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Songwriting basics and tips 19: Modes – Atmospheric Aeolian
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
Mixolydian: mean, modey, and magnificent!
Songwriting basics and tips 17: Modes – Lush Lydian
Lydian – absolutely nothing to do with tattooed ladies. Well … maybe just a wee bit!
Songwriting basics and tips 16: Modes – Freaky Phrygian
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!
Songwriting basics and tips 15: Modes – Learn to Adore Dorian – the Cool Mode
Getting in the mode! The first in a series on scales you never knew existed …
Songwriting basics and tips 14: Story Time
Telling it like it was … building a narrative ballad
Songwriting basics and tips 13: Set a Hook to Catch a Fish …
Reel ’em in with a good hook!
Songwriting basics and tips 12: Bridging the Gap …
Getting to the other side of the song!
Songwriting basics and tips 11: Mega Melodies …
Weaving a melodic tapestry …
