John Coltrane loved the Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale. During the 60s, Trane (and other avant-garde musicians like Ornette Coleman) created a unique and dissonant style of "playing outside" the chord changes. Often, they would play a half-step … [Read more...]
Samurai Songwriting Issue 2 Is Now Available
It's time to dig into the second 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 … [Read more...]
Last Chance To Get Issue 1 With Your Membership
If you're interested in subscribing to Samurai Songwriting, today is the best day to do it. Tomorrow, Issue 2 will be released and if you subscribe now, you'll have access to both Issue 1 and Issue 2. After tomorrow, Issue 1 will cost extra. So if … [Read more...]
Append To Inbox Quicksilver Action
For some people, Quicksilver doesn't work as advertised. For example, I can't get the 'append to...' action to work as a trigger. And since there's one file that I'm continually appending, I wanted to customize my workflow. That's why I created my … [Read more...]
How To Become An Artist 2.0
Merlin Mann just pointed to a New York Times Magazine article about Jonathan Coulton and The Hold Steady. These artists are thriving in the post-CD music world through intimate virtual relationships with their fans. Music promotion through blogs … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview With Songwriting Consultant, Molly-Ann Leikin
Listen in as I interview Molly-Ann Leikin, an award winning songwriter and songwriting consultant to over 4,000 successful songwriters! She's helped songwriters get Grammy nominations, win Emmys, and place songs in movies, TV, and CDs all over the … [Read more...]
Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07
Topics covered: Advice to developing songwriters, the art and craft of songwriting, strategies for writing hooks and melodies, a 7-step process to writing hit songs, and much more. Download: Hit Songwriting Tips Podcast 05-20-07 Subscribe … [Read more...]
A Quicksilver Action That Creates A New TextMate Blog Post
I've been AppleScripting my @blogging context workflow. At first, I created a simple script that launches TextMate, NetNewsWire, and Safari along with some URLs to help me get started. It basically launches my workspace for my @blogging context. But … [Read more...]
Blogging With Quicksilver And AppleScript
[tag]Quicksilver[/tag] gets more powerful everyday. I make it a point to learn something new about it almost daily. And it never ceases to surprise me with it's power. And I can say the same with [tag]AppleScript[/tag]. Anything I do repeatedly, I … [Read more...]
Duplicate Content And The Problogger Group Writing Project
I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't mention the SEO consequences of duplicating the entire list from Darren Rowse's Group Writing Project. It's never a good idea to duplicate someone else's content on your own blog. You now have duplicate … [Read more...]
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