Episode 2 of the Art of Composing Podcast. In this episode, I talk about my music composition process. The goal here is not to have something complicated and strange, but to layout how I structure my …
What is Music Composition?
Well this is exciting. This is the very first episode of the Art of Composing Podcast. You want to know something funny? This is actually the 4th - 1st episode. That's right. I have recorded, and …
Melody Writing – Part 3: Generating Melodic Ideas
The hardest part of composing is staring at a blank page. It is easy to get caught up in the nothingness and find yourself completely out of ideas. So here are a few tips for generating melodic …
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Melody Writing – Part 2: The Tools of Melody
When composing a melody, you have to be able to simultaneously comprehend all of the different aspects of a melody, while at the same time, push them out of the active working part of your mind, so …
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Melody Writing – Part 1: Creativity and The Importance of Melody
I am a huge proponent of studying music theory. I have many reasons for this, but the main reasons really comes back to this - good music theory is written by very smart people thinking very deeply …
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Composing Challenge #1 – Voting Begins!
Voting begins now, and ends next Friday, October 4th, 2013, at midnight California time. Vote for your favorite composition! …
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