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What Makes A Songwriting Genius?

by SongwritingSecrets 12,878 views

http://www.genius-songwriting.com Three concepts that are common to musical geniuses, and how you can use these to improve your own writing

SONGWRITING: Matching Chords to Melody

by creativeguitarstudio 16,641 views

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This Video: September 27, 2011 | Search Videos by Title/Date.
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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question...

Q: I like instrumental rock and metal guitar the best with guitarists like; Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine and Greg Howe ranking among my favorites. I'm no-place near the level of these guys, but I do enjoy writing this music. My problem is, I write melodies first & I can't get the chords that go in the background. Could you consider making a video around this topic of, "Matching Melodies to Chords."
Brian -- Vancouver, CANADA

A: When melodies are composed before chord progressions during songwriting, there are ways through theory and ways through trial and error that can come together to help musicians compose a set of chord changes that can be performed behind the pre-established melody. To do this sort of thing quickly, you'll need some back-ground knowledge in music theory, combined with experience from learning the harmonies found in other songs. Keep in mind that being able to draw from your experiences, (learning other people's songs), is paramount in order to have the complete set of skills required to be able to quickly target chords that sound good behind your pre-established melody. Have a look at some examples I've created for this lesson. They outline a number of key points that should help you in your quest for, "Matching Melodies to Chords."

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Wealth Inequality in America

by politizane 6,245,256 views

Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.

References:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequalit­y-in-america-chart-graph
http://danariely.com/2010/09/30/wealth-inequality/
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/03/334156/top-five-­wealthiest-one-percent/
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/19/news/economy/ceo-pay/index.h­tm

How Old Can We Get?

by Vsauce 3,099,371 views

Links to learn more:

Like us on facebook! http://www.Facebook.com/VsauceGaming

All music by Jake Chudnow: http://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow

General info on aging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence

Oldest People Ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_peo­ple

Oldest People who are STILL ALIVE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_supercentenarian­s

Article on age and the first person to be 150 (in the future): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/has-the-elixir-of-­youth-come-of-age-1971341.html

Moratlity Rates by age: http://www.data360.org/graph_group.aspx?Graph_Group_Id=347

Biological Immortality (Hydra, for example): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality

Survival Curves for different types of organisms: http://www.stmary.ws/highschool/science/APBIO/Populations/su­rvivorship_curves.htm

Methuselah Tree: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/expl_grove.html

Pando: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29

Intense, new things are remembered as happening more slowly: http://www.livescience.com/2117-time-slow-emergencies.html

Scientific paper about emotions and memory: http://www.springerlink.com/content/mmt8722571771083/fulltex­t.pdf

"Flashbulb Memories": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory

NPR program on how long our lives "feel": http://www.wbur.org/npr/122322542/why-does-time-fly-by-as-yo­u-get-older

Slashdot's comments section on NPR's topic is good: http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/02/03/0034214/why-time-­flies-by-as-you-get-older

Graph of year-by-year as percentage of total life: http://jdueck.net/article/160/this-is-your-life

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Water Text effects Tutorial in Photoshop

by galaxyzworld 28,284 views

Water Text (ICE) Tutorial