At my old age and no formal music education, I practically lost hope of being able to compose this beautiful kind of music. After watching your videos, I am willing to start over. Thank you so much!
I came here after one of my friends insulted me by saying the music i made is just garage band beats, so i came here to learn composition to shut him up. This is actually a good video and helps find me some software i could use that works, thank you.
No matter how long you’ve been a musician/composer, it’s good to go back to the basics because there’s always something more to learn. Thanks for this awesome video!
Hi Simon, I just wanted to say that these videos you're making are so valuable to me, especially the orchestration stuff. You have a serious talent for this, not sure if you're a teacher/lecturer, but these will help so many aspiring composers out there (like myself). They are really concise and high-quality, I just wish these videos where available when I was in high school, would have saved me a lot of time and student loans. Subscribed!
Hi Nicholas, thanks so much for your comment. Yes I am actually a teacher, but I spend most of my time teaching drums! I'm so glad you are finding the videos useful! Thanks for the support!
@@composingacademy8270 I downloaded your free beginners guide and it was really well made and succinct (much like your videos) and I very much appreciate that you generously do all of this for free. However, have you considered expanding your website and creating a more extensive tutorial package? Possibly even online classes, composition critique, or mentoring? Given the quality of your content, I feel like people would be willing to pay money for extra services. Just something to think about as your channel grows, definitely keep making these videos, but I think the amount of work you put into this is worth more than adsense revenue can provide.
@@nicholaslockepiano2279 I agree completely. I think many people would be willing to pay for such concise education without all the *fluff* that so many sites use to fill time in their videos.
I´m serious when i say this, i have tried to make music myself and couldn´t make it sound good, i saw this video and made a pretty nice song, thanks man!
I found this channel about a week ago. The content is presented in a clear and very useful way to get started immediately. I'm very happy with my subscription and checked notifications on. He delivers the material in a short period of time where other sites take four times as long and don't cover it as clearly as this site. Thank you
Wow this is nice thanks, If you haven't already, could you make a video about composing for already exisiting vocals for example People who do lyrics first then need to come up with a suitable backing track
I really love to listen to you. Your voice is really good and you talk not to fast like some other content creators do. They often go super fast and that gets me really nervous at times 😅 you doing a great job here! Thank you ! 🙏
Hi Richard, Thank you so much for your comment. My dialogue speed is something that I'm very aware of - I think I actually need to slow it down a little more! Thanks for your kind words!
As a beginner, this was really well put together & easy to understand. I use Dreams - which is a PlayStation game, or rather game creation system but it has a brilliant music creation system. I only play Dreams to create music. I’m going to use this video to help me create something new right now 👍
@@composingacademy8270 The music creator looks a lot like the program you were using in video except you use game controller to navigate. It’s a really underrated application in my opinion & great for someone who doesn’t have access to all the tech displayed in your video (although you need a game console). I made a track later that day using your tips. I went with chord progression 2. It sounds pretty good! Next time I’ll arrange something a little more complex
Hola. Great video. I watched to get help but realised I was doing what you suggest anyway without previously realising. I go back to my DAW with renewed impetus and confidence.
In future, I will direct beginners to composition to this video as it is one of the best explainers of the basic principles I have seen. I agree with another comment that the next stage would be to show how you can use these basic principles to create different emotions and energy level of music.
i am interested in piano music, i always listen to relaxing music while workin, but after watching this video i will try to make my own melody by following your steps. thank you
@@composingacademy8270 Any progress on orchestrating this piece? I'd love to see that as well. This is my favorite composing channel and as a beginner I'd love to see more in-depth stuff added to learn from.
Just stumbled across your channel, and blown away by how well things are explained. As a returning piano player, and I say piano player not pianist as I am a returning learner from many years ago, I own Live 11 and normally produce dance music but I am also interested in writing basic film scores. I think I must have watched seven of your videos in succession and have found the information invaluable. I look forward to more, hopefully of the beginner tips and advice and tutorials similar to this one. Glad I found your channel.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I'm glad you found the videos informative. I have Live 9 which I've used occasionally, but looking to upgrade to 11, so I can one day record some videos about writing film score/cinematic music using it. Thanks for watching!
@@composingacademy8270 I look forward to that, I also have East West Composer Cloud subscription but at the moment it is somewhat wasted as it is too advanced for me at the moment. Buy in haste repent at leisure ha ha.
I have been all over RU-vid for 2+ years now in my "getting back into music" thing and this is by far the best "how to write a song" out there, thank you! Is arpeggio sort of a subset of ostinato -- an ostinato that only contains notes of a chord? When composing for orchestra, do you usually start with piano, then move piano midi into other instruments when you orchestrate it, then add and alter as needed?
Hi Richard, thanks so much for your kind words - I'm glad you found the video useful! I like to think that an arpeggio and ostinato are closely linked - but yes an arpeggio only contains notes of the chord You could have a single arpeggio, which in that case, wouldn't make it an ostinato, because it wouldn't repeat. When composing for orchestra, I would normally use a piano sound just to come up with some initial ideas, such as a short melody or chord progression. Pretty quickly though, I start writing and orchestrating straight into the DAW using Samples, as I find the orchestration can help inspire me to write the next bit! I hope that helps! Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions!
So sorry in advance to be asking this kind of weird question, but should i be learning to compose simple things or complex things? Or is this one of those "depends on what you want to do as an artist" things? I'm restarting music after a break for some years, and I got as far as writing a 10 bars of a chord progression so far, but I'm not sure if I'm being ambitious enough, or it's too ambitious (ie.unecessarily difficult) for my skill level. At the very least, I (think) I'm happy with what I wrote so far though.
These videos are great and simple to follow. I'd like to be able to compose orchestral music for personal use in my DAW but have only basic music theory knowledge. I've played some instruments bat school but never learnt about chords, etc. I have a good ear but not sure how to start? Any recommendations? I'd like to find some 1:1 training if possible
Hey Simon, I received a email about that if i have received the free guide of Composing. Which is yes. Thank you for this great free resource!. I'm a bit careful of replying on emails so i choose the reply on RU-vid. Sorry for the inconvenient Thank you for the hard work you
Usually my compositions follow this order: 1 - chord progression 2 - Melody 3 - dynamics 4 - mixing 5 - mastering I use Sibelius and Reaper... Thank you for tips and tricks
Hi, yes that's usually the workflow order that I go through when writing. It can be interesting to try coming up with a melody first and then harmonising that as well!
I have found you videos really informative. I love listening to orchestral music and have no music back ground, but recently I have been drumming some stuff in Cakewalk DAW after understanding the fundamental part of music. I shall keep practicing and learning with hopes I doing trailer music, which I love 🖖
Wow thank you so much for this video. Extremely valuable. I hadn't realized how much I tend to overcomplicate the melodies and also I don't let them develop more slowly. Two key things I believe! Do you remember what was the tempo for this example? Thanks!
Hey man excellent tutorial ❤but I have an question that any DAW can work to compose piano piece like ableton in my case I glad if you reply this question
How can we compose without this software like how old people used to compose without software because i don't have sucha software so i want to learn first how to make it withoutan app or any software
Coming back 4 months later with a bit more insight, is it to end with a C major chord because we are playing within the C scale and it feels conclusive to end (to resolve) with the base note of the scale you are in?
When you did the ostinatos at the end, did they replace the original harmony (just playing each chord in sequence) or were they an addition on top of the melody and the harmony?
Hello sir. I have a question. I’m a complete beginner on music composing but I’m an expert at playing the piano and I know something about music theory. I also heard a tone of music genres. Will this video be too easy for me to learn?
Something I just noticed is that in the midi keyboard representation, c3 is middle c (c0-c7) whereas on a piano, c4 is middle c (c1-c8). Very confusing and something I've never seen pointed out.
I get that it's hard to initially gain subscribers on youtube but please don't insert that subscribe animation every minute (if you absolutely have to, please keep it at the start and end), it's rather jarring and makes it hard to focus on the contents of the video. Great video :)
Hi Ashley, many thanks for your honest feedback. I'll make sure to take on board your advice for subsequent videos, in order to improve them. Thank you!
