Howdy folks! I'm working on a lesson for you all that dovetails in with the book I'm writing on chords. It's a hugely important topic and I think it will save you all years of confusion. It should be ready in a few days, but until then, let's do another Q+A lesson!
In case you don't know the rules:
-Leave yo...
2022-11-11 17:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Creepy Chords.
Terrifying Tonalities.
Scary semitones.
I'll be trying to use them ALL this evening at 8:00 PM CT as I broadcast live to create some halloween themed music. This could go in many directions, so I'm counting on the live chat to give me some inspiration! Here's the link to watch live...
2022-10-30 22:00:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Ever wanted to perform a song live, but you can't sing it or don't have a band?
FEAR NOT!
You can arrange nearly ANYTHING into a solo piece for acoustic guitar or piano, and in this video I show you exactly how I do that. I hope you find it informative and fun!
Excited to answer your questions! Log into youtube to join the live chat, I expect I'll have extra free time afterwards to answer questions.
Hope to see you there :)
2022-10-14 00:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis was supposed to happen early last week but life took over :P I'll be playing catch up this week with several videos though!
Firstly, we'll be doing a live lesson tomorrow night at 8PM CT. I will post a link to the stream 1 hour before it begins. If you have already sent me a question, please REPOST it here! And as ...
2022-10-12 22:40:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking forward to answering your questions soon! If you want to join the livechat you'll need to be logged in to youtube.
For any folks looking to join the Community Discord, it's available here: 2022-09-29 00:03:32 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that time again - post your musical questions and I'll prepare an answer for each one to answer tomorrow night, Wednesday, at 8PM CT.
-If your question is about some music you've written, please email me an mp3 and/or music score to signalsmusicjake@gmail.com but ALSO post your question here
-If for any...
2022-09-28 01:36:43 +0000 UTC View Post
To complete the recent string of lessons on modes, I've written an entire instrumental song here that demonstrates the supreme yet simple power of using RELATIVE modes.
When we hear the word "modes" we often think of big scale runs and changing keys and stuff. But that's not always the case- the most valuable usag...
2022-09-25 16:36:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a part-two follow-up to the lesson I posted last week about Modes. Last time we focused on Relativity by always thinking back to the parent major scale. This time, we're thinking more Parallel, by considering what can exist atop a single chord.
The only edit I'd make to this lesson is that the "bad examples" don...
2022-09-10 00:23:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Loving the questions you all asked, and looking forward to answering them live here in 1 hour!
Hope to see you there :)
2022-09-07 00:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI really appreciate the comments and questions on last week's lesson on Modes and am going to be filming a follow-up lesson to post this Friday. It will address all the questions you asked there, and hopefully more :)
Tomorrow night (Sept 6) at 8PM CST I'll be firing up the ole stream machine to answer your musical ques...
2022-09-06 00:53:42 +0000 UTC View Post
There's two ways to really think about modes in my opinion:
1: They are related to a major scale
or
2: They are independent scales
In this demonstration, I walk you through both perspectives to hopefully try to tie up any loose ends.
I don't suggest this as an INTRO to modes though! I consi...
2022-08-27 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1 hour (10:30 CT) I'll be going live to try to compose some music with a heavy focus on hemiola. I'll be trying my best to implement all forms of it, and hopefully by the end we have some cool sounding stuff!
Along the way, you'll be able to see how I try to solve problems, how I arrange things in my DAWs, and the mu...
2022-08-18 14:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Great questions tonight everyone! We've got a bit of everything and I'm excited to share my answers. Here's the link to watch live or in the FUTURE!
If you're logged into YouTube you can join the livechat and ask ques...
2022-08-16 23:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 16) I'll be going live at 8PM CST to answer your questions.
Then on Thursday morning, August 18th at 11AM CST, I'll be going live for a demonstration of composing with hemiolas. If you're not familiar with the concept, I suggest you review this video!
Earlier this week I tried making a lesson for you all here at Patreon but during editing I realized a fatal error had occured in my screen recording, and thus I discarded the whole project. I'll be starting fresh again, but this time we'll do it live!
Here's the link to join:
Some lovely questions tonight! Looking forward to answering them here:
If you're logged in to youtube you can join the live chat. Hope to see you there!
Here we go! Tomorrow night (August 2) at 9PM CT I'll be answering your questions in the order I recieve them.
Then again on Thursday night (Aug 4) at the same time, I'll be going live to do a lesson/demonstration on writing chuggy, beefy metal riffs infused with epic pedal tone chord progressions :)
If you h...
2022-08-02 01:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post
If you sign in to YouTube, you can join the live chat and ask questions at the end. I think today's questions will go pretty quickly so I should have time for stuff at the end.
Here's the link: https://youtu.be/7v7z8j5OM3Y
Hope to see you t...
2022-07-20 01:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow night at 9PM CST I'll be going live to answer your questions - You know the routine! If you have a question, post it below and I'll prepare an answer. I answer the questions in the order that they are recieved. If your question involves a piece of music, or a link, you might want to email me your attachments to signa...
2022-07-19 01:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! I've put together a lesson and demonstration for you all on how I use the topics I've taught in the past, using a very basic chord progression as a starting point.
From there I use 5 strategies and techniques to try to improve the progression: arrangement/voiceleading, inversions, secondary chords, e...
2022-07-17 15:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link, hope to see you there :)
2022-07-09 14:45:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to those of you who submitted chord progressions! I'll be working with 4 different examples and showing you all how I would approach writing melodies over each one. Here's the link to watch live or later on:
https://youtu.be/SjyB8Pis8XI 2022-07-09 00:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Looking forward to answering your questions shortly - here's the link to watch live or later on:
Hope to see you there!
2022-07-07 00:58:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey folks!!! This week I'll be streaming at 9PM CT on Wednesday AND Friday (July 6th and 8th).
Tomorrow night's stream will be a Q+A Live Lesson and I'm asking you to post your music questions here so I can prepare an answer for them tomorrow. I'll respond to them in the order they're posted. If you have additiona...
2022-07-05 15:13:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy folks! In 1 hour (11 AM CST) I'll be going live to demonstrate how to compose melodies, using some of your progressions. Here's the link to watch live (and later on)
Several of you have submitted chord progressi...
2022-06-23 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the late notice, the Patreon site is acting a little funky. Either way, we've got some great questions for todays lesson and I'm excited to answer them!
Here's the link for live and future viewing:
... 2022-06-21 15:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostHowdy folks! Tomorrow (Tuesday June 21st) I'll be going live to answer your musical questions at 11:00 AM CST.
And then again, this Thursday (June 23), I'll be going live again at the same time for a live composing stream. This broadcast will be like the previous composing session, and will rely on YOUR chord prog...
2022-06-20 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Should be another fun one! There's some great questions that I'm looking forward to answering and I'm expecting the connection will run smoother.... hoping for the best :)
Note- this starts at 11 AM CST. Patreon was supposed to post this at 10AM and I think their servers loaded it up late!
Tomorrow Morning (6/11) at 11:00 AM CST I'll be going live to answer your musical questions! Post them below and I'll get to them in the order that they are recieved. Note- if your question involves a file or link, it might be best to email me at signalsmusicjake@gmail.com since Patreon comments sometimes remove urls. 2022-06-10 13:53:14 +0000 UTC View Post
