The always awesome Songwriters On Process has up a great interview with the legendary hardcore/punk songwriter Walter Schreifels. A great read to get in the mind of someone who has been making songs that defined a genre for decades.
Everyone seems to love Best Coast's lo-fi pop punk music. One of our favorite new blogs Songwriters On Process caught up with her and found out some of what makes her songs tick. Check it here.
Today I discovered an amazing blog entitled Songwriters on Process. On this blog is a fantastic interview with Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem talks how he crafts his songs and many other cool interviewers. Check it out here.
In the past we have told you about online music creation tool Roc. This browser based music creation tool has been one of the coolest ways we have found to make music on the web and it is about to get a whole lot cooler. In what Aviary (who also have many other cool browser based tools) has dubbed "30 days of Roc" they will be releasing 50 new instruments for the platform that will make it all the more enjoyable to create music using their amazing tool. To learn more about it, keep up with their blog which will be announcing the new additions and showing the ropes of this cool new tool.
Lyrics, those things that can cheer you up or break your heart in just one simple line. The awesome blog Serve the Song has some great tips on writing better lyrics that can really help you up your game.
If you have been anywhere near a radio (or my stereo speakers) in the past few months you have to have heard Rihanna's latest single. In a very cool article The Secrets of Songwriting blog has up some info on implied harmonies that are part of what makes this awesome song even more awesome. Check it here.
The Secrets of Songwriting blog has up a fantastic article that can really up your game as a songwriter. Choosing the key to your song is a make or break choice and Gary Ewer has really dispensed some great knowledge on the subject.
Dropbox is probably one of the best tools available to musicians, producers or music business types. They have left beta and gone to 1.0 with their amazing software and we couldn't be more excited. Their new selective syncing of files makes life nice and easy. We couldn't be happy to see some of our favorite software growing up!
Cracked is known for its out there humor, but this week they have a great article that list some cool hidden features of some popular records. These cool tricks can give you inspiration to hide some cool things in your next release as well.
MakeUseOf has up a great article on using the service VersePerfect that will help you write better rhymes complete with definition context. This can be a very valuable tool in stepping up your lyrical game. Read up on it here.
While Pitchfork can be the source or much ire and contempt, every once in a while they do something totally awesome. In this case they have penned an article on some current trends in vocal manipulation in electronic music. This article has great examples of some modern techniques being used today in electronic music that are the forefront of innovation in composition and what we will surely see enter the larger musical landscape in the coming years. Check it here.
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