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The Song Path – Development
Written by Andy Patterson
This section is about all taking the ideas you’ve had in the first section, and working them into a song. Check out the following posts for more info, or scroll…Read more
The Song Path: Idea
Written by Andy Patterson
This section is all about the ideas that become songs. Check out the following posts, or scroll down for more info: Idea Generation – Getting Ideas for songs Idea Generation…Read more
Demo: Lead Sheets
Written by Andy Patterson
Lyrics and Chord Charts An important stage of the song writing process is to present your song in a way that other musicians can read and play it. There’s no…Read more
Idea Generation: Getting ideas for songs…
Written by Jimmy
We start every blog the same – we’re still learning and don’t position these ‘Song Cycle’ blogs as the lessons from masters. These are lessons from amatuers, eager to share…Read more
Idea Generation: Inspiration vs. Perspiration
Written by Jimmy
No, we’re not very good at any of this song-writing stuff. And yes, everyone else is better. But the spirit of Abubilla Music is a community that learns and shares. …Read more
Song Development: Collaboration
Written by Jimmy
We start each of these blogs with the same point: we write these not because we’re good at any of these, but rather because were students of all things music. …Read more
Over Dubbing: Less is More, but start with More
Written by Jimmy
Remember the rule: we don’t write these because we’re good. We’re learning and hope to share our lessons, most of which are derived from small and large failures. Today, we…Read more
Song Development: Intro’s
Written by Jimmy
More rubbish on song-writing…and we start with the same warning to you. We don’t think we’re good at this stuff. We’re learning. But, we’re also committed to sharing lessons as…Read more
Rehearsals: Outros
Written by Jimmy
You guys have been giving a lot of feedback on these, but we still want to slap the warning label across – we’re rubbish and we know it, we’re learning…Read more
Development: Song Structure
Written by Jimmy
Yep, you know the routine – we write these as students not masters and hope you enjoy the sharing. This is a rough overview of song-structure to give you some…Read more