by Tyler Gutherman | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
So you’re a composer huh? What’s your real job? You must be really good with classical music… Are you sick of hearing this? Me too. Proper composing requires hard work, time, and commitment. Early in your composing practice, especially when facing obstacles and...
by Tyler Gutherman | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
Sample Triggering When composing electronic music, chances are, you’re going to play samples more than once, especially when it comes to drums like cymbals and high-hats. However, songs can sound monotonous and obviously computer generated if the same EXACT...
by Tyler Gutherman | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
What is Resampling? So you’ve made a sound with a synth or some audio that is exactly how you want it. The problem is – it doesn’t have a life of its own. Moreover, it doesn’t change organically. It only comes in one form. You’ve probably found...
by Tyler Gutherman | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog, Music Composition
Borrowing Weird Chords It is a fact that the majority of popular western music is diatonic. Therefore, it was composed using a fixed bank of available pitches that belong to one major or minor key signature. This system, however, is limiting. In fact,...
by Tyler Gutherman | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Music Composition
Firstly, the majority of popular music is diatonic. This means it was composed within a major or minor key signature and does not modulate. A key signature determines the set of pitches that “agree” with each other harmonically. There are usually 7 different pitches...
by Tyler Gutherman | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Music Composition, Tips and Tricks
Hocketing is a compositional technique used to develop one long musical idea into a more interesting sequence by dividing it into shorter phrases and distributing them among instruments with similar sounds. The technique has proved to be effective since the medieval...
