John Lennon Hit Songwriting Teleseminar
April 17, 2007
0 CommentsAt this moment, you’re just a $20 click away from discovering the Hit Songwriting Secrets of John Lennon… even if you’re starting from scratch.
April 18th and 19th, 2007 6pm PST/ 8pm CST/ 9pm EST
Count me in! Please reserve my tele-slot for your LIVE teletraining so I too can discover the hit songwriting secrets of John Lennon … even if I’m starting from scratch!
I understand that during these LIVE training calls, you’ll reveal proven songwriting secrets that can dramatically improve my songwriting WITHOUT going through years and years of trial and error…
I further understand that you’ll reveal the identical songwriting techniques that have generated dozens of memorable and enduring hits!
By the end of these calls on April 18th and 19th at 6pm Pacific (9pm Eastern) I’ll have access to…
- Analysis of a number of John Lennon’s hit songs: You’ll receive a detailed analysis of the lyrics, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and song forms of the legendary John Lennon.
- Four hit chord progressions to write a song over.
- Four hit song titles to get you started.
- Two teleseminars to ask questions and discuss songwriting - both teleseminars will be recorded and put online to download (in case you can’t make the scheduled time).
- Learn how to use the “Chorus Cheat Sheet” to write dozens of choruses.
- Learn how to create a songwriting flow so you can generate more ideas faster.
- Learn rewriting and editing techniques to help you improve your work based on what you’ve learned.
And so much more!
I will confirm my registration for this Samurai Songwriting live two-part teleseminar as follows:
VIP Code Registration - Saves you $79 on tuition
FREE $97 BONUS! If I’m one of the first 10 registrants for these live calls, I will also be eligible to claim the new “Songwriting Video Tutorial - From Start to Completion Using Today’s Technology.”
Normal Registration - $99 (No VIP Discount Code)
Warning: These LIVE teleseminars are available only to the first 50 people who register. Once 50 tele-slots are filled, registrants will be placed on our “Stand-By” list. (Sorry, there are absolutely no exceptions)
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Loading ...Confusing Music Theory Fundamentals And Cliche
March 28, 2007
2 CommentsWanna hear something provocative? Check out this quote from an old issue of keyboard magazine.
“On this experimental record, I’ve been trying to explore more jazz harmonies. The thing is — and I’m gonna piss off a lot of people here — the II-V-I hits my barf button like nothing else. It’s the most horrible cadence in the known universe, so I’ve been looking at jazz that takes off in other directions.”
- BT, music producer
Now I respect everyone’s right to have a musical opinion. But I bring this up to warn people against forming strong negative opinions (aka limiting beliefs) about something as basic as the fundamentals of music.
I respect BT as a musician. He puts out great music. But his comment is the equivalent of Michael Jordan saying that lay ups make him want to puke. Better yet, it’s like Arnold Schwarzenegger saying that biceps are a terrible thing. Maybe the reason BT makes such good music is because of his strong opinions. I don’t know. But I do know that the average musician is going to need as many choices as possible in their musical lives. Why limit yourself?
Do what you need to make the basics interesting for you. Just don’t close the doors on a boundless library of musical experience.
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Play Guitar Like A Rock Star — Free Five Part Guitar Course
September 21, 2006
ClosedInside you’ll learn…
- The proper way to hold a guitar — you could be causing serious injury!
- Tips for buying a new guitar — You really need to arm yourself well before you try haggling with your local guitar salesman.
- Light speed guitar tuning techniques.
- How to read tablature — in a few short minutes — and discover its weak points.
- How to get ‘that’ sound — aka Jimi Hendrix.
- Super slick chord progressions.
- Gain access to free music learning software.
- Complete with pictures and video — so it’s easy to make the connection between strings and fingering!
- And much, much more…
Enter your first name, valid email, phone number, and current guitar challenge - then click the “Free Instant Access!” button (All information is kept 100% confidential).
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06
August 22, 2006
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Topics covered:
Chord progressions, I-IV-V, The blues, classical music, mashups, melody, modal progressions, music software, rhythm…
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 08-22-06
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(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...The Rules and Principles of Counterpoint
August 18, 2006
4 CommentsCounterpoint: a composition which is written strictly according to technical rules. In earlier times, instead of our modern notes, dots or points were used. Thus one used to call a composition in which point was set against or counter to point, counterpoint; this usage is still followed today, even though the form of the notes has been changed.
- Consonances: unison, third, fifth, sixth, octave
- Perfect consonances: unison, fifth, octave
- Imperfect consonances: sixth, third
- Dissonances: second, fourth, diminished fifth, tritone, seventh
- Direct motion: when two or more parts ascend or descend in the same direction by step or skip.
- Contrary motion: when one part ascends by step or skip and the other descends–or vice versa.
- Oblique motion: when one part moves by step or skip while the other remains stationary.
Four Fundamental Rules
- First rule: From one perfect consonance to another perfect consonance one must proceed in contrary or oblique motion.
- Second rule: From a perfect consonance to an imperfect consonance one may proceed in any of the three motions.
- Third rule: From an imperfect consonance to a perfect consonance one must proceed in contrary or oblique motion.
- Fourth rule: From one imperfect consonance to another imperfect consonance one may proceed in any of the three motions.
- *Oblique motion, if used with due care, is allowed with all four progressions.
FIRST PART
- Note against Note: It is the simplest composition of two or more voices which, having notes of equal length, consists only of consonances.
- *More perfect than imperfect consonances should be used. Imperfect consonances are more harmonious than imperfect ones.
- *The beginning and the end must both consist of perfect consonances. The beginning should express perfection and the end relaxation. Since imperfect consonances specifically lack perfection, they cannot express relaxation.
- *In the next to the last bar, there must be a major sixth if the cantus firmus is in the lower part; and a minor third, if it is in the upper part. Thus, the seventh degree has to be raised in the Dorian, Mixolydian, and Aeolian modes. (The second degree of a mode occurs always as the next to the last tone in the cantus firmus, the seventh degree always as the next to the last tone in the counterpoint.)
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