The 5 Rockers You Can Learn Songwriting From

Musician’s Notebook » Blog Archive » The 5 Rockers You Can Learn Songwriting From: "There are five rock and metal musicians who I listen to on a regular basis when I need inspiration for my own music. I listen to these guys for recreation, but usually I spend hours at a time analyzing their music and what makes it really work. I want to understand how they created sounds, moods, and atmospheres, how they create a soundscape that just won’t leave your mind, or how they create intense, bursting build-ups to important parts of the song. I pick apart each song until I feel I have an understanding of how they made it such a great tune (attention to detail really counts here!). Here are the rock and metal artists that I listen to for these purposes - we’ll look at artists from other genres who I do this with another time."