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Lessons from Exile #79: Study Songwriting
Whether or not you ever actually perform what you have written – and I believe you should – there is […]
Lessons from Exile #60: Simplify the Chart
SongSelect charts have their uses… but they are far from perfect. The charts for hymns are particularly abominable, often with […]
Lessons from Exile #3: Learn basic music theory.
There are different arrangements of the same song that use different chords. If you don’t know at sight what arrangement […]
Lessons from Exile #2: Condense chord charts
Condense chord charts to one page. Two max. Rule of thumb is that you want your chord chart to be […]