Hey guys. I am a trailer music composer. Podcaster. Illustrator. Writer. Educator. Husband. Father. And a huge fan of coffee
I've been thinking a lot this week about direction and how (seemingly) hard it is to find. And, how it seems even harder to then confidently move in the direction you have chosen. When I first embarked on creating content online (about 7 years ago now). I was...
This month I decided to get back into my trailer music tutorials on my Trailer Music YouTube channel and I have been having a blast. I have delved into inspiring first acts, dark dystopian first acts, and also action comedy drum tracks. What doing this has reminded me is that...
There are more pianos than you might think and each of them has their very own distinct sound and character. Let's check them out.
When creating an arrangement of a piece of music or a song it is really important to be able to quickly and easily navigate around the individual sections. That is where coloured markers can come in handy.
In this article, I explain what root notes are and what purpose they serve us musicians and composers.
You know when you need a piano part in your track but you can’t seem to make it sound any good? I wrote this article to solve that exact problem.
I wanted this week's newsletter to be a little "thank you" for you all being awesome. As Simon Wells says: Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity And as you are so generous to give me your attention I want to return the favour....
We all have pianos in our DAW but a lot of them sound like 80s keyboards. Let me show you 5 steps you can take to make your piano sound more realistic and authentic.
In this article, I give you 5 ways to make your piano chords sound better. This is a piano-focused tutorial for those of you who want to improve your piano writing skills. Even if you don't consider yourself a pianist these tips will really help you to improve...