If you wanna really go DIY, simply pull up an image of the basic chords for the piano and use it as your map. Learn a few major and minor chords each day, memorizing them for convenience. Work on simple scales (think middle school band class) to h...
A collection of chord progressions played on vintage analog synthesizers including the key of each progression and midi files. "All Chords Everything pretty much sums up what this amazing collection is about. Chords! I'd say more often than not, I usually start my ideas by playing melodies ...
From the most intense and brilliant large-scale, dramatic structures (such as Sweeney Todd or Assassins) to the lightest of melodies (A Little Night Music), and from the simplest of chords (Into the Woods) to the most dense harmonies (Follies), he has it all. He is clever without tricki...
Producer Bangladesh looped the opening chords from Gladys Knight and the Pips’ “Don’t Burn Down the Bridge,” then segued to a drill-like volley of trap drums. He gave the beat to his friend Shanell — a onetime R&B singer on Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment — to pass along. ...
This epic anthem of resistance against the forces of everyday exhaustion evolved out of an impromptu jam, with Bowie scatting his vocals on the fly. “Everybody just goes in there with no ideas, no notes, and sings the first thing that comes into their head over the backing track,” Que...
There are plenty of ways to play a great guitar solo: You can make jaws drop by shredding for minutes on end, or you can do a simple but unforgettable bit that makes a great song even greater. We’ve included both, and everything in between, on this list of 100 indelible, earth-sha...
of starting a hiking group on Wednesday mornings called Hump Day Hikers. She replied, “Great idea. I’m in.” and that officially launched it. That day I sent an email to about a dozen friends telling them that I intended to hike every Wednesday at 8 am for one of the eight ...
The Wildheartsrocked up a right ol’ storm. Always difficult to categorise, which is often a very good thing, the band’s soundscapes encompassed everything from driving hard rock to almost Oi! proportions. The guitar heroics between Ginger and CJ were a thing of beauty with ‘Vanilla Radio...
Ambient is a great meeting point: not so much at the center of everything, but floating just above, in a perfect geosynchronous orbit, within reach. At its best, it casts enough shade to dampen the extraneous while causing a shift in our perceptions, enough to take us out of time and ...
“All Chords Everything pretty much sums up what this amazing collection is about. Chords! I’d say more often than not, I usually start my ideas by playing melodies and chords. Some people like to start with drums, others don’t. Easily plug these chord progressions into a drum loop, ...