Wizarding Notes
Official Blog of the Wizarding School for Composers
The 4 Levels of Composing Craft
The first rule of composing is “learn the craft.” But craft includes more than just materials like melody, harmony, and orchestration. Rather, it encompasses four different levels that work together to create the magic of your music.
How to Compose Like a Professional
Without fluency in both technique AND process, you can’t compose like Michael Giacchino, for instance, and take on a project like Rogue One last minute — with only 4½ weeks to score and record it — and then complete it while still working steady hours of 9 AM-6 PM.
What I Learned from Quitting Music
I’d had it with music. Composing was too hard, too frustrating. Little did I know that my alternate career path would help me understand composing better than I had before — and reinvigorate my creative spark.
