Jeff Franzel: Sinatra's piano player turned hit writer on Making your melody empathize with your lyrics, new chords for bridges

Send us a text In this episode, Jeff walks us through one of his songs and how he makes melodic decisions. Show take aways: How to evolve your melody Focus to the relationship between chords and melody Secondary Dominant can be great chords for the bridge Create hooks both in the melody and piano part Focus on the song, not the business http://jefffranzel.com https://www.scarletkeys.com The show's theme song "What's in a Song" was co-written with Otto Gross Recorded and performed by Otto Gross: @OttoGrossProduction (instagram) @OttoGrossMusic (Youtube, facebook, TikTok) https://biglink.to/ottogrossmusic Scarlet's website: https://www.scarletkeys.com Scarlet's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scarletkeysofficial/ To purchase Scarlet Keys' book "The Craft of Songwriting: https://www.amazon.com/Craft-Songwriting-Music-Meaning-Emotion/dp/0876391927/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PP55NU6E9ST6&keywords=the+craft+of+songwriting&qid=1659573139&sprefix=the+craft+of+songwritin%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1