Partial capos sound complicated, but they can make your guitar playing easier and add a unique quality to how your...
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Your Country Song Could Be R&B!
Songs can cross genres, but most people rarely keep up with it when it happens. It's also interesting to see how the...
Country Song Guitar Chords
Wondering what makes a country song a country song besides adding banjo?! Common country song guitar chords and...
Elizabeth Cook Covers “Pale Blue Eyes”
This is a great country song written by Lou Reed back in 1968 or so. It was inspired by Lou Reed's first love, who...
4 Best Pop Song Chord Progressions
You don't have to come up with unique chord progressions all the time when you're writing. Actually, many pop...
Common Chord Progressions
A progression is basically the chord series or the chords you choose to use and their order. If you're just starting...
10 Songwriting Tips For Guitarists
If you're tired of the same chord structures you always use and need a way to get into a different mode, these videos...
Song Key Conversion Site
There are a few sites on the web that allow you to either copy and paste the chords, or find the song in their...
Recording Your Songs
Updated 3/20/17 Recording your songs falls into a couple of buckets: worktapes and professional demos. Once you start...
Nashville Number System Made Easy
If you've recorded in Nashville, you've run into the Nashville Number System. While I could explain it here, there are...
Q&A With Producer Kim Copeland
What is a songplugger? How do you make sure your songs are being represented by legitimate songpluggers in Nashville?...
Free Songwriting Worksheets for Guitarists
Worksheets for guitarists do exist beyond music theory and pages of chord charts with scales you have to memorize. If...