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 ...

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 ...

Gardot captures the sensibility that guides, shapes and defines so much Brazilian music. Melody Gardot Aims For The Space Between Notes The other day, I had a conversation with Melody Gardot about ...

Coming up with a memorable melody is key to writing a decent song, yet this part of the process is often the hardest hurdle to overcome. Melodies can be elusive creatures: sometimes they appear ...

As an electronic musician, it’s important to be able to create and finesse the sounds of your productions. The ability to craft unique synth patches, shape and sequence distinctive beats and layer, ...

is the first thing you hear in a piano concert. The melody note sounds a few thousandths of a second before others marked simultaneously in the score. And pianists unconsciously strike such notes ...

The other day, I had a conversation with Melody Gardot about space. Not outer space, but the space between notes in her music. These days, there's lots of it. When she began making her new album, The ...