Work vs Play. How do you deal?
I’ve learned almost every life lesson the hard way. The “hard way” usual means you don’t listen to what anyone tells you and therefore you experience life’s pains first hand. I do admit when I am...
View ArticleSimple Songwriter for iPhone is a chord finder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_sT4xpO9v4 I always say melody trumps the sounds you choose and I use a variety of helper software to find nice melodies. Harmony Navigator has been my favorite...
View ArticleSongwriting Dreams
It’s 6:30AM and I just jumped a few feet out of bed. For some reason a few days a week vivid nightmares pry my eyes open. The dreams don’t bother me. In fact, I’m amazed how clear and wild they are....
View ArticleSpecial Request: Be Original
I just got back from a live show I performed in Denver, Colorado. I played the second day of a three day EBM, PowerNoise, Goth type Festival. Some of the other acts included Hocico, Phyclon Nine, Rome...
View ArticleRobert Songsmith
Microsoft Songsmith is a PC only application that you sing into and then the software creates a full song behind your voice. It uses some neat algorthms, technology from PGMusic’s Band in a Box and...
View ArticleSong Sharking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHv2LkWkhm8 I was reading an interesting article on Wikipedia about a long gone practice called “Song Sharking”. Essentially there were businesses who ran ads asking...
View ArticleSongSynth
SongSynth – a songwriting app for iPad / iPhone from Attic Sound & Music. I love software that helps me create actual songs. Chord generators, lyric triggers and anything that can get me to a full...
View ArticleProChords
I love songwriting helper Apps. ProChords helps you find the next chord. I was using it last night and it definitely helped me make a progression I wouldn’t have thought of on my own. It’s a bit more...
View ArticleRandom Deviation with Melodyne
I use Melodyne often on my own vocals. Sometimes I use it to correct pitch and other times for creative strange things. On my song I Stand with You (link) I sent my vocal to my friend Gabri Negro in...
View ArticleLyrics on Trial
The New York Times has an article today about a man on trial (link). His song lyrics are about to be used against him in court. If you read this blog you probably know some of my own music. This could...
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