Tin pan alley possesses a standard bugaboo for all new songwriters. This is the always-current rumor that publishers, professional songwriters, bandleaders – in fact, anyone and everyone in the music business – is intent upon stealing the ideas of new songwriters. Many new writers are hesitant about sending songs to publishers for this very reason. They are positive that if they allow the song out of their hands before the publishing contract is Read the rest of this entry »
The owner of a large chain of English schools in Brazil suggested to me that adult contemporary pop songs whose lyrics contained concentrated areas of grammar would be of great benefit to ESL students. The concept of using songs to aid in the teaching/learning of English is not a new one. When I looked into this area I found that the songs being used are either aimed at children, or standard songs whose only real “English learning benefit” is tha Read the rest of this entry »
Music lovers and enthusiasts have all the rights to learn their chosen musical instrument despite of their impairment, as long as such will not completely forbid them to play such. Various tips and instructional guides are available on the internet and some libraries that will give music teachers the resources to be effective in handling special learners.
Let us say in the case of Andrea Boccelli, a great tenor and musician wh Read the rest of this entry »
Online music is one of the most popular ways to acquire music these days. It makes sense, since almost every person here has or has heard of the iPod. Downloading music from the internet makes it more convenient to upload the songs directly onto an M3 player. However, not everyone that has an iPod is going to be aware of the fact that they just might be downloading music illegally. Now it is harder to find the music sites that are using these Read the rest of this entry »
The holidays are filled with joyful emotions and honored
traditions, including the playing of songs about snowmen, St.
Nick, evergreen trees, and presents wrapped up with big pretty
bows. No matter how you celebrate the season, you’ll hear these
songs on the radio, on TV, at the mall, in the office, and just
about anywhere music is performed.
If you think the same songs are played over and over, you’re
right, but if this bothers you, consi Read the rest of this entry »
No matter how much space you may have on your iPod, there is going to come that day that you will want to free up some space by deleting some songs or playlists off of your iPod. Knowing this ahead of time that you cannot delete songs or playlists off of your iPod itself without a computer will help you out in the future. You need to go through your computer and through iTunes to manage your song files. This is the only safe way to really manage Read the rest of this entry »
Over the next few minutes, we are going to discuss the beginning basics of how to write a song, the intro, the structure and the verse. Over the next few minutes, we are going to continue on with more tips for the beginner song writer. We will talk about the structure of a verse, the actual music, lyrics, melody and chorus.
Ok, the basic structure of a verse is your four chords and four line structure. This basically means you sin Read the rest of this entry »
There was a time when music and lyrics, called jingles, would be specifically written for products advertised on TV. Although there are still advertisers who hire songwriters to write specific music and lyrics for their particular product, many have switched to licensing popular songs to use in their TV ads. This is because many people are already familiar with the music and lyrics of these songs, so an instant, pleasant association is create Read the rest of this entry »
Drugs were a part of music culture long before rock and roll was even an embryo. But as that embryo began growing up and experimenting with drugs, it began writing music and lyrics about them, and became closely associated with them in the public’s mind. Sex, drugs and rock and roll—weren’t they what a musician’s life was all about? Some rockers didn’t mince words when they wrote about drugs, while others left their lyrics open to Read the rest of this entry »
