I mainly started watching a lot of Zach Heydes videos about breaking down orchestra tactics a lot of the "big composers" use. he does videos of recreating famous pieces, and it helped me to wrap my head around things.
@@paradise2661 I am doing something similar, also watch a lot of Mattia Chiapa. I never learned music theory sadly, so I hit a wall while watching them, and ended up learning at least a bit of the basics. Feel like I should first get better at piano so I can write a sketch properly, converting that into orchestration would be easier then.
@@KirasiN91 i actually don’t know anything abt music theory. i can tell whats notes sound good here, but i don’t actually know how to play them, i just let it flow on my keyboard till i find the correct chord or note im looking for. i mainly play by ear, but im able to tell what key i’m in etc. i do think it pays to learn music theory tho, and im looking to learn it soon for sure.
@@paradise2661 That's what I did too, until I realized that not knowing key signatures, chords and the circle of fifths made things much harder, so now I am balancing learning that kind of stuff with watching the youtube composers do their thing and trying to discern patterns. Eitherway, you're very good at structuring the whole thing :) That's why I asked.
This is extremely impressive, even more that you learnt this is just 4 months! One thing that would take your music to the next level though, would be to add more fluid dynamics to the instruments. It will create a more realistic sound.
Modulation is very annoying in fl studio sadly, Alex Moukala has a guide on how to deal with that though. I personally swapped to Cubase and never looked back.
