Comments on: 7 Steps To Your Brand New Song http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Tony Conniff http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7351 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:55:24 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7351 In reply to Joyce Rogers.

Keep me posted, Joyce!
Tony

]]> By: Joyce Rogers http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7350 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:59:07 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7350 currently working on something with this assignment 🙂

]]> By: Tony Conniff http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7349 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:13:34 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7349 In reply to Jon Gordon.

And I would add, “After you’ve finished reading and commenting on this post”!
TC

]]> By: Tony Conniff http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7348 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:12:22 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7348 In reply to Mark Permann.

Mark,
Thanks for reading and writing!
1) Short of getting some help with basic harmony, and learning some chords…Yes, I think messing around with Garageband has potential. I’ve seen (and heard) it work.
2) Without knowing any harmony, this is tough. Basically, all you can do is experiment and grab on to what sounds good. Hopefully learn as you go. Kind of ‘hunt and peck’… the way I type!
Best wishes and Happy Holidays,
Tony
ps You might also look into an instrument called an Omnichord.

]]> By: Jon Gordon http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7347 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:49:32 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7347 Hey Tony:
That’s a pretty cool method!
It’s not unlike a lot of the things I do if I’m trying to write in a certain genre. However, I would add a step #0:

0) Get off the damn computer!

Cheers,

Jon

]]> By: Mark Permann http://tonyconniff.com/7-steps-to-your-brand-new-song/#comment-7346 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:01:30 +0000 http://tonyconniff.com/?p=3556#comment-7346 Hi Tony, I like this a lot. For beginners especially, t’s useful to have a step by step method with which to structure creation, whose workings are indeterminate and hidden to us. Your method has a lot in common with how I developed one of the songs I boothed.

As it turns out, I have been working on another song I wrote for which step 6 is where I’m at: the writing music part. I have a good enough lyric with a good enough melody, and now I want to add accompaniment, and at this I am most definitely a beginner with no specialized skills to apply.

I am thinking my best next step is to choose chord progressions to back the singing. It seems to me that singing + chords is a well-worn path for demos and performance – like the singer songwriter who performs with just his voice and strumming. In my case, not knowing guitar, I would be playing with GarageBand for iPad.

I have 2 questions at this point:
1. Do you agree that this is a good next step? (I know there’s no one way, e.g. some people might choose beats next)

2. Do you have any suggestions on how to get started with choosing chords? I know it’s experimentation with what sounds good to me, but how to start? For example, if I have a melody for my lyrics, can you suggest how that might guide me where to start? Something about knowing or choosing a key?

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