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Emin 120bpm 04-28-07

April 28, 2007 By Graham English

I started this just over a week ago but have been too busy to spend much time writing or recording. Lame. I wrote this with two things in mind: (1) working out, (2) a heist. So if you can imagine me training for The Italian Job, then you get the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 120bpm, Bass Clash, Dance Organ, Eastern Mystery String 02, Effected Drum Kit 01, Effected Drum Kit 32, Emin, Euro Funk Synth 01, Falling Stars, frenetic, Friday Night Star, funky, hammond, heist, House Warm Chord Synth, minor, Modern Rock Guitar 16, Modern Rock Guitar 26, Morphing Celestra, MULTI TRACK, organ, pop, Pop Get Ready Set Beat 02, Pop Get Ready Set Beat 03, Remix Reverse Vocal, riff, rock, Synth Array 21, tense, Transition FX, workout

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07

April 27, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: Learning absolute pitch, your motives, absolute pitch disinformation, motivation to learn absolute pitch, and more. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, aural acuity, Ear Training, goals, learning, learning absolute pitch, motivation, motives, perfect pitch, Practice, relative pitch

IM Status: Update Your Skype, iChat, Or Adium Status With Quicksilver

April 25, 2007 By Graham English

I got really tired of updating my online status on Skype and iChat every time I had to step away from my computer. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be cool if I could update all my instant message apps at once with a few keystrokes using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Adium, Apple, AppleScript, GTD, hacks, HowTo, iChat, IM, LifeHacks, Mac, OSX, productivity, Quicksilver, Skype, software, tips, tools

What’s The Difference Between The Free And Paid Samurai Songwriting Membership?

April 24, 2007 By Graham English

Free membership to Samurai Songwriting comes with many benefits. This site has a wealth of songwriting information available to you. As a free member, you will have access to some of our most treasured Samurai Songwriting principles and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Samurai Songwriting, Songwriting, Songwriting FAQ, songwriting tips

How To Use Tension And Release In Your Melodies

April 23, 2007 By Graham English

Music, much like life, is fundamentally a swinging pendulum between tension and release. Fortunately, with music, this is easy to represent objectively and to utilize in your music composition. Taking a look at the C major scale, you can see that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: composing, composing strategies, consonance, counterpoint, dissonance, fundamentals, harmony, HowTo, improvisation, intervals, lessons, melody, music fundamentals, Music Theory, scales, soloing, stability and instability, tension and release, Writing Music

GTD: What Are You Doing Right Now Redux

April 20, 2007 By Graham English

My previous attempt at a time-tracking script worked well for a while. But I wanted something that was self-contained so I could share it with my friends and coworkers. I also wanted to cut down on key strokes. Since my internet connection has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Apple, AppleScript, GTD, HowTo, LifeHacks, Mac, Neuro-Logical Levels, NLP, OSX, peak performance, Practice, productivity, software, Technology, tools, tutorial, Twitter

Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 04-17-07

April 17, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: The definition of a song, what a song is not, the purpose of a song, the way of the Samurai Songwriter. Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 04-17-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, Music Education Tagged With: definitions, Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast, podcasts, Songwriting

John Lennon Hit Songwriting Teleseminar

April 17, 2007 By Graham English

At 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars Tagged With: chord progressions, chorus, harmony, John Lennon, lyric writing, melody, Samurai Songwriting, Songwriting, songwriting tips

Samurai Songwriting Issue 1 Is Now Available

April 16, 2007 By Graham English

It's time to dig into the first issue of Samurai Songwriting. If you're not a subscriber, join now. If you want to purchase just this issue, you can do that here: 1. Select your country USA Outside USA Here's what we cover … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: rhyme, Samurai Songwriting, Songwriting, songwriting tips

How To Think Like An eBay PowerSeller

April 14, 2007 By Graham English

eBay PowerSellers are recognizable by the 'PowerSeller' badge next to their name. Maybe you've seen these sellers around -- and to succeed on eBay, you want to think like they do. How do people get the right to call themselves PowerSellers? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose Tagged With: eBay, Income Strategies

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