How to Plan a Song and Why? I talk about planning on every turn – in several different posts. Why is that? Is planning a song really necessary? Isn’t it just a bunch of hooey? Believe it or not – planning makes songwriting so much faster and it’s essential for the outcome. It’s not a […]
How to Make Second Verse Different Than Verse One Imagine listening to a song that you like. It flows smoothly from one section to another. The song takes you to a journey and you just love every bit of it. Nothing bothers you, or comes across as dull. That’s a characteristic of a great song. […]
More Powerful Chorus with Mixing How to get a more powerful chorus? That’s the question I kept asking myself when comparing my mixes to real commercial pro mixes. It might be a valid question for you too. It’s a bummer when you think you’ve got an explosive chorus that really hits you in the face, […]
More Powerful Chorus with Arrangement Have you ever listened back to your mix and asked yourself “Oh man.. How can I get more power into the chorus?” I sure have. For a long time my choruses were okay sounding, but I never got them to hit as hard as they did in my favourite records. […]
Three Song Structures to Learn From There are certainly many different ways to structure a song, but the main ideas stay the same. Usually songs have two (or more) verses and a couple of choruses, but not a pre-chorus or an intro nearly as frequently as you might think. Here are three songs and three […]
