Music Theory And Songwriting

Can this $149 deck of cards help you write better songs?

By Matt Mullen published 2 April 26

Reimagining Eno’s Oblique Strategies for the modern songwriter and producer, Session Cards are pitched as a “hit-making system” that promises to “change how you write records”

8-year-old musician Lake Anthony challenges Charlie Puth to a ‘perfect pitch battle’

By Ben Rogerson published 31 March 26

“If I win, I get to open for you, and if you win, you get to open for me”

12 artists on how they beat writer's block and actually finish songs

By Matt Mullen published 26 March 26

We’ve spoken to hundreds of music-makers over the years, asking each artist how they decide when a track is well and truly finished. Here’s what they said

Jay-Z says that his daughter Blue Ivy is a “crazy pianist” who has a rare musical gift

By Ben Rogerson published 25 March 26

He’s also been addressing the hip-hop feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar

Want to finally finish that track? Here’s how to escape the 4-bar loop trap and actually make some music

By Si Truss published 25 March 26

Transform your unfinished projects into release-ready records with our proven creative hacks

Klang.io says Transcription Studio is the "world’s first" AI music tool that can transcribe multiple instruments simultaneously

By Matt Mullen published 23 March 26

The software promises to convert any recording into sheet music, tab or MIDI

In an era of loudness, Laufey is flying the flag for "the lost art of dynamics"

By Ben Rogerson published 26 February 26

Her spine-tingling cover of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now suggests she might be onto something

Miley Cyrus’s lawyers bring music theory to the fore in a bid to have the Flowers copyright case dismissed

By Ben Rogerson published 25 February 26

Cyrus and her co-writers are facing a copyright infringement claim not from Mars himself, but Tempo Music Investments