3 Concepts That Made Me A Better Songwriter - Composition and Songwriting Advice and Philosophies |
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My pro theory + songwriting course https://bit.ly/2J2Nctn Enroll in my Rhythm Training Course at ANY price! https://bit.ly/3wDacU4 David Bruce's Channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/davidbrucedotnet My Patreon: https://bit.ly/2zFwzOO Over 15 years of writing music, I've developed and borrowed a few philosophies on composing that have helped make my music more enjoyable and less frustrating. I find these principles to be more helpful, in sum, than music theory itself. This is way outside of my normal kind of video and I was very apprehensive about posting it. I'm sure many will disagree with my opinions here but I don't see any harm in sharing what has helped me get to this point. Maybe one day I'll outgrow all these opinions and find they're flawed but for now I still consider them to be among several guiding tenets to songwriting, composing, art... Here's the link to part of David Lynch's interview where he explains his puzzle analogy. https://youtu.be/ilPRXtkfZXw?list=RDQMl8QxwW18X5Y&t=87 A special thank you to my Patrons for making these videos possible, including these awesome folks: Linas Orentas Marek Pawlowski John Arnold Christopher Swanson Marc Bulandr https://www.twitter.com/signals_music https://www.facebook.com/signalsmusicstudio https://www.signalsmusicstudio.com Free online guitar lessons for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. Located in Crystal Lake, Jake Lizzio provides free jam tracks and video lessons for guitar players, as well as music theory videos and other music education content. Table of Contents: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Importance of Music Theory 02:25 Improving Upon Your Writing 04:20 Hearing Over Writing 06:04 Wrapping Up |