Today, I'm going to show you how to find objects in any melody, so you can make your inspiration your own. This is a really powerful tool and I'm really only scratching...
Today, I give you three places you can confidently add a harmony to your melody. No fuss, no muss. This is crucial for creating more intrigue for boring moments, or making...
Today, we're breaking out Ode to Joy's full phrase to see the form Beethoven uses lying underneath. This can be super powerful – not just as a neat formula to try...
Today, I'm showing you how to write a melody like the classical composer, Johannes Brahms. I'll be taking his famous lullaby and coming up with a wholly original melody...
Today, I'm showing you how you can actually get your lyrics to start writing a melody for you. Yeah, you heard me right – you're not gonna want to miss this one. ...
Today, I'm teaching you how to write a mini melody – even if you have zero inspiration whatsoever. This is a great exercise because it gets you thinking in much...
Today I'm showing you something cool – I'll show you how you can find the chords in your melody. Yup, you heard me right. Sometimes our melodies are telling us...
Today, I show you how to write a melody like Mozart. One of the most renown composers of the last few centuries, being able to write a melody like Mozart means being able...
Today, I'm going to definitively answer the question: Is it OK to Write a Melody Over Chords You Found in a Song? I get asked this question by literally every student, so...
Today, I'm going to answer a question: Should You Think About Form When Writing a Melody? This really plagued me for years. We'll talk about one of the masters of form,...
Today, I'm going to show you how to find structural moments in a melody. Figuring out where these are is crucial to formulating your own music.
Here's what you learn:
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Today, I'll show you how to fix a boring melody using the octave trick. A crazy simple fix that always works. And also welcome back to May Melody Madness where I'm...
