N6: major minor happy sad
Let’s do away with the notion that all major chords are bright and happy and all minor chords are dark and sad.
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Scaffolding: extensions and rootless voicings
Not every A minor chord looks like an A minor.
Music Exists to Remind Us We Are Alive
Let this serve as your friendly reminder that music exists to remind you that you are alive now go listen to some .
Orchestral Kitchen: soup in a can
It’s only a matter of time before you’re humbled by someone with far less resources than you creating at a very high level.
Two Ways to Find Stuff in Logic
All right, you want a tip find two quick ways to find stuff in logic.
Rootless Shell: simplest complicated chord progression
This might be the easiest complicated chord progression you’ll ever learn.
Major Key Don't Assume: picardy third
Don’t assume that just because you start off in a minor key, that you have to end up in one.
Dynamics and EQ: connected
You can try, but you can’t really separate frequency from level.
Signal Flow in Your DAW
Annotated DAW mixer diagram showing serial and parallel signal flow — sends, buses, groups, and stereo output routing explained.
Dominant Diminished Suspensions: chords for a sunday
A gospel-flavored chord progression using dominant, diminished, and suspended chords — how the tension and resolution cycle creates that Sunday …
Form: Music Theory Run-On Sentence
Even if you learn some music theory, you can still write ridiculously long, run-on sentences if that's your thing.
Hipper Suspended Chords
Here’s a C suspended chord, but let’s see if we can’t get you playing some hipper ones, like a D minor over a C or a D minor 7 over a C.
