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Going Nowhere – A song prompt that led somewhere
In February, I wrote a song based on a prompt. It’s been an interesting exersize to write a song within an hour. The draft took 40 minutes, but I needed 3 more hours for mixing and production. Here is the result.
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This Princess ain’t somebody to mess with!
Happy women’s day! I usually don’t write political songs, but after the lyrics of “Princess” it’s been crystal clear that there’s no better release day than March 8.
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Understanding song structures
When I chit-chat with musicians, we talk a lot about melodies, lyrics and instruments, but we don’t talk about song structures. This is even more essential to keep the listener to the end or intentionally kick them out of their comfort zone. I wrote this article to explain some well-known structures and offer options for new ones.
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AI in music production – A statement.
It’s time to talk about something serious: artificial intelligence in music. I made up my mind, to which extent I would use, tolerate or deny the use of machine learning algorithms in composition and music production. A deep dive into the future of music.
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Continue
Some months ago, Lemonbrew asked me for lyrics to set into music. We found “Weitergehen” (= continue, move on), one of the less German lyrics I wrote. The song is available on SoundCloud.
