What chord structure should you use? how do you write chord structures? I unpack these questions in this episode, and honestly.. It's such much easier than we think! We put way too much pressure on ourselves when It comes to chords
Songwriting download - https://www.dottedeight.com/artist
The most powerful tool we have in songwriting is melody, and simple chords in our songwriting gives us the best chance at writing catchy, hooky melodies
I use cubase pro by steinberg as my digital audio workstation for songwriting, but you could just as easily use the free version of garage band, audacity, pro tools, or heaps more
From Musician to Artist is a podcast designed to help musicians level up into recognised music artists, music artists that can sell tickets to shows, and build a genuine fanbase. If you're interested in learning from the experiences and research i have done you can connect with me at by subscribing on YouTube, searching 'from musician to artist' into your favourite podcast app, or heading to https://www.dottedeight.com
My name is Craig Honeysett, and I work out of the Dotted Eight Studio
I use the Panasonic Lumix S5 to shoot my video
I edit in Final Cut Pro
I capture my audio with the RE20 by SE electronics
into the presonus studiolive
and mix that in cubase pro
Chapters
00:00 From musician to artist intro
00:08 Simple chord structures
02:10 Songwriting checklist
02:50 Writing a four chord song
04:14 From musician to artist outro
Intro/outro music by Robbie Mortimer
All other audio from https://www.audiio.com
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