Composition 9/9/19 Composition 9/9/19

On Randomness

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Composition 11/15/18 Composition 11/15/18

You Have a Writing Process, Even If You Don’t Know It

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Composition 2/19/18 Composition 2/19/18

A Musical Introduction is an Establishing Shot

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Composition 12/17/17 Composition 12/17/17

Put Your Strongest Ideas at the Beginning

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Composition 12/4/17 Composition 12/4/17

Common Problems Many Students Share

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Composition 10/9/17 Composition 10/9/17

Why Are We Afraid of Silence?

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Composition 8/21/17 Composition 8/21/17

"Writing Tools" by Roy Peter Clark

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Composition 8/6/17 Composition 8/6/17

Good Film Music is Not the Same as Good Music

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Composition 7/23/17 Composition 7/23/17

The Art of Poetry Is to Not Say Everything

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Composition 4/3/17 Composition 4/3/17

How I Get Unstuck and Avoid Writer's Block

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Composition 3/20/17 Composition 3/20/17

If You Only Study One Thing in Music

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Composition 11/4/16 Composition 11/4/16

"What shall I do next?" - Musical Form

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Composition 9/28/15 Composition 9/28/15

The Only "Right" Method Is The One That Works For You

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Composition 8/31/15 Composition 8/31/15

Seven Major Moments

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Film Scoring 8/5/15 Film Scoring 8/5/15

The Three Fundamental Principles of Film Scoring

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Composition 7/6/15 Composition 7/6/15

Use Opposites to Stay Interesting

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Film Scoring 5/14/15 Film Scoring 5/14/15

"Getting the Score - Pacing in American Beauty"

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Composition 4/6/15 Composition 4/6/15

Compose Postcards, Not Novels

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Composition 2/12/15 Composition 2/12/15

Use the Copying Technique to Study Composition

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Composition 1/7/15 Composition 1/7/15

On Being Fully Committed With Your Music

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