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Learning Songwriting: Pro Tools
Learn how to use Pro Tools, a program professional musicians turn to to record their song ideas quickly and to polish them into demos for partners, producers, and record labels.
Learning Songwriting: Reason
Learn how to write, record, and mix songs—before the inspiration fades—with Reason.
Music Law: Managing a Band's Business
Learn to avoid the major music business and legal pitfalls that can break bands apart, such as financial mismanagement and contract disputes.
Music Production: Techniques and Concepts
Learn how to turn a demo recording into a fully mastered song with Grammy-winning writer/producer/mixer Scott Jacoby.
Music Theory for Songwriters: Harmony
Learn music theory through the lens of songwriting. These tutorials cover the basics of harmony: minor scales, modes, 7th chords, modulations, and more.
Music Theory for Songwriters: Rhythm
Improve your songwriting process by factoring for rhythm and building rhythm. Explore note values, time signatures, feel, timing, dynamics, syncopation, and more.
Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals
Professional musician Julian Velard covers the basics of music theory through the lens of songwriting. Explore intervals, chord progressions, voice leading, song forms, and more.
One Minute Motivational Tips for Songwriters
Get quick, helpful songwriting tips to help you find inspiration, stay motivated, and focus on your music.
One-Minute Songwriting Tips
Get a breakdown the secrets of great songwriters. Get a dose of songwriting inspiration and technical insights for writing better songs and making it in the music business.
Real Books and Digital Accompaniment Tools for Musicians
Learn how to use real books and digital accompaniment apps like iRealPro and Band in a Box to play new songs, make song charts, demo new ideas, practice chord changes, and more.
Singing Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
Learn how to sing. Explore major concepts and terminology that can help you get started as a vocalist, learn how to use a piano to find the right key, and more.
Singing Lessons: 2 Foundational Exercises
Learn how to sing. Explore how musical relationships work in chords, scales, and intervals, learn how to train your ear to identify common sounds, and more.
Singing Lessons: 3 Essential Techniques
Learn how to sing. Discover how to harmonize, use vibrato and messa di voce, sing in a high or low register, and more.
Singing Lessons: 4 Singing Tools
Learn how to sing. Explore vocal belting, interpreting lyrics, working with an accompanist, and more.
Songwriting Techniques with Chords
Learn about writing songs with chords, and how altering chords can add depth to your music. Discover many ways to use chords from harmonizing a melody to forming an entire song.
The Business of Songwriting: First Steps
Get started in the business of songwriting. Learn about all of the major organizations, rights, and procedures that songwriters have to deal with in the music business.
The Dos and Don'ts of Songwriting Collaboration
Join professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher as he explains best practices for songwriting collaboration, from planning the song promotion to keeping the co-write moving forward.
The Dos and Dont's of Attending a Music Conference
Professional songwriter Cliff Goldmacher explains the best practices for attending a music conference such as SXSW, ASCAP EXPO, or Midem.
The Songwriter's Toolkit: Learning from the Masters
Adapt time-tested songwriting principles used by the masters to better craft your own original material. Learn how to add an outro, experiment with multiple bridges, and more.
The Songwriter's Toolkit: New Perspectives
Learn songwriting techniques to look at tunes through a different lens. Discover how to play with melody, form, and chords to gain a fresh perspective when a song has you stuck.