by JovanNikolic | Apr 24, 2018 | Blog, Music Composition
After learning the parts of the guitar, the name of each string, and your first few notes and melodies, the next thing beginners usually learn is their first couple of chords. That is, at least how I first learned to play guitar. If this sounds like you, we are here... 
by Tyler Gutherman | Jan 3, 2018 | 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 | Jan 1, 2018 | 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. Furthermore, a key signature determines the set of pitches that “agree” with each other harmonically. There are usually 7... 
by Tyler Gutherman | Oct 17, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
Hocketing 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... 
by amoghagarwalofficial@gmail.com | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
Massive by Native Instruments is a popular soft synth on the market. A lot of dubstep producers use it to make killer sounding drops. It is used frequently but it’s step sequencer is one thing that is under-utilized. In this tutorial I will take you through... 
by amoghagarwalofficial@gmail.com | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog, Music Composition
Once the composer has been hired, the director and composer set up a meeting to watch the movie frame by frame and make notes of where and what kind of music is needed. This process is called ‘spotting the film’. It sets a direction for the composer, giving him the... 
