Those days, when musicians could make money only by working with the record companies, passed far away. We are living in a digital world now, it's never been easier to make money from home using your talent.
Your motivation may not be the desire to earn. Commercial success means that your music is loved and listened to. 
We have prepared a few tips for you that will help you to improve your skills in writing music and earning money with it:
- Submit to streaming services
- Write music and share it with the professionals
- Try freelance
- Teach Music
- Sell mixing and production services
- Play live
So let’s get started!

## 1. Streaming services

Digital distribution is a must. Streaming on [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/), [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/), [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/) and other platforms - is a great opportunity to make some money. 
You can easily gain subscribers on YouTube by releasing quality content regularly. Once you have a good amount of views, you can monetize videos on your channel and get some money every month with [AdSense](https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/72857?hl=en).
Also, you can place demos on YouTube and promote your tracks. 
So, the essential value that YouTube brings to you is the ability to build a strong community over your talent and bring your work out to the world.
There are a lot of [tips to succeed on YouTube](https://www.wix.com/blog/2017/03/how-to-start-a-successful-youtube-channel-for-your-business/), so make sure to start now and get ready to receive the Silver Play Button for 100K subscribers.

![Youtube](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-29.jpg)

You can upload your music on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music and get paid for about $0.006 to $0.0084 per stream. 

![Spotify and Apple Music](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-34.jpg)

[Streaming calculator](http://www.streamingroyaltycalculator.com/) is a great tool that will help you to predict the amount of money you will raise by streaming on the most popular platforms. 

![Streaming calculator](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-39.jpg)

Perhaps, separately these platforms will not bring you much profit, but in the aggregate they can bring a good income. 

## 2. Write music and share it with the professionals

Computer music communities
As a rule, musicians are asked to indicate the virtual instruments that have been used while writing a particular song. And you can often find  the so-called “song hunters” who are looking for high-quality tracks in these communities.
Platforms for selling beats
If you have already wrote a bunch of songs you can sell beats from it. There is a huge market for beats all over the Internet:
[Soundgine](https://soundgine.com/)
[Beat Stars](https://www.beatstars.com/sell-beats)
[Air Bit](https://airbit.com/sell-beats)

![Soundgine](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-44.jpg)

### Your own website
You can sell it using your own platform, but keep in mind that this method requires traffic. Don’t expect to get loads of visitors and customers right after finishing your page. This method requires patience and persistence. Actually there are a few platforms that can help you with website building, in case you’re not familiar with web development:
- [Wix](https://wix.com/)
- [Jimdo](https://www.jimdo.com/)
- [Webnode](https://www.webnode.com/)
- [Weblium](https://weblium.com)

### Instagram
Creating a business account on Instagram and starting promotional campaign is not as hard as you might think. Try to start with recording and sharing the most appealing parts of your tracks with your subscribers. Don’t forget to be attentive to your audience, try to reach more people and try to spread your tracks all over the world.  
Nowadays, the Facebook ads can help you with growing your Instagram account. Don’t forget about quality of your posts/songs. Quality is the most valuable asset you have as a musician.

![Instagram music promotion](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-48.png)


### AudioJungle
If you don’t want to create your own website, start selling your music at (AudioJungle)[https://audiojungle.net/]. To succeed on this platform you should upload tracks regularly, and invest your time and money into some external promotion via SoundCloud, YouTube, Instagram, etc.

![Audiojungle money calculation](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-52.jpg)

## 3. Freelance
Do not be afraid of money. Many musicians are fundamentally reluctant to take up commercial proposals. Nevertheless, it is a great way not only to make some money, but also a great opportunity to learn something new. 
You can take orders from clients all over the world and create your music according to their requests.
Freelance platforms
The easiest way to start is to use the freelance platforms like [UpWork](https://www.upwork.com/) or [Freelancer](https://www.freelancer.com/) and to create a portfolio. Furthermore, creating your own website will make you look more professional. So, keep in mind that mixing the methods from this article raises your chances of becoming more recognizable and making money of it.  
Make sure that there is plenty of jobs to choose from:

![UpWork works](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-56.jpg)


Usually customers are not very demanding. For example, they need a musical intro to their YouTube videos, which is not rocket science for the overwhelming majority of artists.
Composing music for video games
Another job, that is often overlooked and underappreciated, is [composing music for video games](https://www.careersinmusic.com/video-game-composer). Therefore, if you’re interested in this field and you are a video games fan, you should definitely try this.
Here is a few examples of great composing, that has made a lot of money for the creators of these apps:
- [Smash Hit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL5as-w7Q1g) by Mediocre
- [The Impossible Game](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQPEbHQZm68) by FlukeDuke
- [Super Hexagon](https://www.superhexagon.com) by Terry Cavanagh
- [The Last of Us](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNF51-TSAQ) by Sony Computer Entertainment 

![Music for games](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-58-59.jpg)

## 4. Sell mixing and production services
The main focus here is to edit the finalized music to make it sound better.
If you are good enough to offer these services, let people know that you are open to propositions. 
As in any such job, focus on creating your portfolio. Place it on your website and start taking orders.

![Producers](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-59-05.jpg)


## 5. Teach Music
You can easily find someone who wants to learn something you already know and make some money on teaching music. 
However, you need to think wider - create your own online course or write an e-book that will help your audience. 

![Online courses](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-30-10-59-09.jpg)

Be sure, you will need to engage your whole audience on every platform while promoting your course. Of course, this stage will take a lot of effort, but the result you will gain is definitely worth it.
## 6. Play live
If you’re still working on creating a regular community of followers, playing at bars, weddings, and other private events is a stable source of income that lets you do what you love. 
Choosing to perform covers may increase the number of orders, cause everybody likes to sing along their favorite songs. 
But if you are playing original compositions, you can earn royalties from live performances. 
Do not be afraid to apply for performing on festivals - they may not bring you as much money as you could earn in a small club or pub, but they will give you an opportunity to expand your audience.

We hope that these methods will be useful for your musical career and will boost your income level.



5 Tips On Writing Music And Making Money With It

Have you ever dreamt of writing a song like Twenty One Pilots or The Weeknd and to become a famous artist? Perhaps it’s time to take the leap and implement your passion for songwriting.

When you start for the first time, it may sound challenging to create your own tune, but we are here to prove you wrong.

Here is **5 simple and effective** steps on how to do it. Let's face the truth - there is a lot of useless tips like *"listen to your heart, start with the song name, etc"* all over the Internet. All of them barely give any practical pieces of advice. Therefore, the **ChordChord** team decided to make the detailed guide with the real world examples. 

This guide covers almost **any genre**, the only thing we assume is — your song should have the melody and lyrics.

Let's get started!


## 1. Start with the music
Any song starts with the music. We have a few ways to go from here, but their goal is common — to create a skeleton of the song that is called **chord progression**, in other words it is a sequence of chords that sound good in combination with each other. 

The typical chord progression contains **2, 3, 4** or **8** chords. For this reason, you can pick the most suitable method for you: 

A) The most common way to compose chord progressions from scratch is to know the **basics of music theory** and some chords on musical instrument of your choice. Take your guitar and start strumming chords. 

Of course, it's pretty hard to get a pleasant sound from randomly playing notes. But the good news is that all pure chord progressions were already invented, and most common of them are repeatedly used in popular songs like [I – V – vi – IV progression](https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-most-important-four-chord-progression-vi-iv-i-v/). So all you need to do is to pick the most suitable progression for you and create your own music on its base.

A few examples of chord progressions:

![ChordChord progressions](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-12-54-28.jpg)

Another great news is that pop songs usually pick **no more than four chords** and even sometimes will only use one chord progression that repeats for the entire song. That’s not the case if you are writing the instrumental music, of course.

B) If you want to focus on the other important things or just out of your creativity — try to play with the [chord progression generator](https://chordchord.com). It can simplify the process of creating the skeleton for your song. So, if you struggle with the chords — generator can give you some **really** good ideas. 

![ChordChord instruction](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-04-09-03-50.jpg)

C) And also you can use digital audio workstation (**DAW**) while writing music. 
The thing is that **DAW** can easily fright a beginner, so it's important to choose the application that is easy to use. Be sure that there is a wide range of DAW’s and you have the choice to pick any of them. Check out the [Producer Stash](https://firebassmusicnation.com/producer-stash) that contains a curated list of music production software.

Anyway, you will use the DAW at the **production and mixing stage** to arrange the music and make sure it all fits together. So make sure to get to know one of them. 

![Logic Pro X](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-11-29-42.jpg)


## 2. Melody

Melody and lyrics go hand in hand, but the melody is a bit more important. Many songwriters, such as Peter Gabriel, first start to write melody before starting to work with the lyrics. 

Before we dive into the melodies, we should remember the building blocks of the songs. Many songs have a recognizable structure, and your melody can be different for them:

1. **Verse** — the lyrics dominate here, but the melody is important too.

2. **Chorus** —  is the section that repeats at least once both musically and lyrically. Must be the most catchy and memorable part to leave your song in your listener's head. 

3. (Optional) **Bridge**, or other parts of the song — they usually play the connection role between sections of a song. Dan Reynolds does that very often. Almost every Imagine Dragons song has the bridge that is preparing your ears for the chorus.

Here is a few examples:

![Most common song structures](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-11-31-17.jpg)

The *third one* is probably the most common song structure in pop music. So if you’re going to become a decent songwriter, get used to make songs like this.

There are some examples of songs with a **Verse-Chorus-Verse-Chorus** structure:

* *“Smoke On The Water”* by Deep Purple
* *“All You Need Is Love”* by The Beatles
* *“Heart Shaped Box”* by Nirvana

The good way to make a melody is **humming absurd syllables** just to understand how text and music can complement each other. 

One of the most famous and sung songs in the history of mankind, was created exactly this way. The composer woke up in the morning with a melody in his head, and sang *“Scrambled eggs, oh you've got such lovely legs”*. In the end, he figured out both the melody and the text. That is exactly how Paul McCartney wrote the song *“Yesterday.”*

Other way is to play the melody on the piano, and after that sing it with your voice. Don't try to play something complex to be able to reproduce it with your voice, therefore, make it short and sweet. 

Unfortunately, inspiration does not usually come by order, and when it's convenient for you, it's important that you can remember every new song that comes to your mind, regardless of where you are at that moment. 

There’s nothing worse for you as a songwriter than to come up with an amazing melody, and after that to absolutely forget it. To avoid this, develop a habit to **start a sound recorder on your phone**. It can be very difficult to remember the magnificent melody when you accidentally sang it. But with the recording you would be able to save your masterpiece.

![iPhone recorder](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-11-33-42.jpg)


## 3. Lyrics Starts Here

As we said before, humming absurd lyrics is the key to getting started. But after finding your riff, you should try to substitute the useless words with something that makes sense. 

Human brain always tries to find sense in everything. It means that your melody already should have the mood. Listen to your music and try to understand what you feel. Are you happy or angry, excited or frustrated? 

So now you need to complete and strengthen this mood with words and build your lyrics around your music. Don't forget that the number of syllables in your words should be equal to previously mumbled pseudo-text. 

The message and story should come from you, but there is a lot of tools you can use to get help with the words themselves. If you're stuck, you can find some ideas with the [song lyrics generator](https://www.song-lyrics-generator.org.uk) or [RhymeZone website](https://www.rhymezone.com/).

Of course words are important, but don’t take lyrics too seriously. Just check a few [pop song lyrics from the past few years](https://www.capitalfm.com/features/most-memorable-pop-lyrics/) and make sure that none of them have anything in common with Shakespeare poems. 

![Lady Gaga lyrics](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-11-35-35.jpg)
![Ed Sheeran lyrics](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-07-11-35-48.jpg)

Sing about what surrounds you, and maybe one day you will write your own platinum record.

## 4. Finalizing the Song

*“If you listen to 10 songs a day, you'll be at 10 000 hours of songs by your 30s”*

And that's exactly [the amount of hours you need to become an expert in any field](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/too-hard-for-science-seeing-if-10000-hours-make-you-an-expert/). Your music brain is incredibly sophisticated. You always have songs those you like and those you don't, you can easily tell the difference between Drake and Mozart, between Beyoncé and The Weeknd. So, be sure to use your music listening experience while creating your own.

After all, when you have a chord progression, melody with the structure and some lyrics — try to find the best and worst parts of the song. If you don’t like any part of your music, that means that you simply know that this part can be better, so just work on it. Keep doing that, until you are fully satisfied with what you hear.

![Boy rewriting song](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-08-06-26-34.jpg)

Don't be afraid of releasing your music into the world. To develop as a musician it is important to find your listener and to learn from your mistakes. There are many great platforms where you can spread your creativity, like [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/), [Audiomack](https://audiomack.com/), [Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/), etc.

## 5. Find Your Own Way

Actually, forget about all the rules we've told you. **Everyone has his own path** of creating Top Chart songs. Remember Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter, or Joe Strummer and Mick Jones. 

If a muse came to you, what's the difference whether you start with a melody or with a text? Do not miss your inspiration and simply create.

The main thing you need to understand before you start creating a song is that there is no secret formula for good music. The only common thing that unites every song which was ever written is hard work. 

![Tony Robbins motivational quote](/static/images/content/uploads/2019-04-08-07-00-32.jpg)

**Stop thinking** about writing songs, it's time to write them. You want to become a celebrity, right? If you want to write a really good song, then you have to work. **Start today**. Promise yourself to write a few songs a week, just like successful writers put themselves a bar for several thousand words a day.


How To Write A Song In 5 Simple Steps - 2019 Guide

Once [‘Mark Knopfler’](http://www.loopinsight.com/2017/05/10/mark-knopfler-on-learning-how-to-play-the-guitar/), the legendary guitarist of Dire Straits, said that he had to wash his fingers in the blood while learning to play the guitar because he had to master all the chords and consonances, relying solely on himself. In the modern world, Knopfler’s heroism would not only look inappropriate, but at least not very reasonable - guitar tabs are now available to anyone who has access to the Internet, and learning to play the guitar now does not seem too difficult. At least, it does not seem more difficult than it was twenty years ago.


The [‘ChordChord’](https://chordchord.com) team has prepared for you a small list designed to greatly facilitate the process of learning to play the guitar.

## Music software for beginners

Perhaps for many artists music software may seem something frivolous and unworthy of attention, but do not underestimate its capabilities. In particular, the software is able to significantly improve your guitar skills. A chord progression generator like a Cthulhu or ChordChord not only shows what notes a particular chord consists of but also clearly demonstrates how it is necessary to build a sequence of chords to get an attractive sound.

In addition to generators, there are a large number of mobile applications that are designed to develop a musical ear, learn to distinguish chords from each other or, which is somewhat more difficult, repeat a lost melody on the midi-keyboard or on your smartphone.


## Software for professionals
After learning how to play easy guitar chords, you have to set aside the world of mobile applications and dive into somewhat more complicated matters. After you learn to play simple progressions, your needs will become bigger, you will need something more powerful. Then come to the aid of music editors like Guitar Pro, which will give you the opportunity to create, edit and listen to the guitar tabs.

It is worth noting that programs of this level sometimes are expensive, and not everyone can afford them, but if you want to become a professional musician, one way or another, you will have to face certain financial costs.

If you want to learn how to make money with music, you may be interested in our article ['5 Tips On Writing Music And Making Money With It'](https://chordchord.com/5-tips-on-writing-music-and-making-money-with-it).


## Use the Internet at 100%
YouTube is the most powerful tool for musicians of all ages, skill levels and genres. Here you will find hundreds of thousands of video tutorials on the playing in a variety of tempos and branches, but for the development of skills, you will need iron self-discipline and the ability to organize your time. In some cases, you can also hire a specialist who will teach you on Skype or even go to an online guitar school. Use everything you can, but before you pay for something, consider whether you can comply with all the obligations you assume.


Programs, applications, video tutorials are very interesting and can be of great benefit, but for many beginners (and even for some professionals) there is a serious pitfall here. It is called “Accumulation Syndrome” and is that the purpose of a musician is not learning, but the accumulation of learning material. Try to avoid this common mistake, and you will succeed.


Guitar Tabs In The 21st Century

Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, [‘Joe Satriani’](http://www.learn-to-play-rock-guitar.com/joe-satriani.html) - what unites these great guitarists? Besides the fact that they all left behind a huge musical heritage, they all began their career with easy guitar chords. Only having mastered the basics, having understood how music works, they began to gradually develop their skills. No matter how much we want, but it’s almost impossible to get around the easy guitar chords. As in the popular game Guitar Hero, in music, we have the way to difficult songs closed, if we are not able to play simple ones. 

And in order to help you succeed in learning the basics, we have prepared three simple tips.

## Play the guitar, of course!
Let it be an obvious truth, but it is worth saying it out loud: the most effective way to learn guitar chords is, in fact, playing the guitar. For example, if you are pasting the phrase “e chord guitar” into Google, the likelihood that you will be offered to watch the video, where a long-haired guy with the appearance of a well-groomed heavy music fan will explain in detail how to put your fingers on the fingerboard and how to make the transition to this chord is very high. And after you learn to play this chord, it will be easier for you to show someone the technique of playing it, than to explain it in words. Despite it's not a secret knowledge, sometimes it looks like this.

If you are thinking about the career of a professional musician, you might find our article [‘5 Tips On Writing Music And Making Money With It’](https://chordchord.com/5-tips-on-writing-music-and-making-money-with-it) quite useful.

## Deconstruct music
In order to study the basic guitar chords, it is necessary not only to listen to a large number of songs and albums (and in this case unnecessarily complex compositions may even slightly harm the learning process) but also be able to properly deconstruct these songs and albums. The easiest way to deconstruct a song is to attempt to play it yourself without using chordify. Of course, at first it will seem an overwhelming task, especially for those who have a very vague idea of ​​musical theory, but this type of training is one of the most effective, because it requires the maximum involvement of the body (fingers of the hands) and the brain (the attempt to solve a task).

## Compose!
The ['ChordChord'](https://chordchord.com) team is convinced that the most effective way to learn easy guitar chords is to write songs using specialized software. Of course, composing songs with chords that you don't know is quite difficult, but the chord progression generator is a reliable assistant in this matter. He is able to help you compose a particular sequence and to show you exactly how to build sequences in order to get the most harmonious melody.

Writing is your main vector in music, and you learn the ways of sound, musical theory, plugins and effects with one goal - to make a really good song. Therefore, it is not something outstanding to learn by trying to create such a composition. Of course, there is a possibility that you will not be very happy with the result for a long time, but after all, Goethe did not stop when he didn’t like his “Faust”, did he?


How To Learn Guitar Chords Easily?

If in the eighties, artists were forced to use rather limited synthesizer functionality, which was often limited to not the widest possibilities for changing and processing the signal, but still managed to find very interesting sound solutions, modern musicians literally bathe in the whole ocean of possibilities. This often leads to a situation in which the artists have a wide functionality for changing the sound signal, programs for sampling and equalization, but at the same time, they are practically devoid of software possibilities for writing musical parts. Such opportunities could give a chord progression generator.

## There are three main reasons for musicians to use such a generator:
### 1. Speed is an essence


This software is able to give a complete picture of what is happening with the song. Musicians, like many people of art, are subject to creative impulses, an idea can come suddenly and just as suddenly can go. Many artists, having written an arrangement for the song during such an impulse, find themselves in front of a kind of wall - song chords, which come to their mind, simply do not fall on tempo, do not fit in tone or do not suit for some other reason. A chord progression generator like [‘ChordChord’](https://chordchord.com) is capable, taking into account the specified parameters (for example, tonality and bpm), of quick creating a harmonious progression that fits well with an already created arrangement. This applies to both simple guitar songs and tracks with an endless number of pads, background sounds, and effects.
### 2. Ability to find new ideas


Based on simple piano chords, songs may not attract widespread attention from the audience, while the progression generator makes it possible to find some unusual, previously unused idea. Some musicians even specially allocate a part of their working time to just play around with this software, press the “random” button a few dozen times, and, if lucky, develop some interesting idea. Of course, you can type in the search engine something like 'Easiest guitar chords songs’ and dissect already known songs and motifs, but in this case, there is a chance to be accused of plagiarism and forever dwell on reworking other people's works, and not on creating your own.


If time to time you face the issue of the absence of fresh ideas, our article about [‘writing song with no inspiration’](https://chordchord.com/5-ways-to-write-a-song-when-you-have-no-inspiration) might be useful for you.

Why Do You Need The Chord Progression Generator?

The modern world has spoiled listeners so much with a huge variety of musical genres, trends, and branches that for new artists it is becoming ever more difficult to stand out from the crowd. The use of jazz chords in hip-hop is no surprise to anyone, as well as the simple progressions of chords in popular music, they all have long become boring and form the very “musical noise” in which new performers often drown. Getting out of this vicious circle is both easy and difficult - it is necessary to write such chord progressions that will seem unusual and attractive to the listener. The ChordChord team has prepared three tips for you to help you learn how to write such tunes.

## Listen to as much complex music as possible


In whatever genre you write - from techno to math rock - you still need a certain amount of music in your head to rely on. Of course, it is the best choice to listen to songs in the genre in which you yourself want to create - for example, jazz chord progressions will not be easy to write to a person who listens exclusively to ambient - but the most correct way out is to listen to complex, harmonious music with well-compiled parts. Mostly it's about jazz, art-rock, blues and other genres that do not break records of popularity in the 21st century.

Even Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails said that creating one of his most famous albums, The Downward Spiral was inspired by listening to albums of ... [‘David Bowie’](http://www.nin.wiki/David_Bowie). Although the music of Nine Inch Nails is very far from what David Bowie is famous for, it was his work that inspired Reznor to his famous power chords and the completely insane guitar part of the song Hurt, later performed and popularized by Johnny Cash.

## Feel free to use specialized software


If you have an idea for an arrangement, but you have been unable to figure out how to write the main progression for several hours, it may make sense to use a chord progressions generator. It will not solve all the problems for you, will not write an attractive guitar part and will not sing everything “into notes”, will not make the sound clear and pleasant. But it can push you to some idea, create an opportunity for sudden insight, and it doesn't matter at all what instruments are involved in your work - such software works equally well with mandolin chords and an ordinary piano.

If you want to learn more about how to deal with a situation when you have no ideas, our article  ['5 Ways To Write A Song When You Have No Inspiration'](https://chordchord.com/5-ways-to-write-a-song-when-you-have-no-inspiration) could be useful for you.

If you are not very familiar with the world of virtual instruments, then our team would recommend starting with something that can produce results here and now, but does not require specific knowledge - for example, [‘ChordChord’](https://chordchord.com) copes with this easily and has all the necessary possibilities starting with the choice of tonality end ending the definition of the tempo.

Despite all of the above, we would also like to note that it is not always “difficult” to mean “good.” The music market today is such that very often rather simple songs become much more commercially successful than complex works with unusual progressions. You need to determine for yourself what audience you are targeting, what result - including commercial, - you want to achieve. Try to balance your progression - leave them moderately recognizable, so as not to scare off potential listeners, but do not disdain to make unexpected turns.

Learn To Write Unique Chord Progressions

The ability to play the guitar is a demanding skill. A musician must spend a lot of time, strength and nerves of his neighbors in order to learn to play well at least simple guitar chords. Previously, it scared people who would like to do music but could not find time to master the instrument, but now, in an age of modern technology, even all the basic guitar chords can be played by you with just two fingers. How?


## The virtual guitar is your best assistant
You absolutely do not need to hold a physical instrument. At the moment there are ample opportunities for writing guitar parts on the computer. In particular, many musicians use the sampler Kontakt from the company Native Instruments - it has a pleasant functionality, a large number of possibilities for tuning the sound and, most importantly, an incredible number of libraries. Classical guitar, noise guitar, rhythm guitar, a whole collection of instruments for classic rock - in a word, there is everything you need to translate your creative ideas.

Do not forget also that in addition to guitar presets and samples in Kontakt, Omnishpere and other virtual instruments, there is also the possibility to “transform” any instrument into a guitar. If, for example, the guys from [‘Sigur Ros’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur_R%C3%B3s) in their experiments created a guitar on which to play with a bow, then why don't you try to use a guitar amplifier (Guitar Rig is one of the most popular plug-ins of this kind) on the keyboard or even bells?

If you want to know a little more about this, you can read our article on [‘three ways to make music online’](https://chordchord.com/3-ways-to-make-music-online).

## Use the Chord Progression Generator
The musician should not only know the guitar notes but also be able to properly use them in a musical work. If you never studied at a music school or were not born one of the lucky ones with a predisposition to music, but want to express yourself, have a certain understanding of what your music should look like, then you can use chord generator - for example, the one from [`ChordChord`](https://chordchord.com).

This is exactly the instrument that allows you to play simple guitar chords with just two fingers, moreover, the system is designed to find and create extremely harmonious chord sequences. It doesn't matter if you just want to play B Chord or you need to create an incredible chord palette - the system will do everything for you regardless of key or bpm. You will need no DAW or midi-keyboard but remember: if you have an idea, use the generator only to develop and improve it; time to play with it will come later.

Do not forget, also, that it is necessary to use such instruments wisely - no virtual synthesizers and progression generators can replace your good musical education and the presence of a musical concept in your head. This is a tool for your creativity, the result depends solely on you.

All Simple Guitar Chords That Could Be Played By Two Fingers

﻿The modern world is a very demanding thing. Life speeds up and quite often finding time for creativity or self-expression becomes very difficult, especially if this creativity requires you to be in a certain place or own a certain tool. But the old rule “who really wants, will find an opportunity” in this case works as well as possible. You do not have to be a master of playing the guitar, piano or have your own studio, because you can make music online.


In this small article, the [‘ChordChord’](https://chordchord.com) team will tell you about three basic ways to create music without physical instruments.
## Online services
Even if you do not have the opportunity to install a virtual studio and plug-ins, you can simply type in the browser 'make music app' and a world of online DAW will open up to you. From the most popular ones two services should be mentioned:


BandLab stands out for its rather simple interface and being user-friendly, but writing tunes in it is not very easy; it would be more efficient to use the chord progression generator and transfer the obtained results to the BandLab
Soundation has fewer presets and tools but is very easy to use
## Chord generator
If you do not want to get used to the interface of the browser DAW, you can use the [‘services’](https://chordchord.com/how-to-use-this-site) that help you create the structure of the song. Start by creating common chord progressions, and then gradually complicate the melody, create the skeleton of the track. In this case, you need to have a good abstract thinking that will allow you to develop the product using a generator
## Buying a ready instrumental track
This is perhaps the most popular way among beginners. Learning to write music is not easy, moreover, it is very time consuming, and therefore buying a track that has already been created and brought to a commercial level can help you. This method should be used if the lyrics you have written is more or less universal and is able to harmonize with other people's works. As a rule, it's about hip-hop or more traditional genres of dance music, which initially involve the imposition of a voice track by another person.


Despite there are a lot of methods of writing music, we strongly recommend only those ones that can bring you on another level as a musician and composer.

3 Ways To Make Music Online

﻿Even the most talented musicians in their interviews like to repeat that they owe their success not to a unique voice or long fingers, but to the fact that they have worked a lot on their music all their lives. Even among the most talented and hardworking ones, there comes a moment when the fingers mechanically play melodies became annoying, the synthesizers sound somehow old and tasteless, and the new sound seems unattainable. Sometimes the question 'how to write a song' seems an extremely hard to answer.

This is called a “crisis of inspiration,” and it happens to everyone. For many musicians, this is even part of the working state - so, Martin Gore from Depeche Mode could not finish a single song for a year while composing ‘Ultra’ album, but just listen to how good it is!
The [‘ChordChord’](https://chordchord.com) team has compiled for you a list of five inspiration-finding methods, and we hope that among them will be the one that will help you.

## 1. Take a break!
It is not a joke. The exhausting work on a song in any genre leads to the effect of “washing up the ears,” which is why even new progressions may seem bad or inappropriate by inertia. Try to spend a few hours away from your musical instruments.

Yes, there is a ‘practice, practice, practice’ rule of making music. Yes, you definitely need to work hard to get the best results. But sometimes to take a small break is the best decision. Recharge your ears, refresh your mind and get the job done!

## 2. A new genre is always the right direction
Rock and roll, ambient, doom metal, industrial, sludge - the doors of a huge music library are open before you, and there is no reason to spend all your time in only one part of it. Listen to the unusual music, artist, which friends have advised you for a long time, and you put it on the back burner. Maybe you, just like Sonic Youth and Brian Eno in their time, you will find a unique sound by mixing genres.

## 3. Try an unusual way to write a song
In synthesizers and plug-ins (for example, Loom) there is often a “random” button that generates a new preset via mixing random sound waves from an existing set. This will help you to refresh your head a little.

If you always start writing a song with text, try changing your workflow a little. Start with the melody - play something until you find an interesting sequence, and do not pay attention to the text. You can hum something awkward (this method may be known to many of you as the “Norwegian recitative”), so long as the song turns out to be beautiful. That is how Paul McCartney once wrote the legendary "Yesterday." He just played guitar and mumbled ["Scrambled eggs, oh you've got such lovely legs"](http://www.thebeatleshk.com/SongStories/Yesterday.html).

## 4. Use progression maker to decide how to write a song

If you already have a finished text and you have some idea how you want to sing it, but you can’t write a suitable chord progression, you may need to turn to the help of a program that builds a chord progression instead of you. It is likely that you will discover some new ways for the development of the composition. Moreover, you can easily use the chord generator as a full-fledged working instrument, which you can use along with guitars, keys, drums, and plug-ins to make a song.

## 5. Meet your inspiration in your best suit
You can not order an inspiration package by mail or on Amazon, you can not even force it to come. But when it comes you should ensure it to become a full song. Like Pablo Picasso and his alarm clock, you should have your pencils, paper, and recorder prepared when the inspiration needs you to take notes. Don’t be shy to use your mobile phone on the crowded street to sing into it and make a quick voice-note. Shyness doesn’t suit a musician.

We hope you found our methods interesting and useful. Try to use them and, maybe, you’ll find something suitable especially for you. Don’t be scared of experimenting with music and methods of making your music. 

If you want to test how the Chord Generator works, read the short description [here](https://chordchord.com/how-to-use-this-site).

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﻿[ChordChord.com](https://chordchord.com/) is dedicated specifically for musicians who are willing to find some catchy and interesting chord progressions. Apart from generating chord progressions, this website can help you improve musical compositions and suggest you some sweet chord sequences.  
  

## Instructions

1. Just press the  _Generate Chord Progression_  button and you will get the random chord sequence that is called chord progression.  
2. Press  _Play_  to start the sequence playback.

## Options

- To loop the chord progression press the  _Repeat_  toggle.  
- To change the arrangement style press the central button and pick between different options.  
- To change the key press the right button and pick between different options.  


Furthermore, you can enable or disable the randomization for  _BPM, Arrangement_  and  _Key_  if you want to fix currently selected option.

## Explanation

There is nothing complicated except Roman Numerals below the chord namings. Actually, they are called  _Scale Degrees_. Scale Degree refers to the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic, the first and main note of the scale from which each octave is assumed to begin. Degrees are useful for indicating the size of intervals and chords, and whether they are major or minor.  
  
The other confusing thing is arrangement option.  _Simple, ABCD, ABBB, AB_  are not some specific conventions. Those are just namings made up by me. Try them out and listen to how they sound.  
  
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