Four aspects of music
July 8, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Four aspects of musicI listen to a lot of music. As a musician there are a number of things that you learn to…
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Listen as if it’s not your music
July 7, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Listen as if it’s not your musicOne thing I’ve been trying to do in my own music is to listen to it as if it’s not…
Texture
July 6, 2021 10:28 am Comments Off on TextureOne thing I did while writing music at Berklee was write a piece of music that was almost wholly texture.…
Slash chords
July 4, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Slash chordsSlash chords are chords that look like a fraction. The numerator of the “fraction” is a chord and the denominator…
Plan out each minute
July 3, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Plan out each minuteI was once given the advice, related to planning lessons, of “plan out what each student will be doing at…
Steal ideas to create your own music (Video)
July 2, 2021 10:51 pm Comments Off on Steal ideas to create your own music (Video)ISJ
Repeated notes in melodies
July 2, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Repeated notes in melodiesWhen creating melodic lines often I get stuck in the idea that the next note has to be different than…
Does your melody go up or down?
July 1, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Does your melody go up or down?I remember being in a film scoring class at Berklee College of Music and we were re-writing the music for…
Create a portfolio as soon as possible
June 30, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Create a portfolio as soon as possibleOne of the things that I wish I’d done sooner was create a portfolio of work that I’m proud of.…
Reverb as a texture
June 29, 2021 8:00 am Comments Off on Reverb as a textureThis is an idea I first heard from the video game composer Disasterpeace. It was in an interview of him…