For Producers & Songwriters

Learn the patterns
behind the songs you love

🧠 One song decoded every Tuesday, with one pattern to try in your next session. A 5-minute read, and it's 100% free.

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Hey, I'm Melvin Darrell
I’m a producer and songwriter, and I’m teaching my younger self how to make music at a professional level, in public. Before this, I was an audio specialist at REC Philly, mentoring artists who went on to sign deals.

Every Tuesday I write The Music Maker’s Journal. I decode one song you love into the patterns that make it work and give you one thing to try in your next session.

I also built Sound Patch, a tool that turns the songs you love into a library of your own patterns, and Harmony GPS, my harmony course for self-taught music makers.

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