MusichopperThe Official Blog of Pro Guitarist Allen ROBOT Van Wert

My new book entitled “Modern Songwriting Secrets” Is complete and about to go on sale. It deals with becoming a better songwriter with real world examples and secrets about modern songwriting. This isn’t about classical music, 70s pop hits, or any pointless songwriting banter like most of the songwriting books out there. This is the real deal about modern music and how to craft hits. I slaved over it and made sure to include every singe tip and secret I could. There is a song analysis at the end of the book that is severely detailed and organized to help you out. The song is a current alternative metal song on national radio. It is from the band “Ra”. Sahaj Ticotin (Their lead singer) Gave me permission to use it for the book and I use it to prove how my examples and secrets are used in the current music on the radio.

If you want to get better at songwriting and have tried other books like me and just never gained anything of substance from them except for theory terms and coined phrases then this is the book for you!

I keep away from music theory as much as I can while providing a real world way to look at things and explain it all in a common sense and logical way. I provide the secrets and tools for you to get better immediately after reading it through. However, I feel that there are so many good tips and examples that most people will find themselves going back to it time and time again when they need a quick fix for a song they are working on. Or when they just need to sharpen their craft. It deals with all aspects of songwriting. There are no pointless examples and no old school mentality where you end up learning about how diana ross songs were written about love because love is a good topic. Nothing lame like that. It is the real deal!

So let me know if you are interested and I will hook you up!

Talk soon!

Allen

There comes a time in every musicians life when they realize what they think people should have is not what people want. This is especially true for teachers in the music field. I have been giving free lessons on practicing guitar and music theory for quite some time on youtube. I have been flooded with questions nonstop about one certain topic. I have avoided this for a while because the topic would be time consuming and I felt that being a growing musician meant doing things for yourself.
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I have written another massive section to the text portion of the instructional. This portion doesn’t actually deal with guitar playing at all. It deals with learning in general. I will have it separated from the other text so the reader can find it easily when needed. I am planning on recording 20 more exercise videos today. I am liking the flow from exercise to exercise. I also think you will like the extra information included in every video. Instead of having one exercise played at different speeds from different camera angles.
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Hello, I have gotten a lot done on the instructional. I have to say that it is going to be really special. There are some amazing elements of learning in this thing. I am so excited about it that I fear I might spoil the secrets of what it contains in this message somehow. All I can say is that it has some very new concepts for guitarists, ones that work. I have built a comprehensive system that everyone will succeed at. I said I had some groundbreaking information in it once before. I am now 100% sure that the few special people who get this instructional will be in complete agreement with that statement. I figured out why guitarists plateau. I figured out why some people don’t learn or advance. I figured out why other systems don’t work. I have also figured out a new way to ensure the fastest mental and physical growth any human can attain. I then took that system and completely redesigned the order of learning to make sure it fits growth of your learning speed. (Basically, with this system you learn how to learn. You start over like you never played before and re-program everything properly. Your learning speed will grow and grow with each section so you can learn anything and everything faster and forever.)
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I have been composing day in and out for the new album. This will be a masterpiece. I have been challenging myself to write the absolute best sounding music while still using insane technique. I am currently writing a song that has 3 parts playing at the same time on one guitar with the robot tone and a very strong melody and harmony to it. My side goal is to prove that the robot tapping can be very musical indeed. I have not been this excited about guitar based music in quite some time! I feel very dizzy from all of the complex parts I am writing and playing so far today. My eyes are having trouble focusing on anything except for the fretboard it seems. I am so happy with the work so far that I am really thinking about taking this on the road once it is finished and touring as ROBOT.

I am just so excited! The magic is happening.