SUMMARY

I learned more about how songs are made and tried making more music.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Watch Rick Beato: 5 Things Every Beginner Guitarist SHOULD Learn (9:55)

Continue Justin’s 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist

Want a bigger challenge?

Complete Jake Lizzio’s 5 blues guitar tutorials

Why Pick Angle & Strumming Mechanics are CRUCIAL! Guitar for Beginners

-You’re supposed to angle the pick a certain way so it glides across the stings

-You’re also supposed to hold the pick very lightly

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Explore Holistic Songwriting’s Artist Series

Explore Genius’ Songs Deconstructed Series

Explore Rick Beato’s What Makes This Song Great Series

How Sia Makes You Feel Sad | The Artists Series S1E10

-Sia writes all of her own songs

-It takes her about 40 minutes to write each song

-In her album “1000 Forms of Fear” her songs averaged 86 bpm

In the 1930s a psychologist found that tempo influences emotion more than anything else-slow tempos make you feel sad

In interviews she has stated over and over again that she gets a lot of her lyric ideas from trashy reality tv

-In interviews and while performing she turns her back to the camera so she can protect her privacy

-The idea behind the “bob” is that anyone can “be Sia”

-On her album she turns her not wanting an image into her image

The Making Of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” With Ricky Reed | Deconstructed

-A producer sent Ricky Reed a song and Ricky used the intro sped up as the main part of the song

-The clap in the bridge created an aggressive “in your face” attitude

What Makes This Song Great? Ep.28 DAVID BOWIE

-Let’s Dance was the first single from the album “1983”

-The song features a guitar solo at the end by guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan

-At first David Bowie played it on a 12 string form in the key of Am and then he brought it up to the fifth fret and then moved it up to the key of B flat

The chords in the song are jazz chords

-It starts with a “twist and shout Beatles vocal entrance”

– Another thing that makes the song great is the way the drums were recorded

-The vocals and guitars and percussion have a “lushness” to them because of the delays

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Today I learned more about how songs are made and I practiced more guitar. I also tried making something in soundtrap. I can’t really remember any problems.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

I liked learning about how songs are made.

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 3