Hey guys. I am a trailer music composer. Podcaster. Illustrator. Writer. Educator. Husband. Father. And a huge fan of coffee
When I was little I was sort of obsessed with taking cuttings from plants. Especially money plants. I loved the fact that you could take off one of the leaves and leave it in water and eventually, it would grow its own roots. I would then take that leaf, put...
In this post, I am going to show you how to convert audio to MIDI in Logic. Convert To New Sampler Track... Load the audio you want to use into your Logic session. Double-click on the audio file (or press "W") to open up the file editor. In...
I have been really struggling with my inner critic this week. It has been on overdrive. Almost every time I sit down to write or edit a piece of music I hear a voice saying stuff like, "This is rubbish, why do you even bother? I can't...
In this episode of the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jiri Nemec. Jiri reached out to me via email with the subject line "Star Wars placement at 17 thanks to your podcast", and I knew I had to have him on...
This week I want to talk about labels. I release a podcast but I don’t see myself as a podcaster. I run but I don’t see myself as a runner. I play the piano and yet I don’t see myself as a pianist. I am known as...
In this post, I show you how to export your song in Logic Pro X.
This month I have been working on my "tentpole" trailer cues (the big trailers basically). This has meant that I have been spending much longer on each cue rather than churning out loads of cues quickly. This is not my usual way of working and it is taking...
As you know, I am a composer by trade but I prefer to think of myself as a creative person. I like to write music but I also like to draw, play, film, write. The interesting thing is that I actually find it hard to express myself in person (verbally)...
Richard Interviews orchestral mixing and mastering engineer Joël Dollié about life as a freelance mixing engineer, course creator, and plugin developer.