Community Challenge 31 | Write something based on Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

Last week I asked you to analyze the song "Signed Sealed Delivered" by Stevie Wonder. This week, I'd like you to write something based on this analysis.

If you didn't do the analysis yet, thats ok! I recommend starting from what other folks have already posted to the thread and testing it out for yourself.

When I say "write something based on this analysis" here are some ways to go about doing that:

• Use a piece of his chord progression as a start for your own
• Use a fragment of his melody as your starting point
• Use a music theory concept you learned from this song as the starting point for your creation (bass line walking down, modal/bluesy stuff, etc

If this all feels WAY too much for you, that is ok! Here is a more basic option:

• Find something you like about this song - wether thats the drums, the bass, the piano - the vocals - the energy of the song in general - and just think about that while you sit down to write. Don't get too specific about mimicking any one aspect. Just try to write something with the song in mind and see what happens.

Those of you going with the simple option, let us know in your community forum post.

Those of you going with the more specific option, let us know what specific element(s) you were trying to emulate, mimic, or conceptually integrate into your creation.

On my livestream tomorrow I'm going to do a live song analysis and write something myself. Keep an eye out for that post. We'll see how it goes.

Post your creations to the community forum. They can be anything from a rough 8 second phone recording to a full blown multitrack DAW production. Whatever you're comfortable with or have time for.

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