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.
The Courage to Commit
How do you know you’ve found “a really beautiful and worthwhile musical idea”? How do balance the “courage to commit to an idea that might be good” vs. “enough awareness” to abandon an idea that “just isn’t great”?
Why Farmers Work Smarter Than Composers
If you’re like most composers, when you sit down at your desk or think about what you’re going to work on tomorrow, you probably think some variation of “It’s time to compose!”
Here’s the thing: Any farmer could tell you why that’s not helpful.