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Wayne Reed playin' Da Blues
Snips from live gig at The Enclave with George Cee on sax. Song Writing 101 Made Easy! Workshop Series
This is the place to learn about writing songs!
We're actually going to write a song, start to finish,
in this workshop! And there will be some audios included!
This is a "workshop", containing a series of 6
tutorials that provide a step by step guide,
taking you from "I have an idea for a song",
to writing the whole shebang!
Actually, it's more than that! It takes you from . . .
How do I GET an idea for a song!
This workshop isn't about writing notation! We're not going
to "write" music . . . We're going to CREATE IT! Melodies,
chord progressions! What you need to be able to perform a
song that YOU WROTE!
How to create a melody. How to figure out the chords
for the melody. Writing a creative chorus or bridge.
Creating intros and outros! AND what it all means!
And we'll cover INSPIRATION! Where does the song
come from? How do you "think up" a song!?!
Start at the beginning! Part 1 covers where inspiration
comes from! How to get ideas for lyrics, melodies, chord
progressions!
Each part covers an important aspect of songwriting. But
what I DON'T cover is notation! We won't be "writing"
music. We're going to be CREATING music!
I suggest, make that strongly suggest you do each step
in order! One at a time!
None of the tutorials will take long to read! There's also
a short MP3 for each part so you hear the examples.
Just take it a step at a time! I'll make it easy for you
to get the thinkin' process going!
Be sure to check out the other tutorialos on Wayne's Corner!
So, how do you go about writing a song? What
SO, NOW YOU HAVE A MELODY! What next?
The Finale!
There's a link below!
There are tutorials here covering many music topics. Many will
focus on guitar and harmonica. But many others will cover topics
for ALL musicians who want to improve their skills. AND...
improve their backing tracks!
Check out the Song Writing Workshop below.
Enjoy! Wayne
6 part tutorial series is now complete!
The Finale wraps it all up!!
This is a loaded workshop, soup to nutz!
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! Song Writing 101 Made Easy! Part 1 !
do you need to know? What are the parts of
a song? What's an outro! How do you come
up with lyrics? The answers are here!
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Song Writing 101 Made Easy! Parts 2-5
How do you make it a song? How do you
figure out the intros, what chords do you
play over the melody? How to makie it a SONG!
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! Song Writing 101 Made Easy! Part 6 !
How about some mechanics! How to make a strong
intro! Creating outros! What is a pre-chorus?
How to go about creating a killer bridge!
How to totally change the mood in your song!
The start of becoming better starts by doing the things
you skipped, or started and didn't finish! So start here!
But THIS TIME . . . FINISH IT!!!
~ You need to read this! ~
Theory 101 Overview
This is an easy to follow "soup to nutz" overview of the whole shebang!
How chords are made. How to build a killer chord progression! How to
spice up your Blues progressions! All the things you get frustrated about
because it doesn't make sense! It will, just by reading this tutorial!
~ So do it RIGHT NOW! ~
Then keep going!
Check out the other tutorials and . . .
Do the workshops!
Wayne's Corner Tutorials Index Page
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