Hey guys. I am a trailer music composer. Podcaster. Illustrator. Writer. Educator. Husband. Father. And a huge fan of coffee
I don't know about you, but all my adult life and most of my childhood I have had this burning desire to make music and to sing songs. It seemed like the only way to come close to the explosions of colour and emotion that I felt inside...
In this episode of The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Davey about his journey from working as a part-time labourer to landing regular placements as a trailer music composer. In the Podcast, We Cover: * How Chris first learned about trailer music * How...
The importance of well-placed details in your music for creating excitement and anticipation in the listener/editor/client.
Triplets are an essential part of producing interesting and dynamic rhythms in music. I will show you how to do triplets in Logic Pro in the score editor and piano roll. What is the Triplet note symbol? Knowing what the triplet note symbol looks like is essential when using the...
I use templates for new projects and albums that I am working on. They help me keep each track sounding like it is from the same sound world. Templates are also a great way to save time by not having to load up all the instruments in every new project....
I recently wrote a little manifesto/pep-talk to myself because I'd been struggling with a bout of self-doubt, which had turned into questioning my purpose. I've included it below. Dear Rich, I know how you feel. It’s scary to feel alone. To feel like there...
You have just sat down to write a new piece of music, opened up a new session in Logic Pro X, sat at your keyboard and hit record. The trouble used to be that your recording was out of time. Not any more. You can just quantize it and it...
My mind is often overactive. Some evenings I sit to relax and hear an audible click as my mind switches on. Like someone just turned on the production line at a factory. I can actually hear cogs turning and footsteps as the workers arrive. Their voices getting louder and louder....
[Here's the video transcript] My track 'Thread of Time' recently landed on a trailer for the video game, The Lost Ark. They've just done an update called the 'Artist' series. And they used my track 'Thread of Time'. In this...