Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

The presence of a well-crafted and performed chord progression can often be the glue that gels the song together. If executed well, it should support your melody and lyric, while grabbing listeners on ...

I took piano lessons as a kid, but it’s hard lugging a piano around when you want to take your tune-playing on the road. I tried teaching myself some chords on the guitar, but it turns out that you ...