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It's time to start making real progress in your ability to compose. Learn how music theory and your own creativity really work together to create music that's logical, and satisfying. If you're having trouble putting the pieces of the puzzle together, this is the place to start.
Take the Free CourseEpisode 3 of the Art of Composing Podcast. In this episode, I talk about what it takes to start composing immediately. What is in this episode: The mindset you need to learn to compose …
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There are just too many great melodies to pick from. None the less, I picked 10. These are guys that you can consider kung fu masters of melody. Like Mr. Miyagi says, "Everything is Melody... I mean …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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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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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Voting begins now, and ends next Friday, October 4th, 2013, at midnight California time. Vote for your favorite composition! …
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Hear ye! Hear ye! http://youtu.be/hjE2sxCQ_rU I'd like to announce the official start of the first Art of Composing Challenge. For this challenge, you will be required to write a piece, based …
http://vimeo.com/35901438 What courageous decision are you avoiding, that you know will change your life? So most of the time, I like to talk about composing on this site, and for good reason... …
Why It Is Okay to Copy Other Composers (Preferably Public Domain) I am currently listening to the third movement of Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony, "Reformation". I have heard some people say that …
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How to Really Start Improving Your Composing Since I started artofcomposing.com back in August of 2011, I have been searching for different methods, techniques, theory... in fact just about …
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis http://youtu.be/IbzxhZT6akk The Lark Ascending http://youtu.be/ZR2JlDnT2l8 …
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Internet Forums, Symbols, Value, and the Golden Rule If you are a regular visitor to artofcomposing.com, you may have realized I have not been posting very much recently. The main reason is, I have …
Recently I've had ideas for a novel, that I think could be pretty good... if not down right awesome. The problem is, I don't know how to write. Actually, I know how to write, I just don't know how to …
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