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Strumming (no I can't play guitar)

Last post by Gps « Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:29 pm
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by Gps » Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:19 pm
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Reference books?

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by CabalCrow » Sat Feb 22, 2025 6:31 pm

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Gauging interest for a Music Theory software for Linux

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by midistickers » Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:57 pm

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FAWM 2025 starts tomorrow!

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What are the Drones, Mr. Jones? (Electro)

Last post by lilith « Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:07 am
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by lilith » Sun Jan 12, 2025 4:51 pm

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Trouble focusing on individual songs?

Last post by hm11 « Tue Dec 10, 2024 7:54 pm
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by hm11 » Mon Jul 29, 2024 1:33 am
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(guitar) are EADGBE and DGCFAD different tunings?

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by D-Tuned » Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:25 pm
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Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:44 pm
Any advice for nice (free) sources to learn sound design?

Last post by tavasti « Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:37 am
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by rothdu » Mon Sep 30, 2024 6:56 am

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Something to play with...

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by OccinticLady » Fri Sep 27, 2024 5:33 pm

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Adding a drop to my 90s dance mix on piano

Last post by bulevardi « Wed Jun 12, 2024 12:42 pm
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by squidKid-deluxe » Sat May 18, 2024 5:52 pm

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Without the band and lights: Taylor Swift at Tiny Desk

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by glowrak guy » Sun May 12, 2024 6:25 am

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Podcast for amateur and hobbyist film music composers

Last post by Carl Irwin « Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:37 pm
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by Carl Irwin » Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:56 pm

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help needed, is my music repetative ?

Last post by Gps « Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:43 pm
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by Gps » Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:52 pm
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What's your workflow?

Last post by LAM « Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:11 pm
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by PieterPenninckx » Fri Oct 29, 2021 1:48 pm
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What is this and what can I do with it?

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by tjarx » Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:28 pm

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Chords & roman numerals

Last post by D-Tuned « Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:37 pm
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by D-Tuned » Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:06 am

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February Album Writing Month 2024

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by tseaver » Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:45 am

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keychanges in pop songs

Last post by merlyn « Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:23 pm
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by nadir » Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:54 am
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Ave Maria {Gounod} chords confusion (I'm always confused))

Last post by merlyn « Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:39 pm
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by D-Tuned » Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:15 pm
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Composition Resources

Last post by charlesfisk « Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:18 pm
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by Carl Irwin » Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:03 pm

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Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:18 pm
drums FUBAR (spelled i n c o m p e t e n c e )

Last post by D-Tuned « Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:47 am
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by D-Tuned » Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:43 pm

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Ah them aahs, I can't get it right

Last post by D-Tuned « Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:56 am
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by D-Tuned » Sat Aug 26, 2023 2:40 am

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Adding Harmonic Change to Contemporary Score (Modulation Discussion)

Last post by Carl Irwin « Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:52 pm

by Carl Irwin » Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:52 pm

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How To Write Music: Gatekeeping

Last post by AndersBiork « Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:07 am
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by Carl Irwin » Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:32 pm

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How to Write Music - The Truth

Last post by Carl Irwin « Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:36 am
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by Carl Irwin » Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:55 pm
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Oppenheimer: Score Discussion

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The Problem with Film Music, Part II

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by Carl Irwin » Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:46 pm

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The Problem with Film Music

Last post by tseaver « Sat Jun 24, 2023 7:14 pm
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by Carl Irwin » Wed Jun 21, 2023 11:01 pm

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Did I inspire Jean Michel Jarre? :O

Last post by onefang « Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:45 pm
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by Gps » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:41 pm
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What makes Jazz, jazz

Last post by Gps « Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:46 pm
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by Gps » Wed Sep 07, 2022 6:36 pm
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How do YOU decide when a song's finished?

Last post by Death « Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:34 pm
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by Impostor » Wed Oct 19, 2022 11:41 am
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My 1st self-made midi

Last post by D-Tuned « Wed Aug 31, 2022 3:50 am
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by D-Tuned » Thu Aug 25, 2022 12:48 am

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Booigie Woogie

Last post by Gps « Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:52 pm
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by Gps » Sun Mar 06, 2022 6:16 pm

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Geeting into REAL music theory...

Last post by OccinticLady « Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:44 pm

by OccinticLady » Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:44 pm

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not 4 to the floor Disco ?

Last post by Gps « Sun Mar 13, 2022 6:52 pm
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by Gps » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:02 pm

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Do you find it hard to work on more than one recording at a time?

Last post by baconature « Sun Jan 30, 2022 11:15 pm
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by lykwydchykyn » Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:50 am

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FAWM 2022 website now open!

Last post by Largos « Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:23 am
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by tseaver » Tue Jan 18, 2022 1:32 am

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I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls -tutorial

Last post by Gps « Fri Jan 14, 2022 4:14 pm
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by Gps » Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:26 pm

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Help! Stuck on 3rd of 4 triads

Last post by D-Tuned « Thu Dec 09, 2021 3:18 am
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by D-Tuned » Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:41 am
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Diatonic calling the conscious lexicon, over.

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by D-Tuned » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:46 pm

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RFC: Chords, guitar diagrams, and digital file-names.

Last post by D-Tuned « Mon Nov 15, 2021 5:50 am
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by D-Tuned » Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:54 pm
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transposing chords

Last post by D-Tuned « Thu Nov 11, 2021 2:46 pm
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by D-Tuned » Thu Nov 04, 2021 12:46 am
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Triads/Inversions open/closed voiced?

Last post by D-Tuned « Fri Oct 01, 2021 4:24 pm
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by D-Tuned » Tue Sep 28, 2021 5:29 pm

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chord showcasing swiss-knife songs?

Last post by D-Tuned « Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:07 pm
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by fretski » Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:08 pm
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Chord types and names

Last post by D-Tuned « Mon Sep 20, 2021 3:04 pm
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by D-Tuned » Fri Sep 17, 2021 3:10 am

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Transcribing/Rhythm course or software

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by finotti » Mon Jul 05, 2021 2:31 pm

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Drum track workflow

Last post by Largos « Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:38 pm
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by hdr » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:27 pm

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Can someone pls explain to me what is an arpeggio?

Last post by oldcastle « Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:20 am
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by oldcastle » Sat Jul 10, 2021 8:58 pm

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Confused by treble/base key sigs

Last post by D-Tuned « Wed Jul 07, 2021 12:41 am
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by D-Tuned » Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:21 am

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All that Ambient...

Last post by milo « Tue Jun 01, 2021 2:09 am
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by OccinticLady » Sun May 30, 2021 5:40 pm

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