Songwriting basics and tips 21: Mix in Some Melodic Minor

by Bob Leslie on February 28, 2019April 12, 2019

Make that minor more melodic! It’ll help to sharpen up your game!

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Songwriting basics and tips 20: Modes – Outlandish Locrian

by Bob Leslie on February 21, 2019April 12, 2019

It’s loopy, it’s loony, it’s Locrian!

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Songwriting basics and tips 19: Modes – Atmospheric Aeolian

by Bob Leslie on February 14, 2019April 12, 2019

All the ingredients of a minor drama – watchtowers, riders, moonlight & storms: it has to be Aeolian!

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Songwriting basics and tips 18: Modes – Moody Mixolydian

by Bob Leslie on January 30, 2019April 12, 2019

Mixolydian: mean, modey, and magnificent!

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Songwriting basics and tips 17: Modes – Lush Lydian

by Bob Leslie on January 24, 2019April 12, 2019

Lydian – absolutely nothing to do with tattooed ladies. Well … maybe just a wee bit!

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Songwriting basics and tips 16: Modes – Freaky Phrygian

by Bob Leslie on January 17, 2019April 12, 2019

Phrygian – more than just a funny French hat, it’s a kind of strange musical mode used by the Clash, Jefferson Airplane, Love,Miles Davis, and flamenco!

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Songwriting basics and tips 15: Modes – Learn to Adore Dorian – the Cool Mode

by Bob Leslie on January 10, 2019April 12, 2019

Getting in the mode! The first in a series on scales you never knew existed …

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Songwriting basics and tips 14: Story Time

by Bob Leslie on January 3, 2019April 12, 2019

Telling it like it was … building a narrative ballad

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Songwriting basics and tips 13: Set a Hook to Catch a Fish …

by Bob Leslie on December 27, 2018April 12, 2019

Reel ’em in with a good hook!

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