making music

1 min read 2021-07-27 20:00:00

How Letting Go Of Control Helps You Make Better Music

You might not realize this, but there’s an internal conflict that plays out whenever you write music. As songwriters, we carry the weight of our

1 min read 2021-07-22 20:00:00

If you’re having trouble finding your musical identity as an artist, it could be because your taste in music hasn’t been defined yet. Alongside

1 min read 2021-07-20 20:00:00

Write enough songs and you’ll eventually run into the problem of stagnation and feeling uninspired in your creative process. Combating this isn’t

1 min read 2021-07-06 20:00:00

Making music isn’t easy even under ideal conditions. If you’ve been a serious songwriter for years or even if you’re just starting out, it can

1 min read 2021-06-30 20:00:00

When you hear the word “discipline,” you might think of the work it takes for a bodybuilder to build and maintain muscle, or someone saying no to

1 min read 2021-06-24 20:00:00

We don’t need much other than an instrument and our desire to make music during the writing process, but we do need some things. What you have in

1 min read 2021-06-17 20:00:00

When you think about your favorite music, you probably immediately turn to the stories of what inspired great songs. Breakups, tours gone wrong, new

9 min read 2021-04-14 20:00:09

Wicked Horror is the author of Behind the Lens: Cinematographer Stuart Cameron Breaks Down the Eerie Look of MAKING MONSTERS. Wicked Horror is the

3 min read 2021-01-26 21:00:00

The things we write music about in our early twenties aren’t usually the things we write about in our late thirties as songwriters. That’s an

3 min read 2020-12-31 21:00:00

For serious musicians, it’s tempting to obsess over perfecting a specific song and miss the big picture of how the world interacts with music.

3 min read 2020-12-30 21:00:00

We’re living in a bizarre time in music where it’s completely possible for an artist to be streamed thousands of times a day without having any

3 min read 2020-12-10 21:00:00

If a song is engaging and memorable enough, there’s a lot that audiences will happily put up with––subpar recordings, imperfect performances,

3 min read 2020-12-01 21:00:00

Your songs can benefit from emotional honesty in big ways when it comes to connecting with audiences. But when music is too emotionally obvious or

3 min read 2020-11-27 21:00:00

When we create music, what are the parts of it that we own, and which ones do we give away to our listeners? It’s a weird question, but it’s

3 min read 2020-11-19 21:00:00

Have you ever had a conversation with someone who constantly talks but never really says anything meaningful or memorable? In our creative pursuits