I got asked to take a midi file and turn it into a super hero string section. I split it up into violins 1, violins 2, violas, cellos and double basses. Then I added a string library specifically for staccato… Read More »Superhero Strings ā”
Finished writing my synthwave track today. Made a video showcasing all the synths and settings I used in Reason. Of course I had to add a VHS effect on top to give it that real 80s retro vibe.
REAPER just became a whole lot more beautiful š If you look below, you’ll see the exact same project open with the default REAPER theme. It’s only a tiny bit of audio editing by this new theme I’ve just applied… Read More »New REAPER Theme
I hope you all had a great Christmas break! Lloyd and I are back with a brand new episode all about the audio capabilities of the SNES and SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. We go through the steps you can take to… Read More »022 | History Of Video Game Music – SNES and SEGA Genesis
Originally written on Pickup Guitar.
For music teachers, especially remote teachers, one of the issues they often face is how to deliver the lesson material to students. You can email it over, send it via Skype during a lesson, share it via Drive or upload it to WeTransfer. All of those can get quite cumbersome after just a few lessons. There’s also no easy way for the student to reply back and ask questions about a given lesson. This is why I went down the student portal route.
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I wrote some SEGA Mega Drive music using the Deflemask tracker. 32s long loop. I wrote this piece in preparation for the next podcast episode of ComposerCast. In the episode Iām editing at the moment, we talked a little bit… Read More »Castle
Lloyd is now the official co-host of ComposerCast! We talk about music and sound in virtual reality including binaural audio recording techniques.Make sure you’re listening to this episode with headphones on because there’s a famous binaural audio experience half way… Read More »ComposerCast 021 – Music And Sound In VR
This is a guitar tutorial for The Civil Wars cover of Billie Jean. It’s a nice intermediate fingerpicking piece with a swing feel. Download the tab here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NKbO2mY8FLecfRiNR-HMFyzAL661yyld/view
This is a guitar tutorial for Palace by Matthew And The Atlas. It uses open chords, standard tuning and a capo on the 4th fret. I run through the fingerpicking pattern used in the track and explain how to play… Read More »Matthew And The Atlas ā Palace | Guitar Lesson