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Creating Instrumental Music

Instructor: Al Joseph
Topic: Theory
Style: Any Style
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    Creating Instrumental Music: Intro Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Creating any kind of music is a wonderful experience. That feeling of expressing yourself through music is just too addictive to comprehend. Although this is true, so many of us get caught up in the "dos and don'ts" of even the simplest aspects of this craft, making this free experience a prison. Especially when it comes to composing music. Today I want to ...

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    Creating Instrumental Music: 3 Steps To A Full Work Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: I can't tell you how many of my students have told me they've either started an idea and can't finish it, or they want to start but just can't get an idea going. The thing is there are always ideas floating around. In my case I always have ideas going, but where I get caught up is whether I'm plagiarizing or not, which paralyzes the process as well. We all h...

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    Creating Instrumental Music: Road Map Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Notice: 1. I finished the whole song or "outline" first. Having a guitar handy definitely didn't hurt any. 2. Take note the fact that I wrote a chord melody so by default I have both the chords and melody telling me what to do next. 3. Listen to your ideas. So many apiring artists try to just throw things in all at once. Let the song write itself. Trust y...

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    Creating Instrumental Music: Instrumentation/Arrangement Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: 1. We have our "instrumentation", the choice of color for the piece of music 2. Notice how the bass guitar, the drums, and guitar are not in each other's way. 3.Notice how the drummer keeps the high-hat closed for quite parts and open to introduce climactic parts as well. These are all arrangment tools you can think about when thinking about what type of ...

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    Creating Instrumental Music: Wrap Up with Lead Guitar Al Joseph
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    Instructor: Al Joseph Level: Intermediate Topic: Theory Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: I hope this helped you guys. Remember to push though this stage and do not stop until you are FINISHED with your composition. Also, keep in mind not to go too overboard where you never finish a song either. The idea is to get you writing and writing and building up your experience. This will give you a better reference for yourself as well. Remember to hit ...

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