Doctors and composers seemingly have very different career paths; one is creative and insecure while the other is technical and more lucrative. But when we peel back the layers, we reveal that these two career fields aren't so opposite. Especially when we're talking about writing music, they have quite a lot of overlap in terms of motivation,...
A blank page is intimidating. You are staring at a void of nothingness, with the intention of turning it into art. How is music born? With the paradox of choice, with the ability to write anything in the whole world, how do you narrow it down? What is the thought process that goes into the choices that...
Let’s talk about the part of the composition process that no one likes talking about: getting stuck. Welcome back to The Composer Challenge. Today I want to dive into the less glamorous part of composing, but it’s something we all experience. There comes a point where we hit a block; where material doesn’t flow easily, you can’t quite...
Today on The Composer Challenge, I'm going to break down the tools I use for composing and how they work together to capture my ideas. As an artist, inspiration can come from anywhere so I needed to develop a system that can work for me no matter where I am, or what form the idea comes in....