Drum Loop and News Blog From Drums On Demand Team
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Inspire Your Songwriting with Drum Loops
Next time you sit down to write a song, consider incorporating drum loops into your creative workflow. -
How to Write a Song using a Song Construction Kit
Utilizing a song construction kit while songwriting has enabled songwriters and musicians to speed up the songwriting process and build a solid fou... -
How to choose a time signature for your next song, using drum loops
In Western cultures, songs in 4/4 are in no short supply. Because much of popular music today is dance music, 4/4 is the go to time signature since... -
Songwriting Tip: U2 "Raised By Wolves"
The new U2 track, “Raised By Wolves,” of the “Songs of Innocence” is an excellent example of great songwriting in terms of building melodic intensi... -
"Let It Go” — Five Lyrical Lessons For Songwriters
The soundtrack from Frozen topped the Billboard charts again this week. Here are five lessons songwriters can learn from the lyrics of the hit song... -
Me and "Taylor Swift"
So the other night I walked upstairs and caught my 11-year-old daughter sliding across the floor in Tom Cruise-like, "Risky Business" fashion singi... -
Creative Rhymes in this Week's Billboard Top 10
I was having a discussion this week with a friend about Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and how he was able to rhyme that seemingly difficult titl... -
Four Proven Ways to Start a Song
I was reading this interview with Lifehouse's Jason Wade in American Songwriter and he discusses how he wrote "Hanging By A Moment" in a matter of about 10 minutes.This is one of many anecdotes I've heard about some hit songs being written in a very short amount of time. Some songwriters say there are the songs that really are work and take sometimes years to write and then there are the magic ones that come in a dream or in a channel-like state as Wade describes.
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The Saddest Song Ever Written?
Are you a "sad songwriter?" Last year Rolling Stone made a stab at picking the saddest song ever written. If I could have written that article, I might have changed it a bit. Would you? Plus from a songwriting perspective, I identify some basic characteristics of "sad" songs.
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Hey Professor ...
So you're a college student at NYU and your dad happens to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Next thing you know your dad is there with you too -- teaching songwriting. The Eagles' Glenn Frey has been teaching a class in the music department over the last few months, which culminated in an Eagle's concert at The Beacon and a few students from the class as the opening act. -
Showcase Your Music
Get you or band showcased on the Drums On Demand web site or here on the blog. Submit a track with the additional info below. The featured track mu... -
Helping You Write A Song With My Co-Writer
By Quint Randle If you are searching about how to write a song, we think you've come to the right place — My Co-Writer. The writing...
I was reading this interview with Lifehouse's Jason Wade in 
Are you a "sad songwriter?" Last year Rolling Stone made a stab at picking the saddest song ever written. If I could have written that article, I might have changed it a bit. Would you? Plus from a songwriting perspective, I identify some basic characteristics of "sad" songs.
So you're a college student at NYU and your dad happens to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Next thing you know your dad is there with you too -- teaching songwriting. The Eagles' Glenn Frey has been teaching a class in the music department over the last few months, which culminated in an Eagle's concert at The Beacon and a few students from the class as the opening act.- Page 1 of 2
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