It is typical for you to see colors, but not necessarily hear them, unless you’re a musician in the 1960’s or even the ‘70s. What I’m referencing in hearing colors is two-fold: the tone and sound of the music can…
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Adjusting to Change from a Music Perspective
We are creatures of habit. We like familiarity. We have our favorite foods, movies, and music. We are wired for routine...or are we?
“Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.” – Billy Sheehan
Making changes in our lives…
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Chasing the Perfect Tone
I am a tone chaser. I’ve been playing guitar for nearly 30 years, but it’s only been in the past couple years where my focus has been on finding a nice, balanced tone that I like. We musicians will always…
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Songwriting Basics: Reading and Writing Music
Music is its own language. The notes and rhythms resonate to us musicians the way words and grammatical structure do to an author or poet.
To an experienced musician–composer and songwriter–the musical language becomes a second language to us. To…
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Press Record & Make Some Music
One of the most difficult aspects of being a composer for me is moving from pre-production to production. When I talk about pre-production I'm referring to the songwriting and arranging of the composition, getting all of those elements together, then…
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