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Beginner Orchestration Tips
Learning to write for orchestra can seem overwhelming. Today I will share some tips that can help you get you on the right track with...
Krisena
Feb 143 min read
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Adrift in the Currents of History - The Themes of Tactics Ogre
I wish it was easier to communicate what I see in art. Art is meant to be felt, so it takes a tremendous effort for me to put into words...
Krisena
Jan 246 min read
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Contrast Techniques
«How do I continue this piece?» This is the most common question I see beginner composers ask. To help you solve this problem, I will...
Krisena
Apr 26, 20207 min read
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A Breathing Nightmare - Vagrant Story Retrospective
For some reason, the only games I manage to finish are ones that are infamous for how unfriendly they are to the player. Well, I can't...
Krisena
Apr 4, 20207 min read
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Tweaking Reaper
If I had spent as much time composing as I've spent tweaking Reaper, I'd be a master composer by now. There's an unlimited amount of...
Krisena
Oct 27, 20195 min read
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DAW Grouping Techniques
Groups, VCAs, Aux Subgroups and Folders - they all serve roughly the same function, so does it matter which one you use? The different...
Krisena
Oct 9, 20196 min read
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Composing Checklist
Music is made up of so many things! Melody, chords, pitch, timbre. There are also so many ways to make it, and so many things to consider...
Krisena
Sep 16, 20195 min read
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Composition Training Regime
To get good at composition, you have to practice. Today I'll share with you my composing regime. It's designed to promote growth while at...
Krisena
Sep 8, 20195 min read
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The Poetry of Level Design
I've always been fascinated by Final Fantasy Tactics A2's stages. These stages are small dioramas - a cut-out piece of nature. When you...
Krisena
Jun 9, 20196 min read
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Tension and Release
Composing music is a constant cycle of building tension and relieving it. To make this easy to see, we'll first look at the form of a...
Krisena
May 3, 20195 min read
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The Power of Pianissimo
When I was in high school, class could sometimes get out of hand. There was one Monday we had a physics class and everyone were more...
Krisena
May 3, 20194 min read
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Motivic Development - Part 2
This article is the 2nd in a series. Part 1 can be found here . Last time we talked about what motivic development is and how it can be...
Krisena
May 3, 20193 min read
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Motivic Development - Part 1
Welcome to my series on motivic development! Motivic development is taking a musical motif and altering it in different ways so it...
Krisena
May 3, 20194 min read
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Key choice and Modulation
Depending on what kind of music you listen to, modulation can be either rare or rife. In pop music, modulation is usually reserved for a...
Krisena
May 1, 20196 min read
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Mapping Form: The Superchorus
The superchorus is a section in popular music form that exists besides the chorus, but functions as an even greater climax. The...
Krisena
May 1, 20192 min read
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Three Styles of Melody
Today I want to talk about three types of melodies based on the personal styles of the three composers that mean the most to me. I'll...
Krisena
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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Archetypal Music: The Lost Forest
Did you lose your way? Maybe you where headed somewhere, but realized it wasn't where you wanted to go after all. Maybe you even forgot...
Krisena
Apr 25, 20191 min read
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Musical Punctuation
For music to be effective, its form needs to be clear. There can be no doubt about where a verse begins and a chorus ends. We can use...
Krisena
Mar 17, 20194 min read
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Art Critique - Give and Take
Critique is an act of love. Or at least it can be when it's done right. A good critique allows the artist to grow, while a bad critique...
Krisena
Mar 14, 20195 min read
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