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 ...

It goes without saying that a good chord progression can be fundamental to a quality song, but when you find yourself staring at a blank screen, how do you get started and string an appropriate set of ...

2020 may be a washout for music festival going, but it's good to have something to look forward to. With that in mind, organizers of the Four Chord Music Fest have announced their 2021 bill, with ...

There are three main strategies songwriters use when they are choosing a chord progression for their next song. This article will go over some tried-and-true formulas in songwriting, a bit of music ...

I’ve been blessed to get away with some interesting chord changes over the course of my songwriting career. Those songs found their way onto pop and country mainstream radio—two formats that, right or ...

On Aug. 3, Four Chord Music Festival announced that its upcoming 2020 event has been postponed until 2021. Despite this setback due to coronavirus, however, blink-182 and the Used are still headlining ...

Do you associate minor chords with sad music and major chords with happy music? If you do, you probably grew up surrounded by music that follows the basic rules of Western music theory. But not ...