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Repetition legitimizes

January 15, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

This is something that the YouTube and jazz bassist Adam Neely says quite often. Here’s a video with him talking…

January 14, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

If you’ve studied composition in a classical context like I have then you’ve likely learned how to write very linearly.…

January 13, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

Now of course I’m not saying that you should commit copyright infringement. Let’s get that out of the way. But…

January 12, 2021 9:19 am Published by admin Comments Off

This doesn’t sound super musical, but it’s something that often helps me write better music. I’ll have an idea and…

January 11, 2021 9:04 pm Published by admin Comments Off

Composing music for an instrument you don’t play can be incredibly hard. Often it’s harder than a lot of people…

January 9, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

Start releasing your music. Whatever that means for you. If you can’t afford something like CD Baby or Distrokid then…

January 8, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

Here’s a list of some free music resources that I’ve been using in my own music or using in my…

January 7, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

Here are two things that have helped with that anxiety: Let’s talk about the attempt in DC…. video by Beau…

January 6, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

This is a song I played for my students. I think it’s an important song in the development of music…

January 5, 2021 8:00 am Published by admin Comments Off

I don’t always do this, but when I do it helps me practice so much more effectively. I naturally do…