Published On Sep 16, 2024
There's this electronica artist called Barry Can't Swim, and his songs usually involve beautiful euphoric chords with an uplifting rave feeling to them. Let's sit at the piano and discuss what the core concepts are behind understanding such a chord progression!
We'll specifically look at God Is The Space Between Us, and Lone Raver, and I'll show it all on the piano, so you can follow along no matter what DAW you use for music production.
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Contents:
0:00 Barry can't swim's gorgeous chords
1:05 The three musical voices
1:42 four five six one (god is the space)
3:12 the top note is the melody
5:32 the rhythmic cell of the motif
5:50 the four magic chords
8:00 two three six five (lone raver)
8:58 counting notes can be confusing
9:46 sing the chord progression
10:48 let the top note travel
11:55 cousin chords and cadences
14:42 The chord sound design