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New Article - 3 Ways To Improve Your Singing Range

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Articles 05 January 2012 -

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singing range, singing, vocals

A great first article for Songstuff by vocal coach Ken Taylor discusses three simple and effective ways to improve your singing range while at the same time addressing some common vocal issues.

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New Article - Songwriters - Learn How The Position Of Your Lyrics Can Change What You're Saying

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Articles 19 December 2011 -

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lyrics writing, lyrical phrases

Learn how the position of your lyrics can alter the meaning of what you are saying. Anthony examines how to position lyrical phrases within your music so that the message you are trying to get through to your audience is the message they get.

Songwriters - Learn...

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New Article - Visualization

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Articles 13 December 2011 -

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visualization, lyrics

When writing lyrics why is visualization important? The use of effective imagery can be the difference between listeners connecting to your lyrics or not. This article by Jon Hanover is for lyricists who are looking to improve the use of imagery within their lyrics.
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New Article - Why Do The Lyrics Of John Mayer's Daughters Work So Well?

Posted by Songstuff, 20 November 2011 -

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John Mayer, lyrics analysis

New Songstuff author Anthony Ceseri performs a lyrics analysis of the song "Daughters" by John Mayer, looking at how he evolves the meaning of the chorus by adding extra information to successive verses.

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New Lyrics Writing Article - Doing Time, For 'forced-Rhymes'

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff News, Songstuff Articles 10 November 2011 -

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songwriting, rhymes

Forced-rhymes are for new songwriters, something that just tends to happen by accident. They appear in songs with no real forethought other than "I need something to rhyme with this".

Rhymes of course appear in many forms and can be used in many ways. There are circumstances where forced-rhymes stand out like a sore thumb and others where...

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Jazz, Blues Singer Cheryl Hodge Goes To Hollywood Music In Media Awards

Posted by Cheryl, 31 October 2011 -

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Hey, my friends over at Songstuff.com - what's shakin'??

Wow; Hollywood; just like I pictured it! No, no kidding... I'm actually nominated for BEST BLUES SONG, "THAT'S WHY I'M HERE" :luxhello:. Guess songwriting has it's occasional rewards! Last year I was nominated for Best Jazz Song (Indigo). Didn't win. Who cares? ...

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Songstuff Stuff Feedburner

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff News 09 August 2011 -

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feedburner, google feedburner

The Songstuff Stuff - Songwriting and Music Community Blog has moved over to using Google Feedburner for blog syndication.

Subscribe to Songstuff Stuff - Google Feedburner

Not only does that make the RSS feed...

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Discussing Songwriting

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Info 07 August 2011 -

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song writing

Discussing songwriting is something that some songwriters question the need to do. Songwriting can often feel like a very isolated experience. From our imaginations spring ideas that we shape into finished pieces of music, so what is the benefit of discussing that process with other songwriters or lyricists? Music should be naturally expressed for it to be...

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New Article - Amphitheatres

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Articles 26 July 2011 -

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ampitheatre, high pass filter

High Pass Filters

Are amphitheatres the original high pass filters? Graeme Young takes a look at ampitheatres, psychoacoustics and digital signal processing to complete the link from ancient Greek amphitheatres thrrough to modern day recording and live...

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New Article - Substituting Complex Beats - For Rolls

Posted by Songstuff, in Songstuff Articles 19 July 2011 -

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drums, percussion, complex beats

In this rockin' article Tom Hoffman explores some alternatives to using rolls in percussion parts and gives great examples and clear video demonstrations to show how practical applications of the techniques can effectively be used.

In other words he'll show you what to do so that you can improve your drumming...

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