Our second batch of listener songs for our songwriting challenge 2023 to write in a mode included a song (mostly) in Phrygian, one definitely in Phrygian, and one with modal interchange.
We talked about:
- The Song Talk Meetup
- Being sure you incorporate the unique intervals of a mode in your chord choices and melodies
- Phrygian is not only for death metal
- Where your home chord is matters in solidifying the identity of your mode
- Anyone heard of the Dutch ska band Doe Maar? Yep, we found ’em!
- You want to have a nice simple and catchy chorus if the other sections of your song are complex
- The goal of this challenge was to bring modal thinking more into your consciousness. Did it for you? Let us know at feedback@songtalk.ca.
Download the lyric and chord sheets to follow along: