Latest about Music Theory And Songwriting
Is it OK to never complete your tracks?
Free yourself from the unrealistic expectation that you have to always be finishing songs and embrace all the different ways there are to be a musician and producer
“If the point of Radiohead songs isn’t to make you feel good, what is their music for?”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Radiohead's Let Down
Hitting the charts 28 years on from its release thanks to a TikTok resurgence, this gloomy cut from OK Computer is having a moment. We put the song under the musical microscope
“I never liked film music very much”: World famous film composer makes startling admission
He says it was “just a job”
“At certain points in music history it became fashionable to place accents on certain beats”: How to score a drum part
We explore the theory behind beats, and how we score kicks, snares, hats and percussion
“An erratic semantic output”: Trump’s speech patterns become avant-garde compositions
The former Sparks bassist claims to have taken inspiration from medieval alchemy
"Pink Floyd plays slower than any other mainstream rock band": A music professor breaks down Wish You Were Here
As we approach Wish You Were Here's 50th anniversary, we analyse the sublimely strange structure of its ambitious title track
Seal on how a Tascam four-track and two chords changed his life as he found his identity on guitar
The singer-songwriter says when he got his four-track and picked up the guitar, he found his voice as an artist
A music professor breaks down the theory behind Black Sabbath's Iron Man
Following Ozzy's passing, we put one of Sabbath's best-loved tracks under the musical microscope
