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Website I got the idea from:
<\/em><\/strong>LANDER, 2021. 18 Ridiculous Songwriting Tips That Actually Work<\/em>. [online] LANDR Blog. Available at: <https:\/\/blog.landr.com\/10-songwriting-techniques\/> [Accessed 24 March 2022].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Learn a new scale <\/em><\/strong>
This technique was something I learned whenever I get stuck with one song, I would go off and make a song with a different key and try to come up with a new chord progression melody and harmonies. Almost all the time I can make it up to the bridge but end up getting stuck there and go back to my last song for inspiration which fixes that block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used this to <\/em><\/strong>encourage new ideas and push my creative impulses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way this could be useful is <\/em><\/strong>by finding different routes by creating new routes in music-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Website I got the idea from<\/em><\/strong>:
Gary Ewar, 2013. Writing Instrumental Music \u2013 Do the Same Principles Apply?<\/em>. [online] The Essential Secrets of Songwriting. Available at: <https:\/\/www.secretsofsongwriting.com\/2013\/02\/26\/writing-instrumental-music-do-the-same-principles-apply\/> [Accessed 24 March 2022].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Cinematic moment<\/em><\/strong>
I have used this technique before but when using it I always manage to put an image to my music then I can maybe use that image for inspiration for lyrics or even a concept for an EP e.g. a three-song EP around the night cycle, the first song will be a sunset, then the second song will be the night and the third can be dawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used this to <\/em><\/strong>help create a stronger balance between what makes an idea a good one or a bad one but to try all routes and express what the moment feels to the listeners or viewer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

website I got the idea from:
<\/em><\/strong>Zakaria Kiadi, 2022. Songwriting Tips: 16 Techniques That Actually Work<\/em>. [online] Emastered.com. Available at: <https:\/\/emastered.com\/blog\/songwriting-tips-techniques> [Accessed 24 March 2022].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Capture your ideas <\/em><\/strong>
Capturing my ideas was a technique I gathered early on it has always been easy for me to get a voice recording of a piano melody or a guitar lead and save it down for me to look through later when I need it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could be used to <\/em><\/strong>help with different ideas and not get stuck on a bad idea while you can look through your archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Keep it simple <\/em><\/strong>
This technique is easier said than done a lot of the time I always think more is better but sometimes coming up with more can be a lot and the original idea is hard enough already but little textures in music can go a long way and is something I always want to try and accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could be used to<\/em><\/strong> help people who want to start out and feel overwhelmed by the way professionals write so descriptively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Learn music theory <\/em><\/strong>
Music theory has helped a lot even knowing the basics can help make an alright song knowing major and minor scales helps a lot when making a chord progression or even improvising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I<\/i><\/b><\/span> <\/em><\/strong>used this to<\/em><\/strong> get an idea of the type of music I want to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another way this technique could be used is<\/em><\/strong>, to know what comes next in a sequence of chords without asking or looking it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Website I got the idea from:LANDER, 2021. 18 Ridiculous Songwriting Tips That Actually Work. [online] LANDR Blog. Available at: <https:\/\/blog.landr.com\/10-songwriting-techniques\/> [Accessed 24 March 2022]. 1. Learn a new scale This technique was something I learned whenever I get stuck with one song, I would go off and make a song with a different key and try … Continue reading “Songwriting research”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10634257\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}