A common request from directors is to provide mood-setting music that doesn't call attention to...
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What would you do if you were given a barebones MIDI file, and told to fill it in with whatever...
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Early video game music was in some ways a revival of Baroque counterpoint. In this episode, I...
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What do you do when you've written an A section and B section that don't quite fit together? In...
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To have any real emotional impact, music has to have some sort of payoff, through repeated...
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When you're scoring a film, some scenes have an obvious emotional direction to follow. Other...
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How would you score a scene where a guy looks longingly at a bag of Doritos stuck in a vending...
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Video game music seems to have cliche sounds for different types of levels: ice world music,...
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Sometimes you have to give yourself weird challenges to get out of your comfortable habits. In...
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21. 7th Chords and Queen Vocals
Changing a single note in a chord can drastically alter the mood of a piece, like changing from...
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Challenging yourself to re-arrange a piece of music is a good way to practice your composing...
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19. Beatles Composition Techniques
If you were asked to channel The Beatles and write a new song in their style, how would you do...
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Sometimes you have to expand your horizons as a producer and just experiment with as many...
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I often start a song idea on guitar, but sometimes I add so many layers I have to pick and choose...
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When I’m composing at the piano, I often start by playing chords over and over until a melody...
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15. Film Scoring with Classical Themes
Sometimes the best way to tug at people’s heartstrings through a film score is by using familiar...
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I started a stock music project that was part joke, part business venture, and part musical...
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Musical chills have been on my mind lately, since I listened back to a past song of mine and got...
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I just got a new orchestral sample library, and I’m really enjoying messing around with these...
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I had the privilege of watching Rich Vreeland (aka Disasterpeace) give a live music production...
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