The Art of Scoring with Contemporary Techniques
As a composer with decades of experience scoring for films, television, and video games, I’ve had the opportunity to explore
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5 tips to orchestrate from piano
Orchestrating from a piano sketch is a common task in the film scoring world. A composer will sometimes give their
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Easily create ambient violin textures – part 2
If the first part of this article inspired you to create some violin recordings, you’re probably now staring at a
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Easily create ambient violin textures
As a violinist, I’m convinced that including live string instruments is an instant way to add depth and interest to
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Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 3
In the second part we talked about various virtual instruments that allow you to create mockups for Native style flute
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Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 2
In the previous part, I introduced you to Native American style flute. We talked about what it is and how
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Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 1
Using Native American style flutes in a score is quite close to my heart, because a score was the first
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The Creative power of restrictions
A love-letter to John Capenter, and the music of Assault on Precinct 13 Adapting to a new way of working
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Scoring with Notational Software: video sync
When you score with a notational software is very important being able to import a video file in order to
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