each week, and all of them are interested
in one thing: playing high notes on the trumpet. I'm not sure
where this fascination that higher is better came from (well, I
guess we could Maynard Ferguson for this), but it is typically
the area that most students, old and young, want to improve on.
Unfortunately, students are often pressured to play high. A
first part trumpet player in high school is expected to play up
to an above the staff C; sometimes, up to D. Because the student
does not want to disappoint the director or look foolish in
front of the rest of the band (the trumpet is a very loud
instrument, and mistake (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Pot of Earth Records |
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| Article Title :: The music of "Essex" charts the story of the Nantucket whaleship
with ambition and imagination. |
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The story of the Essex was as well known in its time as that of
the Titanic today. Essex was a whaling ship that left the coast
of Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1819 on a two-and-a-half-year
voyage to the South Pacific to hunt sperm whales. The ship,
however met a tragic end when it capsized after being attacked
and hit by a sperm whale. Though the crew members survived the
attack, they fell prey to dehydration, starvation and strife,
and most of them died, with just eight of the twenty-one men
aboard surviving to tell the story of the cataclysm in all its
gory entirety.
Inspired by Nathaniel Philbrick's novel, In the Heart of the
Sea, Jonathan Geer set out to craft the visceral story in
mus (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck |
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| Article Title :: Lucius "Loopy Luke" Releases Breakthrough Electronic CD The Five
Ages of Humanity |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London, England--Jan 9, 2006--Luke Harrison, known as
Lucius "Loopy Luke" in the world of electronic downbeat music,
has a innovative new CD out titled The Five Ages of
Humanity. The title is very prolific and the music, sound
loops, and voice tracks you will hear tie in with the title in a
most definitive way.
While Lucius has made a name for himself in the U.K., the time
could not be better to breakthrough in the U.S. With the release
of The Five Ages of Humanity, this becomes more of a reality
with each passing day. Lucius says, "I really believe that
quality infectious sounds reach into us and provokes the most
humane parts of our distinction. When (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck |
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| Article Title :: Southern Rock Legends Copperhead Release Live & Lost CD |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nashville, Tennessee--January 9, 2006--Neil Carswell, the
driving force behind southern rock legends Copperhead, has
released a stunning new collection of tracks from the archives.
Live & Lost is a combination of studio and live gems that
will have fans of the band rejoicing and hollering for a reunion
of the powerful lineup.
Blistering tracks like "Whiskey Mama," "Raging Fire," and
"Voices In The Night" will waste no time in bringing you back to
the band's heyday from the late 80s to early 90s. Is there an
audience clamoring for this kind of music? Well, bands like
Lynyrd Skynyrd and 38 Special still have a huge following, so
you can bet your bottom dollar Co (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Sybren Dijkstra |
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| Article Title :: Finally a good mp3 site |
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We all remember the time when we could download our favourite
songs for free on Napster, don't we? Well, since that time is
over, I went looking over the internet if I could find any cheap
(and, if possible, free) mp3 downloads.
I did come across some sites that offered free music downloads,
but when I joined, I realised that the music was free indeed,
but I had to pay for something else in order to download the
'free' songs. I thought 'free' meant 'no
costs'...
Imagine this, you're in a shop, and the guy at the counter says
to you: "First give me $100, then you can grab free products
worth $100 in total, for free!" Is that free? I'm not
even going to answer th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Music Articles |
Author :: Victor Garmiles |
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| Article Title :: Sampling vs. Not Sampling: Originality in Hip-Hop |
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Hip-Hop, despite its short lifetime in comparison to other music
genres, has gone through many changes since its conception. The
songs that we hear all over mainstream radio today sound
completely different from what was being played ten, twenty
years ago. One of the most noticeable differences is the lack of
sampled material. More and more hip-hop producers are taking the
route of expensive synthesizers and 808 drums rather than record
players vinyl, and samplers. This process has resulted in
creating a divide between those who support sampling and those
who do not.
Kanye West is one producer who still samples, and samples hard.
Almost every beat he has created has contained elements from (read full article) |
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