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...

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...

«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...

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...

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...

Groups, VCAs, Aux Subgroups and Folders - they all serve roughly the same function, so does it matter which one you use? The different...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome to my series on motivic development! Motivic development is taking a musical motif and altering it in different ways so it...

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...

The superchorus is a section in popular music form that exists besides the chorus, but functions as an even greater climax. The...

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...

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...

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...

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...