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Recording Hacks - How To Fit A Shure SM7B Into An Isovox 2
Good day to you dear reader. I hope all is good with you on this fine day or whenever you happen to be reading this. It's late September...

Aaron Cloutier
Sep 21, 20212 min read
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Experiments In Remote Survival
How to make a living as a musician in a global pandemic This article was written on April 13, 2020, on behalf of AirGigs.com but was...

Aaron Cloutier
Aug 6, 20215 min read
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Songwriting - I’ve got a riff. What do I do with it?
Greetings dear reader, Over the years as a private instructor at various music schools, I’ve been presented with a variety of curriculums...

Aaron Cloutier
Jun 24, 20213 min read
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How to Make Chris Issak's "Wicked Game" Sound Happy
Greetings dear reader! The other day I was fiddling around on the acoustic and found myself strumming out Chris Issak’s somber croon fest...

Aaron Cloutier
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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Relative Key vs Parallel Key
Greetings dear reader! I was working with a private student last week who was writing a song with her band but had become stuck in a...

Aaron Cloutier
Feb 28, 20214 min read
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What Is "Top Down Mixing"?
Top down mixing is a very buzzword type of phrase to me. It always hooks me when I hear it. “Top-down”. It’s got this official kind of...

Aaron Cloutier
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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4 Ways To Improve Your Songwriting - Part 1 - Lyrics
Have you found yourself saying anything like this? “What I write either sounds corny or stilted to my ear.” “Often I feel like I have...

Aaron Cloutier
Dec 16, 20205 min read
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Beating Writer's Block - 3 Ways To Create Variety In A Riff
Greetings dear reader. Let me start this post by saying that I believe songwriting should be an intuitive process at the end of the day. ...

Aaron Cloutier
Nov 19, 20204 min read
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What Are Dyads?
Greetings dear reader! I hope this new scribble finds you well today. I feel like when most of us bring up the subject of chords in...

Aaron Cloutier
Oct 14, 20204 min read
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3 Reasons to Consider Online Lessons
Hello dear reader. So as I'm sure you're aware of at this point if not sooner, most if not all music schools have moved to a remote...

Aaron Cloutier
Sep 16, 20205 min read
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How Music Works - Understanding Relative Minor
Greetings dear reader! Whenever I receive questions from beginner/intermediate students regarding songwriting, I usually start by...

Aaron Cloutier
Sep 11, 20204 min read
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How Music Works - What Are Modes?
Greetings dear reader! Over my 10+ years of teaching in private music schools, I'm surprised to see that not much has changed regarding...

Aaron Cloutier
Aug 19, 20204 min read
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How Music Works - How Em Uses 3 Notes Across 6 Strings
Greetings fellow reader you magnificent beast! Over the years, I've received a lot of the same types of questions from my students. One...

Aaron Cloutier
Aug 6, 20202 min read
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How Music Works - 7 Chords
So what are they anyway? Greetings I've received a lot of the same questions from different students over the years whether its in...

Aaron Cloutier
Aug 4, 20203 min read
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Writing a Riff From Scratch
Ever wanted to see how a song gets made? Welcome to the Blog Hey everybody Hope everybody's doing as okay as they can be out there and...

Aaron Cloutier
Dec 2, 20193 min read
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