Creating Instrumental Music
Creating any kind of music is a wonderful experience. That feeling of expressing yourself through music is just too addictive to comprehend. Although this is true, so many of us get caught up in the "dos and don'ts" of even the simplest aspects of this craft, making this free experience a prison. Especially when it comes to composing music. Today I want to run you through just 3 steps I keep track of when writting music in my profession. I think these methods will help slowly do away with certain writer's block issues and help you get into a rhythm of composing music rather than looking at it as a chore or a mountain too great to climb. In my profession I am forced to come up with things on the fly very often and with years of experience it's all boiled down to just 3 main steps for me. Let's move onto the next video and I'll explain my process...
5 Lessons
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Lesson · 1m Creating Instrumental Music: Intro
Creating any kind of music is a wonderful experience. That feeling of expressing yourself through music is just too addictive to comprehend. Although this is true, so many of us get caught up in the "dos and...
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Lesson · 2m Creating Instrumental Music: 3 Steps To A Full Work
I can't tell you how many of my students have told me they've either started an idea and can't finish it, or they want to start but just can't get an idea going. The thing is there are always ideas floating...
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Lesson · 4m Creating Instrumental Music: Road Map
Notice: 1. I finished the whole song or "outline" first. Having a guitar handy definitely didn't hurt any. 2. Take note the fact that I wrote a chord melody so by default I have both the chords and melody...
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Lesson · 4m Creating Instrumental Music: Instrumentation/Arrangement
1. We have our "instrumentation", the choice of color for the piece of music 2. Notice how the bass guitar, the drums, and guitar are not in each other's way. 3.Notice how the drummer keeps the high-hat closed...
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Lesson · 6m Creating Instrumental Music: Wrap Up with Lead Guitar
I hope this helped you guys. Remember to push though this stage and do not stop until you are FINISHED with your composition. Also, keep in mind not to go too overboard where you never finish a song either...