Guitar skills: If there’s one thing you'll need to do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords ...

Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

The ii-V-I has been referred to as a chord progression, a turnaround, and a cadence depending on the circumstances it is used. It is most known as the jazz progression as it is the backbone of many ...

Artists “I remember thinking, ‘This is the kiss of death!’”: The singer who had a bad feeling about a song – before it hit No.1 Artists “People who like that song aren’t actually fans of The Cure”: ...

A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...

Artists “I remember thinking, ‘This is the kiss of death!’”: The singer who had a bad feeling about a song – before it hit No.1 Artists “People who like that song aren’t actually fans of The Cure”: ...