Michael Jackson about songwriting and dancing to Billie Jean

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

Michael Jackson talks to Martin Bashir about how he came up with Billie Jean and (reluctantly) shows him how he dances. From the Living With Michael Jackson documentary in 2003.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Learn more about Brad’s Songwriting for Film & TV online course at: bit.ly Berkleemusic hosted an online Open House with instructor Brad Hatfield, author/instructor of our Songwriting for Film & TV course, on June 9th. The field of songwriting for film and television has grown exponentially over the past few years, providing a promotional launching pad (as well as a potentially lucrative income stream) for artist and songwriter careers.

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Boyzone – Love Me For A Reason

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

Music video by Boyzone performing Love Me For A Reason. (C) 1994 Universal Music Ireland Ltd.

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Nickelback – If Everyone Cared

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

© 2007 WMG Purchase All The Right Reasons at iTunes: bit.ly Nickelback – If Everyone Cared
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Music video by Rusted Root performing Send Me On My Way. (C) 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group

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Warpaint – Baby

Posted on January 18, 2012 by admin

Don’t you call anybody else baby, ‘Cause I’m your baby still You took a long time to make it But I’ve never changed my mind I’ve never tried to fake it Never drew the line Don’t you call anybody else baby, ‘Cause I’m your baby still You took a long time to make it But I’ve never changed my mind You speak your fears Thinking in circles And checking word nears Don’t see You live your life like a page From the book of my fantasy I write of you You speak your fears Thinking in circles And checking word nears Don’t see You live your life like a page From the book of my fantasy You speak your fears Thinking in circles And checking word nears Don’t see You live your life like a page From the book of my fantasy You speak your fears Thinking in circles And checking word nears Don’t see You live your life like a page From the book of my fantasy Don’t you call anybody else baby www.warpaintwarpaint.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Songwriting Tips: Melody – Mike Lombardo

Posted on January 3, 2012 by admin

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Songwriting Series – Part One

Posted on January 1, 2012 by admin

Andrew Wasson from Creative Guitar Studio begins a three part series covering the analysis of various songwriting ideas used to create a pop/rock song. The example piece was written by Andrew for the instructional series and contains several sections in it’s layout. In this video Andrew examines the songs key signature, use of harmony and the layout of harmony through the various sections of the piece. To download a Powertab chart for this video lesson, follow the link below: www.creativeguitarstudio.com Official Website: www.andrewwasson.com Follow Andrew on Blogspot creativeguitarstudio.blogspot.com Follow on Twitter: twitter.com MySpace: www.myspace.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5

This is our update from our trip to Baltimore, Maryland. In 5 days we wrote some awesome new songs that we are stoked about. Huge thanks to our bro Alex Gaskarth from the band All Time Low as well as Dan and Alexei for a great couple days of songwriting. www.facebook.com www.myspace.com twitter.com (@beforeyouexit) Band twitters: Connor McDonough: @BYEconnor Riley McDonough: @BYEriley Braiden Wood: @BYEbraiden Thomas Silvers: @BYEthomas Graphics: RJ Bruni (youtube.com/rjbrunitv)
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Bach, Air (“on the G string”, string orchestra)

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

JS Bach’s Air on a G-string, from his 3rd orchestral suite in D major. FAQ Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece? A: The score in the video can be downloaded from here: www.musanim.com And here’s a piano arrangement of it www.musanim.com www.musanim.com Click here to watch it in high-quality (recommended): www.youtube.com Q: Who is performing? A: I got this recording from Royalty Free Classical Music (dot org); they sell stock performances, and give stock answers to questions; the stock answer to “who is performing this” is “The RFCM Symphony Orchestra”. Q: What is the BWV number for this? A: BWV 1068 Q: What does this have to do with a g-string? A: The short answer is that many people know it by the name “Air on the G-string,” so I put it in the title to help people find it. You can read more about this here: en.wikipedia.org Q: What is the real name of this piece? A: It is the second movement of Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, titled “Aria” (Italian for “Air”). Q: Can you please do a video of ______? A: Please read this: www.musanim.com Q: How can I make this kind of display? A: Check out this: www.musanim.com Q: How can I turn the MAM MIDI Player display into a movie? A: See the “How to capture video” section of this page www.musanim.com and ask for advice from the people who have been doing this. .

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Morcheeba – Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day

Posted on December 26, 2011 by admin

Lead single from their third album, ‘Fragments of Freedom, released in 2000. Director: Malcomn Venville. Morcheeba’s just not the same without Skye Edwards.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

This video is taught by www.youtube.com and he is our guest teacher for today. http:www.free-loops.com and music is under a creative commons license www.sonycreativesoftware.com www.audacity.sourceforge.net Misic featured was created with royalty free loops and was arranged by HeyLookItsNate
Video Rating: 3 / 5

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Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love Baby.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

Lyrics (: (Spoken) I’ve heard people say that Too much of anything is not good for you, baby Oh no But I don’t know about that There’s many times that we’ve loved We’ve shared love and made love It doesn’t seem to me like it’s enough There’s just not enough of it There’s just…
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Paul Zollo on his book Songwriters of Songwriting, for SongwritersVantage.com

Posted on December 20, 2011 by admin

Talking about his book “Songwriters on Songwriting”. See the whole video at www.SongwritersVantage.com. In his book, he interviewed the likes of Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Alanis Morissette, Lenny Kravitz and Lou Reed.

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