How many times have you been moved by a song, loved the sound, but couldn’t say which instruments, effects, and techniques were used to create that sound? It's not an uncommon situation for songwriters who concentrate on lyrics and melodies.
Many songwriters find it difficult to convey their thoughts in “specific terms” rather than “feeling terms.”
Here's an example. Are you more likely to suggest something specific like, “You might want to pump up the guitars and maybe add a distorted guitar or two.””
Or are you more likely to say, “I’d like to give it an edgier feel."
The second statement, “an edgier feel” could be troublesome because “edgy” is a feeling. Edgy means different things to different people. The communication is not as clear as it could be.
The fuzzy direction is understandable:
Songwriters THINK in terms of feelings.
They WRITE songs about feelings.
They COMMUNICATE based on how they want the song to feel.
How does a songwriter learn to communicate in specific terms?
You've got a couple of options:
1) You can put in the time to figure out song specifics with focused, deep listening to identify instrumentation, harmonies, effects, and mixing techniques. Or,
2) Itydity can help. The technology behind our Song Blueprint, gives you "specific" information it could take years to learn and understand on your own.
The Song Blueprint™ is a proprietary data-technology algorithm.
It breaks down three “influencer” songs that you provide into specific component parts. You get a fully-customized report with:
25+ musical trait reports including major genres, micro-genres, moods, emotions.
Music production effects and techniques to describe your creative vision.
Instrumentation that works for your style of music (up to 24 instrument categories)
Artist Family Tree tracing back your modern influences to decades past
Before The Song Blueprint, it could take artists years to figure this out. And it would take producers hours and hours of trial and error in the studio to figure out what the artist wanted.
The Song Blueprint is pivotal because it helps songwriters UNDERSTAND the specifics of their style. And it gives them LANGUAGE to communicate their vision to the music producer.
It’s like turning on a light in a dark room. You become a better songwriter and a better communicator.