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«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...
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Krisena
Apr 4, 20206 min read
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...
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Krisena
Oct 27, 20195 min read
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...
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Krisena
Oct 9, 20195 min read
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...
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Sep 16, 20195 min read
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...
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Sep 8, 20195 min read
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...
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Jun 9, 20196 min read
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...
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May 3, 20194 min read
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...
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May 3, 20194 min read
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...
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Krisena
May 3, 20193 min read
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...
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Krisena
May 3, 20194 min read
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...
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Krisena
May 1, 20196 min read
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...
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May 1, 20192 min read
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...
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Apr 28, 20192 min read
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...
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Apr 25, 20191 min read
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...
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Mar 17, 20193 min read
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...
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Mar 14, 20195 min read
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...
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