Gaming Music: How to Price Your Composition Work
If you’re first starting out scoring music for games, it’s important to know what to charge for your labor so you don’t shortchange yourself or undervalue your skills. In this article you’ll learn about industry going rate, bundling, upselling, revisions, overages, and perhaps most importantly, how to figure out what a client can afford.
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‘Halloween’ Theme: What Makes the Music so Scary?
The music from the 1978 film “Halloween” was revolutionary, not just because director John Carpenter also composed the score, but because of Carpenter’s adventurous use of early synth pads and stabs, which helped him create one of the most powerful and creepiest soundtracks of all time.
Music Composition Techniques and Resources
Learn various music composition techniques and resources that will help you get started as you write your own piece of music.
Acoustics in Music: Outdoor, Indoor, and Isolated Spaces
Learn the basics of acoustics as it applies to various music spaces with the help of Berklee Online course author Eric Reuter.
6 Original Blues Guitar Architects to Rediscover
The musical elements of blues are distinctly African in origin—the pentatonic scales, polyrhythms, use of microtones and pitch bends, and call and response phrase structure all originate from the African continent. Black History Month is the perfect time to get reacquainted with these architects of the blues guitar.
Acoustic Guitar Techniques to Move Past Beginner Level
To get your acoustic guitar sounding like Joni Mitchell’s, Nick Drake’s, James Taylor’s, and Lindsey Buckingham’s, here are three acoustic guitar techniques that you can start practicing today.
The Movie Score: Lessons from 5 Classic Films
Ben Newhouse shares film scoring tips from the movies “Troy,” “Cold Mountain,” “The Green Mile,” “Jurassic Park,” and “The Matrix.”
Scoring for Games: Composing Music for Interactive Media
Michael Sweet shares eight techniques that can be used to score interactive music for video games.
7 Fundamental Metal Guitar Techniques
Learn how to stop sounding mechanical and start sounding like some of your favorite Metal guitar artists in this series of video tutorials by Shaun Michaud.
How to Improvise in Ableton Live
Break out of your rigid DAW routines and learn how to improvise in Ableton Live with the help of Berklee Online music production course author Erin Barra.
