Often when discussing songwriting, we divide it into its two main elements, words and music. But just as lyrics contain a multitude of sub-categories and considerations, so does music. It contains the ...

Modalics’ first plugin, Beat Scholar, put a new spin on the beatmaking plugin concept, and was notable for its sliceable ‘beat pizzas’. The follow-up, EON-Arp, focuses on the creation of melodic and ...

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There are musicians whose impact is immediate-albeit showman’s swagger or a Marshall-melting guitar solo. Songs operate similarly. Some like “She Loves You” reach out and grab your attention after the ...

Scientists have found patterns of music that make our heart beat faster or cause us to feel like our stomach is doing somersaults. When the sequences of chords – three or more musical notes played at ...

Not too long after its launch in 2005, you'd be hard-pushed to visit any friends without being challenged to a round or two of Guitar Hero. Interest in learning to play a real guitar also blossomed, ...

Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions in general, as we are the ones banging out the root notes! But there are ...

In my previous “Blues You Can Use” columns, I focused on what I consider to be essential rhythm guitar and accompanying single-note patterns that exemplify Chicago-style blues guitar, as heard in the ...