✨ Music Lessons ✨
@musiclessons.bsky.social
I am Joe Camerlengo, lifelong songwriter and recording creative. I’ll teach you what I can with no specific expertise to do so.
Write a song in your head. Let it live there. Don’t force it to leave. Check in on it every once and again. Let your relationship grow.
April 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Write a song in your head. Let it live there. Don’t force it to leave. Check in on it every once and again. Let your relationship grow.
“If you’re making music, silence is your canvas” - Keith Richards
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“If you’re making music, silence is your canvas” - Keith Richards
Try performing a slow song as a fast song. Or a fast song as a slow song. Or a loud song as a quiet song, and vice versa. Songs and lyrics can take on a new meaning when they’re performed in a fresh context.
April 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Try performing a slow song as a fast song. Or a fast song as a slow song. Or a loud song as a quiet song, and vice versa. Songs and lyrics can take on a new meaning when they’re performed in a fresh context.
Creative euphoria is a thrill at any age. Never stop digging for fresh ideas and inspiration.
April 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Creative euphoria is a thrill at any age. Never stop digging for fresh ideas and inspiration.
If you go deaf, you can’t hear music anymore! Earplugs. Nice ones.
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you go deaf, you can’t hear music anymore! Earplugs. Nice ones.
The mood of the recording session entirely influences the temperature and quality of the performances captured. The wind of the session should blow at the back of the artist, not work against them.
April 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The mood of the recording session entirely influences the temperature and quality of the performances captured. The wind of the session should blow at the back of the artist, not work against them.
When you give a thoughtful compliment to a musician, there’s a chance they’ll carry it with them for the rest of their life and reference to it in difficult moments. Supporting an artist can be as easy as acknowledging their work.
April 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When you give a thoughtful compliment to a musician, there’s a chance they’ll carry it with them for the rest of their life and reference to it in difficult moments. Supporting an artist can be as easy as acknowledging their work.
Performing artists should remember and respect that each person in the audience is offering up their time, which is the most irreplaceable resource that any of us have to give.
April 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Performing artists should remember and respect that each person in the audience is offering up their time, which is the most irreplaceable resource that any of us have to give.
Appreciate and support the venues and spaces that allow you the opportunity to share your music. No venue lasts forever, so thank them while they’re here.
April 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Appreciate and support the venues and spaces that allow you the opportunity to share your music. No venue lasts forever, so thank them while they’re here.
DIY venues only exist if you do them yourself. Build your own universe.
March 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
DIY venues only exist if you do them yourself. Build your own universe.
Never forget that Black Sabbath goes as hard as it does because Bill Ward swings the drums.
#BlackSabbath
#BlackSabbath
March 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Never forget that Black Sabbath goes as hard as it does because Bill Ward swings the drums.
#BlackSabbath
#BlackSabbath
1. Compose a song for only yourself.
2. Compose a song for the world.
How are they different?
How are they similar?
Should they be different?
Should they be similar?
2. Compose a song for the world.
How are they different?
How are they similar?
Should they be different?
Should they be similar?
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1. Compose a song for only yourself.
2. Compose a song for the world.
How are they different?
How are they similar?
Should they be different?
Should they be similar?
2. Compose a song for the world.
How are they different?
How are they similar?
Should they be different?
Should they be similar?
Music can alter your mood. Your attitude. Your thoughts and opinions. Your point of view. Your relationships. Your memories. Your grieving process. Your energy levels. Your blood pressure. Your sleep/wake cycle. Your morning. Your day. Your year. Your life. What an unsuspectingly powerful catalyst!
March 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Music can alter your mood. Your attitude. Your thoughts and opinions. Your point of view. Your relationships. Your memories. Your grieving process. Your energy levels. Your blood pressure. Your sleep/wake cycle. Your morning. Your day. Your year. Your life. What an unsuspectingly powerful catalyst!
Music is as essential to a well balanced life as sunlight, love, or medicine.
March 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Music is as essential to a well balanced life as sunlight, love, or medicine.
The same chords or lyrics will inspire you differently at different times. If it doesn’t work today, try it again tomorrow.
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The same chords or lyrics will inspire you differently at different times. If it doesn’t work today, try it again tomorrow.
Picking any song on Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and focusing on the bass guitar is a great reminder to never underestimate the versatility of the bass.
#TheBeatles #PaulMcCartney
#TheBeatles #PaulMcCartney
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Picking any song on Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and focusing on the bass guitar is a great reminder to never underestimate the versatility of the bass.
#TheBeatles #PaulMcCartney
#TheBeatles #PaulMcCartney
Your brain tells their hands which notes and rhythm to play. As your ears hear this, your heart and head work together to determine what note to play next, and send that new request back to your hands. Take a moment to appreciate how much effort your body puts forth to help you create music.
March 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Your brain tells their hands which notes and rhythm to play. As your ears hear this, your heart and head work together to determine what note to play next, and send that new request back to your hands. Take a moment to appreciate how much effort your body puts forth to help you create music.
Each musician’s performance is a single ingredient in the recipe. The end result is determined by balance, chemistry, and quality. Everything matters. One bad egg can spoil it all.
March 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Each musician’s performance is a single ingredient in the recipe. The end result is determined by balance, chemistry, and quality. Everything matters. One bad egg can spoil it all.
Once you hear a song, you can’t unhear it. You can’t rewind to the moment before you heard the music. Even if you eventually forget the performance, it still altered the timeline of your existence, if only for a moment. Just as every minute of our lives matter, every song we hear does too.
March 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Once you hear a song, you can’t unhear it. You can’t rewind to the moment before you heard the music. Even if you eventually forget the performance, it still altered the timeline of your existence, if only for a moment. Just as every minute of our lives matter, every song we hear does too.
Quickly write a bad song.
Then write two bad songs.
Heck- write 10 bad songs!
Make simple recordings of yourself playing all 10 bad songs, send the recordings to a trusted friend, and ask which song is their favorite. You may be surprised to learn that you, in fact, did not write 10 “bad” songs.
Then write two bad songs.
Heck- write 10 bad songs!
Make simple recordings of yourself playing all 10 bad songs, send the recordings to a trusted friend, and ask which song is their favorite. You may be surprised to learn that you, in fact, did not write 10 “bad” songs.
March 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Quickly write a bad song.
Then write two bad songs.
Heck- write 10 bad songs!
Make simple recordings of yourself playing all 10 bad songs, send the recordings to a trusted friend, and ask which song is their favorite. You may be surprised to learn that you, in fact, did not write 10 “bad” songs.
Then write two bad songs.
Heck- write 10 bad songs!
Make simple recordings of yourself playing all 10 bad songs, send the recordings to a trusted friend, and ask which song is their favorite. You may be surprised to learn that you, in fact, did not write 10 “bad” songs.
Creativity tends to strike when it’s not under interrogation.
March 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Creativity tends to strike when it’s not under interrogation.
The larger your risk of failure is, the more likely it is that you are creating something particularly special.
March 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The larger your risk of failure is, the more likely it is that you are creating something particularly special.
A melody is a family of notes strung together on a feeling.
March 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A melody is a family of notes strung together on a feeling.
Trust your gut. Often times, your gut realizes what you enjoy and don’t enjoy more quickly and accurately than your head does.
March 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trust your gut. Often times, your gut realizes what you enjoy and don’t enjoy more quickly and accurately than your head does.
A fuzz pedal is a whole vibe shift.
March 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A fuzz pedal is a whole vibe shift.