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Having trouble focusing on composing or creating? Here are a few ways to help make it easier:
Turn Everything Off
Nothing is more invasive than your technology buzzing unread notifications all...
Balancing my work as a composer, content creator, and educator can be tough.
To prevent myself from working weekends or pulling all-nighters, I employ six strategies to protect my time and...
If you’re a composer writing orchestral music and you haven’t made a template yet, you could be saving hundreds of hours a year.
Templates aren’t for everyone, but...
I saw entrepreneur and educator Chris Do speak at a university a few weeks ago.
During the panel, a student asked Chris what he thought about the influx of A.I., and what it meant for...
As educational resources have grown on YouTube, I've seen a lot of emphasis on how to write music quickly.
On one hand, I totally get it. I'm a full-time composer, so efficiency and...
This topic stumped me for a while. Here's the short of it:
Computers do two things at once with data: reading and writing.
When composing in a DAW, your computer reads the...