How To Write Songs - Writing Killer Chord Progressions with a little Chromatic Magic!

Bring your chord progressions to life with some simple yet powerful techniques used by professional songwriters around the world!

In this video, we continue the discussion on taking a chromatic approach to your songwriting, starting with some basic principles before moving on to advanced music theory. Our main focus throughout this video is to examine the movement between chords, how to connect chord sequences and utilise all 12 notes. We also explore chromatic chord options, break down tritone substitutions and play around with walking bass lines.

Putting this all together will give you powerful and creative ways to construct your songs, allowing you to break free of predictable patterns and gain control over your stylistic choices.

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SECTIONS
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Connecting Chords
01:57 - 'Dock Of The Bay'
03:13 - Playing the Blues
04:46 - Line Clichés
06:06 - Filling In The Gaps
12:22 - 'In Every Country'
14:30 - Tritone Substitution
17:27 - Walking Bass Lines
19:04 - Wrap-Up

MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO
'(Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper - Stax Records 1967
'James Bond Theme' by Monty Norman - 1962
'In Every Country' by Ben Romalis
'Little Black Mosquito' by Ben Romalis


ABOUT BEN

Ben's passion for music and creativity stretches across multiple disciplines and art-forms. He is a founding member and songwriter / lap-slide guitarist for one of Australia's best and most bearded country-bluegrass-folk bands, THE GREEN MOHAIR SUITS. To date the Mohairs have released 4 full-length albums and tour both nationally and overseas.

Ben is also the Founder and Head Producer of SILAMOR STUDIOS, a boutique studio specialising in Composition for Film, TV and Interactive Media. He writes extensively across various instrumental and lyric-based genres and has been commissioned for major projects by Adobe, Cathay Pacific and Audible. He also currently releases original songs under the name SILAMOR.

Ben is passionate about education and has taught song and lyric writing as well as film composition for JMC Academy and the Australian Institute of Music. He also designs and regularly facilitates workshops on creative process and innovation.

Links to Ben's music are here:

The Green Mohair Suits
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SILAMOR
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http://www.silamor.com/music

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