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Complete Rock and Metal Songwriting
Introduction and Philosophy
Course Intro (5:17)
Songwriting Mindset (7:20)
Writer's Block Part 1 (21:01)
Writer's Block Part 2 (13:27)
Songwriting Tools
Songwriting Tools (19:43)
Inception - Generating Raw Song Material
Where to Start (2:19)
How To Generate Musical Ideas When You Have None (19:43)
Development - Starting to Develop The Initial Ideas Into Longer Form
Creating Variations on a Motif (27:34)
Any Motif Can Become Any Style (15:14)
Generating Parts of the Song From a Motif (15:54)
Writing Lyrics
Lyrics (17:43)
Melodies
Melody Basics (23:43)
Writing From Lyrics and Chords
Roughing In A Chorus From Lyrics (11:16)
Structuring The Chorus (16:09)
Writing a Bridge Starting From Chords (26:17)
Chord Progressions
What Are Chords And Chord Progressions? (10:59)
Vertical Harmony (20:54)
Drums
The Back Beat (15:02)
The Power Hand (3:39)
The Kick Drum (11:11)
Fills (16:31)
Writing Bass
Turning Chords Into Basslines (17:07)
Chord Shapes on the Bass (18:57)
Programming Bass (24:18)
Writing Guitar Riffs
Turning Chords Into Riffs (22:11)
Making Riffs More Compelling Part 1 (19:58)
Making Riffs More Compelling Part 2 (20:18)
Song Structure
Getting From A Verse To A Chorus (22:05)
Third Verse Variation (27:28)
Building Out The Bridge (16:46)
Transitions
The 3 Different Types of Transitions (18:23)
Foreshadowing With Transitions (16:55)
Song Structure Part 2
The Quiet Chorus (10:29)
The Breakdown (22:20)
Harmonies
The 4 Types of Harmonic Motion (14:25)
Different Harmonies for Different Choruses (16:00)
Writing Harmonies With MIDI (16:09)
Safe Notes and Spicy Notes (22:05)
Adding Layers
Keyboards (18:11)
Adding A Countermelody (19:15)
Ad Libs (3:59)
Finalizing Parts
Buttrock Verse (6:35)
Intros and Outros (23:01)
Punching Up The Final Chorus (11:07)
Outro
Course Outro (1:40)
Making Riffs More Compelling Part 1
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