Do you wish your chorus melodies were catchier? If so, then this video is perfect for you, cos we are finally revealing our top-secret and most powerful 4 hacks for turning your chorus melodies into unforgettable ear worms!
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Nov 16 2017
How to Program Drum Beats from Bass Lines (Lesson for MIDI Drums & Real Drums)
Watch this Hack Music Theory lesson to learn how to program drum beats from bass lines and take your music production and drum programming to the next level. But first... tea!
Read moreNov 9 2017
Polyrhythm vs. Polymeter (feat. Stranger Things soundtrack inspired examples)
Would you miss our Hack Music Theory videos, if we stopped making them? If you answered yes, then please support us at Patreon.com/RevolutionHarmony
Polyrhythms, polymeters, pollywogs... these are Strange Things, right? Wrong! They're our friends, well…
Read moreNov 2 2017
Polymeter - How to Write a Bass Line (Polymetric Bass Guitar Example)
How do you turn a three-note or four-note chord into a thrillingly unpredictable melody (i.e. bassline, guitar riff, etc.)? Easy, you just use a polymeter, and then misalign the melody with both time signatures. So, click play now…
Read moreOct 26 2017
The End of Hack Music Theory (Halloween Special)
Ray Harmony and the Hack Music Theory revolution are put to the ultimate test in this Halloween Special.
►Free Download / Stream of They Live to Kill (the song in this video)
If Ray fails his challenge…
Read moreOct 20 2017
How to Write Bass Lines - Bass Guitar & MIDI Synth (Cool Chorus Bassline Melody)
How do you write a bass line that's super catchy, but doesn't take attention away from the vocals and other instruments? Watch today's Hack Music Theory show to find out:
How to Write Bass Lines - Bass…
Read moreOct 12 2017
How to Compose a Song - Write a Guitar Riff or Melody over a Chord Progression
Whether you're an electronic music producer or a guitarist in a band, you're gonna want contagiously catchy riffs in your songs! So, today on the Hack Music Theory show, we reveal our 6 hacks to write catchy riffs…
Read moreOct 5 2017
How to Write a Hook - Chord Progression Theory for a Catchy Pop Song Chorus
So you wanna write a smash hit? Well, you're gonna need a mega memorable chorus then, starting with your chords.
Watch this Hack Music Theory lesson to learn how to use modes and chords to write a mega…
Read moreSep 29 2017
How to Make Basic Drum Beats More Advanced (Lesson for MIDI Drums & Real Drums)
We’ve got an extra special episode of the Hack Music Theory show for you today, cos we’re introducing a new face... Ray's brother, Tony Holroyd. He's a professional drummer based in Japan, and literally the best drummer we know…
Read moreSep 21 2017
Up Your Verse Game (Tweak Your Modes)
Most verses in most songs these days are merely filler, something to stick in between the choruses. Verses can be captivating, though, and here's a hack for achieving this: Up Your Verse Game (Tweak Your Modes) – 8…
Read moreSep 15 2017
Hack Counterpoint & Write Unique Vocal Harmonies
Today on the Hack Music Theory show, we're super excited to reveal the conclusion video for our "Lines Through Lands" example song, which we've been teaching in our 3-Minute Theory series.
In this video, you'll learn how to…
Read moreSep 7 2017
6 Hacks for Better Vocals (Lyrics & Melodies)
Be sure to hold on to your seat for today's Hack Music Theory show, cos it's an intense ride! In four wild minutes you'll learn our six hacks for better vocals, which Kate then beautifully demonstrates in our song…
Read moreAug 31 2017
Dial A Bass Line (Give Writer's Block the Finger)
Last week we launched our new YouTube series Give Writer's Block the Finger, and since then we’ve been receiving the most heartwarming messages from people all over the world who’ve had Writer’s Block for months, even years, and…
Read moreAug 25 2017
Give Writer's Block the Finger! (Modes & Chord Progressions)
It's been a MASSIVE week for our Hack Music Theory show on YouTube, and we now have over 27,000 subscribers. WHOA!!! To celebrate, we want to make ourselves even more helpful.
Considering one of the biggest problems that…
Read moreAug 17 2017
Pitch (melody/harmony) & Rhythm
It’s another super special episode today, as we’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of my first book Hack Music Theory, Part 1 being published. Yay!!! Well actually, we’ve been working so hard lately, we kinda forgot the anniversary. Oops!
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Read moreAug 10 2017
How to Write a Great Melody: Development & Variation
In every melody, there's another melody hiding, just waiting to be found and freed! So, today on the Hack Music Theory show, you'll learn Ray's songwriting hack for developing and varying melodies. Whether you're writing a vocal melody…
Read moreAug 3 2017
Funk up Your Songs with Slap Bass
There ain't nothin' funkier than a bit of slap bass, so this week on the Hack Music Theory show, Ray reveals how to hack this technique and turn your songs into dancefloor fillers. But first... tea!
Just…
Read moreJul 27 2017
Walking Bass Lines (feat. our new single "Nostalgic for Nashville")
You won't believe what we did... We made a country song! Wait, before you click the unsubscribe button, this is not mainstream country, this is seriously alternative country! In fact, it's not really country music at all, but…
Read moreJul 21 2017
Non-Diatonic Chords (songwriting mini-course & interview with Neil Cowley)
We're over the moon happy to bring you today's super special episode of the Hack Music Theory show.
What's so special about it? Well, two things actually: Firstly, we recently had the great pleasure and honour of discussing…
Read moreJul 14 2017
Changing Speed without Changing Tempo
The last couple weeks have been rather surreal for us here in the Revolution Harmony studio. After our Jacob Collier, Negative Harmony & How to Write a Negative Melody video kinda blew up, we've been working around the clock…
Read moreJul 7 2017
Songwriting mini-course (chord progression, bass melody, drums, etc.)
It's taken us five months of non-stop work (literally!) to build a YouTube community of 500 people. But then, something unbelievable happened this week...
After uploading our video Jacob Collier, Negative Harmony & How to Write a Negative…
Read moreJun 30 2017
Jacob Collier, Negative Harmony & How to Write a Negative Melody
Hello, Ray Harmony and Kate Harmony here. Welcome to the Hack Music Theory show. It’s an extra special one today, as it’s our first show as a married couple. Yep, on the weekend we officially became Mr and Mrs…
Read moreJun 22 2017
How to Program Interesting 4/4 Drums
Today on 3-Minute Theory: How to program interesting 4/4 drums.
Watch this Hack Music Theory lesson to learn why 4/4 is the most common time signature, why it is predictable, and how you can hack it to…
Read moreJun 15 2017
How to Write Great Lyrics That Match Your Vocal Melodies
Today on the Hack Music Theory show: How to Write Great Lyrics That Match Your Vocal Melodies.
Melodies are musical stories, and so many songs these days end up with their lyrics and vocal melodies telling two…
Read moreJun 8 2017
8 Steps for Writing Better Vocal Melodies
Today on 3-Minute Theory: How to write vocal melodies that are catchy and creative!
Check out this Hack Music Theory video/podcast if you want to learn how to write vocal melodies that stand out from the crowd…
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