Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary issue of American Songwriter (Jan/Feb 2015), “Measure for Measure” served up a smorgasbord of 30 handpicked, solid gold chord progressions. This e-book supplements ...

Creating the perfect harmonic or chord progression for your song or production is not easy, but we can at least draw some top-tips from the past-masters. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Altered chords are chords that have been changed by having the pitch of one or more notes in the ...