The Name Game Pro Tip:
  1. Didja accidentally blow through the whole, "We're using our real names" thing on registration? No problem, just send me (Mike) a Conversation message and I'll get you sorted, by which I mean hammered-into-obedient-line because I'm SO about having a lot of individuality-destroying, oppressive shit all over my forum.
    Dismiss Notice
  2. You're only as good as the harshest criticism you're willing to hear.
    Dismiss Notice

Learning and Progressing forward

Discussion in 'Info, Requests, etc.' started by Ahmed Ali, Jun 10, 2021.

  1. #1 Ahmed Ali, Jun 10, 2021
    Hello Everyone,

    I just joined the group after watching Mike on YouTube.

    A brief background, I am a film composer in my country and usually I would end up composing for films and it would be fine, till the time everything started to sound the same and I quickly lost interest in scoring for films. I started to watch videos online to up my game and all they did was frustrate me further because I had all the tools but there was a huge learning gap in the way that my mind would hear something but when it comes to programming and achieving it I would completely suck at it. I realized that my entire foundation is broken. I realized I sucked.

    Lo and behold, I started learning, I saw everything that I could possibly can and would try but to no avail. I kept on struggling. Finally though, I decided that in order to go where I do want to go there will never be shortcuts, so I decided to go slow and steady everyday. I am self taught, but I lacked having mentors guiding me. Now, I want to break that paradigm and reach a new plateau. I wanted to join this community for 2 reasons:

    1: A kick on the behind to get on with it.
    2: A group that would take me through the learning and guide me to take things the right way.

    So, if I was (am) a beginner, what and how should I go about learning something new. Where do I start. How do I start?

    My aim is to be able to communicate stories effectively through music.
     
    Timothy B Mathis likes this.
  2. #2 Bjarke Tan, Jun 10, 2021
    "How do i start?"
    I think the simplest way is just actually start composing a lot of scores. Compose music daily.
    There is some things you can do to improve your scores which is:
    1: Buy Mike Vertas Master Classes and take notes.
    https://mikeverta.com/product-category/masterclasses/
    2: Buy scores on Amazon or any other website and study them deeply. (dover scores are great)
    3: Transcribe pieces you like.
    4: Get feedback on the forum.
    Posting some of your pieces here on the forum is a great way to improve. Others can notice things which can be hard to notice oneself.
    5: Always be aware of your own weaknesses in your compositions and try to improve them.
    A good way if it isn't obvious at first what your weaknesses are is to analyse scores and notice the diffrence between that one and your own piece.
    6: Create an environment which makes you set a higher standard for yourself.
    One way to do this is to listen a lot to the great composers such as John williams, Ravel, Franz Liszt etc. Read books about great composers, watch old films where the music was a higher standard than it is today.

    If you are looking to get a teacher for composition some good ones are Jjay berthume and Alan belkin you can check them out on youtube.
     
  3. #3 Carlos Riesco, Jun 10, 2021
    Hi Ahmed, welcome.

    I think the most common answer you will get here is: Transcribe.

    And I will qoute Mike's answer in this thread: https://redbanned.com/threads/masterworks-a-comprehensive-collaborative-list.502/
     
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page