This week we’re taking our careers to the next level by looking at 5 professional tips for freelance musicians.

Artists and musicians get a bad reputation for being hard t...

I love a good harmony. It hits me right in the feels, and I bet it does for you. But how do we make harmonies sound good like that? 

In this week’s video, I’m breaking dow...

Chances are an artist whose music you love passed away at an early age. Why is it so many musicians struggle with mental illness?

This is such a common phenomenon that a n...

You may have seen NotePerformer lurking around the virtual instrument world and wondered if it’s worth the price tag.

Short answer: Yes, it is. It sounds pretty amazing qu...

Working on weekends, working all day AND all night, or not working half the days in the week...Does this sound like you? It sounds like me, at least until I made one change...

Writing music with alternating time signatures sounds fancy. It’s really not. It’s just taking the regular count and messing with it every other measure.

In the video, I b...

Is writing music always a good thing? Should it be? It’s not the act we’re concerned with, more the intention, the reasons behind why you write.

I’m going to dive into 5 i...

Get ready to hear all the feelings, today. For some reason, using a metronome (or click) is controversial...

In my earlier years, I too was resistant to it, but I came aro...

When I was just starting out writing songs, chords were super mysterious to me. They carry so much emotional weight and create a scaffolding for the melody to play around w...

Nothing is perfect. But, that doesn’t mean we can’t be mad about it. Music notation software is complex by nature, so frustration is built in.

This week, as a cathartic ex...

Writer’s block sucks, especially when you want to be writing. But if you’re suffering from chronic writer’s block, there’s something there to unpack. 

I know because that ...

Do you bass? I bass, but I didn’t always bass. Bass is weird. Ok enough of that… 

Bass lines are a strange animal when writing music. They play a foundational role, but ca...