Whether you're into jazz, rock, pop, soul, or country, learning to play by ear starts with one essential skill: hearing and identifying chords. In this video, we break down the first steps to training ...

Stephen Day sat down with American Songwriter to chat about music, soul, and his newest collaboration with Allen Stone, "Sweet Iced Tea".

Lo-fi is to audio what black-and-white or sepia-tinted film is to visual. Often lo-fi tracks will loop a sample from an old vinyl record, complete with scratches and crackles, then drop it over a ...

Making music is a form of therapy for Doechii. Rather than crafting songs that fit current pop-music expectations, she writes deeply personal stories and performs them as catharsis. Unlike other ...

Angie Stone's contribution to R&B and neo-soul music has left an indelible mark on the landscape of American music.

Though it'll generate melodic material automatically based on a given chord progression, LANDR Composer also lets you tweak rhythms and shape melodies to taste using controls for density ...

It's one of pop's most popular set of chords, embraced by musicians like Taylor Swift, but how does it work? And why has it come to be named after a group of Australian comedians?

I preferred to play more like Milton Brown. I’ve played the basic chord progression from “Soul Of The Machine” — and variations of it —countless times.

Universal Music Group will acquire a 25.8% interest in Chord Music Partners for $240 million. The deal with KKR and Dundee Partners, the investment office of the Hendel family, values Chord at $1. ...

Universal Music bought a stake in the Chord Music Partners catalog featuring Beyonce songs and more, including tracks from Fleetwood Mac and Maroon 5.