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How Do You Write a Good Motif?

If you’ve spent any amount of time studying film music or soundtracks, you probably already know how important it is to come up with a...

How Do You Portray Emotions with Music?

By far, the single most important role of a film or videogame composer is to enhance the emotional experience of their audience. Whether...

How to Write a Chord Progression

When I was first learning how to compose music, one of the most frustrating things to figure out was how to write an effective chord...

Creating a "Digital Space" for your Arrangements

This blog post is a sample from my latest Ebook, "Guide to Creating Realistic MIDI Mockups." It is taken from the first chapter about...

How to Write Counterpoint

(*this post has been adapted from my youtube video on counterpoint. For audio examples, check out the video! https://youtu.be/r_RbmbBmX9E...

How Chords Portray Emotion (with chord and emotions chart)

Chord Relationships, or “CRs” for short, are a somewhat obscure but supremely helpful concept to learn (in my own opinion). They are...

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The Composer’s Guide to Modes

Alright, so in this document, I’m going to break down each of the modes in a way that, hopefully, should help you begin using them Right...

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Developing Motifs

Intro In this post I’m going to provide you with a useful template that you can use to develop a short motif or idea into a full-length...

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