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| Lyrics, rating: 10 |
| Exploring the mechanics of lyricism in greater detail. POSTED: 05/03/2012 - 07:40 am |
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| How To Compose Songs As A Band, rating: 5.3 |
| Every bands dream is to write music everyone loves, tour the world, and be rich beyond belief. It’s hard to get there when you can’t even compose a song together. POSTED: 04/02/2012 - 04:30 am |
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| How To Get A Song Started, rating: 0 |
| This lesson is on how to get your own song started using someone else's song without plagiarizing. POSTED: 03/12/2012 - 04:15 am |
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| How To Finish What You Started, rating: 9.2 |
| A few basic tips that might help turn a scrap of an idea into a finished song. POSTED: 12/06/2011 - 02:59 am |
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| Breaking Down The Wall Of Writer's Block, rating: 10 |
| Writer's block can be a very frustrating thing. Fortunately, with a few tips learned from many years of playing guitar and writing songs, curing writer's block can be a painless endeavor! POSTED: 10/07/2011 - 02:32 am |
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| Heart Drive And A Story To Tell, rating: 7.2 |
| A lesson on how to REALLY write... ANYTHING POSTED: 08/25/2011 - 03:14 am |
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| Some Compositional Principles, rating: 9.6 |
| I have tried here to outline some ideas and techniques which I have found useful in songwriting. POSTED: 04/14/2011 - 04:30 am |
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| Lyrical Struggles, rating: 7.4 |
| Lyrics can be really annoying to write, so here are a couple of tips I stick to when writing. May be helpful, may be crap. Worth having a look at if you're really struggling, at least. POSTED: 04/11/2011 - 07:08 am |
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| Write Songs, But How, rating: 7 |
| Hello, this is my first lesson in which I will give you tips for writing diverse metal genres. POSTED: 03/31/2011 - 06:49 am |
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| New Ways To Write Lyrics, rating: 7.6 |
| This is an basic way for new songwriters to come up with great lyrics. POSTED: 02/08/2011 - 04:23 am |
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| So You Want To Write A Song. Part 2, rating: 9.5 |
| Part two of the series that guides beginners who are looking to write their first song. This part of the series focuses on the process of write lyrics. POSTED: 01/17/2011 - 06:33 am |
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| So You Want To Write A Song. Part 1, rating: 9.3 |
| The first of a series of articles meant to give you pointers on how to write a song. Part one focusses on the initial "setup" of writing lyrics. POSTED: 01/05/2011 - 06:13 am |
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| Aspects About Lyrics 3, rating: 9.6 |
| #3 (Sometimes) Words Don't Need A Deep Meaning POSTED: 12/20/2010 - 06:42 am |
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| Aspects About Lyrics 2, rating: 9.6 |
| Part 2. #2 Process of creativity POSTED: 12/14/2010 - 06:27 am |
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| Aspects About Lyrics 1, rating: 9.7 |
| #1 The difference between meaning/story and idea. POSTED: 12/06/2010 - 06:48 am |
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| Two Is Better Than One By Boys Like Girls, rating: 5 |
| Heres a tab and directions to the song. POSTED: 12/02/2010 - 07:05 am |
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| How To Write An Original Chord Progression, rating: 6.5 |
| A basic idea of how you can write unique and original chord progressions. Either simple 3 chord patterns, or complex 8-9 chord shifts in one movement of a song. POSTED: 11/15/2010 - 02:29 am |
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| Lyrics Tips , rating: 8 |
| Below I will try to summarize all my practice and techniques and make a few tips for you, aimed to ease the understanding of lyrics-writing process and to improve your songwriting skills. POSTED: 08/26/2010 - 04:21 am |
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| Tips To Make Lyric-Writing Easier, rating: 2.4 |
| Just some personal experiences I've had that help me write songs. POSTED: 08/20/2010 - 08:47 am |
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| The Notepad, rating: 8.5 |
| I am going to discuss a method I've discovered, which is seeming to bare positive results. The method I will discuss will show my own way of writing and planning a song, which I've Simply titled "The Notepad". POSTED: 08/16/2010 - 07:38 am |
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| How To Steal A Riff, rating: 4.7 |
| I am going to discuss a common occurance in Music, and teach you how to do this. I am talking about "Stealing" Riffs. Now, don't call the police on me. This method I will teach you is a very frequent method of making your own riffs, and it is likely that a lot of your favorite musicians have done this in the past. POSTED: 08/09/2010 - 08:14 am |
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| Just Some Tips On Lyrics, rating: 9.1 |
| My advice and looks on writing lyrics that actually mean something and touch people's hearts. POSTED: 08/02/2010 - 06:29 am |
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| Writing Lyrics, rating: 6.3 |
| Just my personal method of writing lyrics that works for me, and I hope it will for you too if you'd like another perspective on the subject. POSTED: 06/04/2010 - 06:44 am |
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| Writing Good Metalcore Riffs, rating: 8.8 |
| A lot of songwriters oversimplify, overthink, or overcomplicate the songwriting process for metalcore music. Here are some helpful hints (with tab examples!) of how to write catchy and heavy metalcore riffs. POSTED: 04/01/2010 - 04:21 am |
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| The Structural Skeleton System, rating: 7.5 |
| The SSS will have you writing several songs in one day. POSTED: 02/17/2010 - 04:07 am |
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| Outright Writing. Part Two, rating: 8.8 |
| Part two of two. An expansion of the first Writing Tips article. This is a file offering advice for writers and songwriters in general. POSTED: 01/15/2010 - 06:47 am |
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| Outright Writing. Part One, rating: 8.3 |
| Part one of two. An expansion of the first Writing Tips article. This is a file offering advice for writers and songwriters in general. POSTED: 01/08/2010 - 07:39 am |
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| How To Spice Up Your Chords - Altered, Diminished, Augmented, Borrowed, Secondary Dominants, rating: 8.3 |
| Ever wondered how to use non-diatonic chords? This article will talk about how to use those black keys, even in C major. POSTED: 01/04/2010 - 07:44 am |
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| How To Song Write On An Acoustic With Just Chords, rating: 7.6 |
| Have you ever wondered how difficult it is to write an acoustic track of decent stature? Well as long as you can sing and have any hint of imagination, its very, very simple. Well, and I left out that you need to know a few basic chords. POSTED: 01/04/2010 - 07:33 am |
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| Modern Rock Chord Progressions Detailed, rating: 9.2 |
| How to get your melody to fit your chord. Also covers the basic progressions, as well as other more interesting variants. POSTED: 12/22/2009 - 07:15 am |
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| Rhythm Beyond 44, rating: 8.7 |
| An in depth look at rhythm guitar and odd time signatures. POSTED: 12/14/2009 - 08:01 am |
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| A Systematic Approach To Song Writing, rating: 8.2 |
| This lesson is an attempt to provide a structured method of song writing. POSTED: 10/19/2009 - 07:10 am |
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| A Glance At Counterpoint, rating: 9 |
| The idea of counterpoint is one of the most diverse and wide-ranging concepts in music. Therefore, this article will serve as a sort of crash course in what counterpoint is and some simple ways to employ it. POSTED: 10/12/2009 - 08:41 am |
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| My Guide To Song Writing, rating: 9.5 |
| This will be how I will write my first song, I know the basics of how to write a song, but personally have never triumphed, I hope you have more luck than me. POSTED: 10/05/2009 - 08:06 am |
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| Harmonizing Melodies Complete Theory, rating: 8.4 |
| This lesson is for those people who want to be able to understand the idea behind melody and harmony. POSTED: 07/16/2009 - 07:49 am |
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| The Method Of Composition, rating: 9.2 |
| This lesson focuses primarily on giving structure to your compositional process, and developing a game-plan to help you complete your pieces more efficiently. POSTED: 07/03/2009 - 09:04 am |
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| Conventions On Modal Harmony, rating: 9.8 |
| Deals specifically on writing using the "church" or diatonic modes commonly found in Western music. Focuses mostly on harmonic considerations, but also contains a few notes on how to best utilize modal melody. POSTED: 06/26/2009 - 09:14 am |
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| Writing Original And Interesting Chord Progressions. Part II, rating: 9.4 |
| A continuation of the previous lesson, in which we explore chords outside of the diatonic note set, as well as key-changes and modulation. POSTED: 06/19/2009 - 10:02 am |
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| Using Melody, rating: 8.8 |
| This lesson teaches some simple rules and patterns to make your melodies musical and... Well... Melodic. Also talks briefly about using horns/other instruments. POSTED: 06/18/2009 - 08:39 am |
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| Writing Original And Interesting Chord Progressions. Part I, rating: 9.7 |
| Sick of being confined to playing the stereotypical G,C,D progression? Learn to use other chords to spice up those progressions and make your music more interesting! POSTED: 06/12/2009 - 07:37 am |
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| My Personal Philosophy For Writing Lyrics And Songs, rating: 7.6 |
| Compilation of what I think and do when I write. Some of it was already said in other lessons, but I'm not copying it... it's coincidence. POSTED: 04/16/2009 - 07:11 am |
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| Lyrics My Way, rating: 8.9 |
| This is how I do lyrics. This is not a 'I will make you write great lyrics' lesson. This is a 'How I did it, you might get something out of it' lesson. POSTED: 04/07/2009 - 08:20 am |
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| Simple Tips On Writing Lyrics, rating: 7.2 |
| Somethings that I have noticed along the way about writing songs that can help. POSTED: 03/30/2009 - 09:29 am |
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| How To Evoke Imagery, rating: 8.6 |
| This article discusses a few ways to connect to the listener by evoking interesting and involving images in their heads. POSTED: 03/24/2009 - 10:46 am |
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| Tips And Hints, rating: 8.4 |
| This is just a quick guide on how you could write lyrics or show you a different perspective. POSTED: 12/10/2008 - 09:25 am |
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| How To Record With Cubase SX. Not For Beginners, rating: 9 |
| Wanna record or edit your own-made song? I'll tell you how to do that in Cubase SX. You'll need to know the basics about Cubase though. POSTED: 10/14/2008 - 06:30 am |
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| Rhyming And Inspiration, rating: 8.2 |
| Have a hard time finding something to write about?? Don't have a good rhyme scheme for the ones you do write? This lesson talks about finding creative ways to write songs about many different things. POSTED: 10/07/2008 - 08:55 am |
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| There's Nothing New To Write About, rating: 8.9 |
| In this lesson Josh May addresses the reason why beginner lyric writers have trouble writing new songs, and how you can overcome that problem. POSTED: 10/07/2008 - 08:51 am |
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| Easy Guide On How To Write A Song, rating: 7 |
| Easy Guide on "How to write a song". POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 08:55 am |
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| Writing Tips, rating: 7.8 |
| A couple of suggestions that should hopefully help any songwriters out there unleash their potential. POSTED: 09/23/2008 - 07:48 am |
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| Songwriting in 4 steps, rating: 6.9 |
| Ive been writing songs for the past 6 years and have found this structure to be the most successful format for song writing that Ive tried.Check it out and tell me what you think! Goodluck. POSTED: 09/18/2008 - 09:05 am |
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| Basic Guide To Lyric Writing, rating: 5 |
| All great songwriters have had some tragedy happen to them. whether it was losing a family member, a particularly brutal break-up, drugs taking their life, all have stories to tell. And that is what gives their songs such power. POSTED: 09/12/2008 - 09:03 am |
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| Building A Song, rating: 7.5 |
| My strategy to writing a decent souding song. POSTED: 09/12/2008 - 08:56 am |
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| Composing Original Riffs, rating: 9.1 |
| Can't make of a song that doesn't sound similar to another song? Would you like to? I've got some tips that just might help you. POSTED: 07/01/2005 - 05:14 am |
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| Building Your Lyrics, rating: 9.3 |
| A good way to get over writers block, start writing a song, organize your song, and have your song make sense. POSTED: 01/19/2005 - 09:02 am |
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| Alternative Techniques For Writing Music, rating: 8.2 |
| In most songs, the riff rarley changes. Here are some alternative ways to put variety and a sense of mystery to your music. POSTED: 07/19/2004 - 03:44 am |
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| Writing Songs & Lyrics Based On Experiences, rating: 7.9 |
| Writing songs and lyrics based on your own experiences is a great way to write any type of music. This is a way that works for me whether I'm writing poetry, songs, or just individual lyrics. POSTED: 04/30/2004 - 10:03 am |
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| Just Give It Time!, rating: 9.3 |
| I've found that all it takes to write a good song, whether or not you are an awesome musician, is to just sit down and take your time with it. POSTED: 01/20/2004 - 06:45 am |
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| Repetition, rating: 8.1 |
| Indeed…how to cleverly use repetition in your songs, and inevitably also a discussion of choruses, refrains, bridges etc. Initially, I’ll deal with lyrical repetition. POSTED: 08/31/2003 - 06:59 am |
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| Writing Lyrics (Things To Consider), rating: 9.4 |
| So you're convinced you want to write? Let's find out then some things which are closely related with writing lyrics. What I am trying to do is give you basic guidelines to follow when writing. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Writer's Block & Overcoming It, rating: 8.2 |
| I'm going to explain what a writer's block is first. Have you ever reached a stage in your writing 'career', I suppose, where everything is coasting along quite smoothly, but then suddenly you find you can't write anymore? POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Lyrics (Briefly Summarised), rating: 8.7 |
| The summary for those who want to write. 9 simple Q. and A. about lyrics. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Inspiration, rating: 8.4 |
| Inspiration: something that gives you new ideas and enthusiasm to do something. Inspiration: an experience, emotion or thought that sparks off a creative flow. In the context of writing lyrics, inspiration is the thing that arouses a desire to convey your feelings and thoughts in the form of lyrics. POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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| Rhyme (How Do You?), rating: 7.5 |
| Throughout this lesson, my main intention is to teach you how to use rhyme so that it is beneficial to your work, like enhancing flow and other reasons, (like grounding weirdness; giving off that story-like effect; verse linkage etc). POSTED: 07/31/2003 - 07:16 am |
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