If your tracks sound flat or forgettable, your chords are usually the reason.
The good news? You don’t need advanced music theory to fix it.
In this guide, you’ll learn 4 chord techniques that will instantly improve your music — practical tools used in EDM, house, and modern pop to add emotion, movement, and originality.
Writing catchy melodies that stick in your listener’s head can be a game changer for any music producer. These are the tunes that people hum unconsciously, even if they claim to dislike them. In this blog post, we will explore the key elements that make a melody catchy, using examples from popular songs across various genres. By the end, you will have a better understanding of how to craft your own memorable melodies.
Melodies are often the heart of a track, the element that gets stuck in the listener’s head. In this guide, I’ll take you through every step of how to write melodies, from choosing the right scale, creating the chords, adding the rhythm, all the way through to humanizing the final result. We’ll also tackle common mistakes and advanced tips, including writing counter melodies. Let’s get into it…
Knowing how to manipulate people’s emotions is a superpower that can be used for good or for evil. Melodies are one of the most powerful ways we can do that. In this blog, we will explore five emotions that can be created using melodies. But before we dive into that, it’s important to understand what makes a great melody in the first place. Let’s get back to basics.
This guide will show you how to make catchy melodies from scratch – the kind that your listeners won’t be able to forget! These techniques work even if you don’t know music theory – and they work for any genre of modern and electronic music.
We go into every step of the melody-writing process from…
I’m also going show you something I haven’t seen on any other tutorials – how to create effective counter melodies – which will really make your track stand out, so let’s get to it…
Proficient drum programming is the foundation of electronic music production, and together with the melody, it’s what can make a song catchy and memorable. Learning how to sequence rhythm patterns is a crucial step in the journey of electronic music producers across all genres, and that’s what we’ll be looking at today…
The melody is one of the most important parts of any song. If you get it right – it’s what people will be singing in the shower all day long. In this tutorial, I share with you 5 ESSENTIAL Melody Patterns can be used in ANY genre of modern music – House, Techno, Melodic House, Pop, Trap, Drum & Bass.
I’ve also included audio and video examples, too. 🙂
These 5 chord progressions can be used in ANY genre of modern music – from house, techno and trance, to trap, drum & bass and even pop music!
I’ll also share with you a few examples of which tracks they’re already used in – PLUS how to customise them to make them your own.
In this blog post, I’m going to share with you the 5 chord progressions that every music producer NEEDS to know…
These 5 bass patterns can be used in ANY genre of modern music – from house, techno and trance, to trap, drum & bass and even pop music!
Most people think music production is more complicated than it actually is, but when you understand a few key ingredients – and how to combine them properly – you can create original sounding tracks from scratch.
In this blog post, I’m going to share with you the 5 bass patterns that every music producer NEEDS to know…
So you’ve created a killer 8-bar loop and want to take your great idea to a full song, but don’t know where to go from here? We’ve all been there before!
The good news is that you don’t need to feel disheartened: this is a super common problem that happens to all music producers, and thankfully there are some very straightforward steps you can take to get out of the loop and to a finished arrangement….