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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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