Science fiction spawns technological ideas into reality, while the growth of A.I aims to set humanity free to innovate, it too can serve as a creative tool to educate and produce jobs.
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Producing Music With A.I. Are we Cheating Ourselves, or is it a Tool?
Reviewing the results of a twitter poll in which users were asked about AI and music writing.
Read MoreThe Cost of Freeing Humanity
Ai and creativity, what is the cost to humanity?
Read MoreAI Music Tools: Orb Composer Pro S
Hands on short review of orb composer with example tracks.
Read MoreInsight To Cue Sheets & Performance Royalties
A cue sheet is a list of music that has been used or will be used in an audio visual programme outlet such as TV, film or video. In order for the list to be useful, it will need to contain the following information:
Music duration
Type of music (Background/featured etc.)
Composer/artist name
Publisher details
TV/Film production details
Reconnected - Short Film Music Score
Recently I have been busy working with director Mo Cheriet to develop an original score to his short film Reconnected. I became immediately interested in the film after watching the teaser trailer. I reached out to Mo with some music mock ups and ideas I had for the film score. One week later, and Mo got back to me, we got talking about the story of Reconnected - What is the movie? What are we trying to say? What is the appropriate instrumentation?
Read MoreEverything You Need To Know About EQ!
Regardless of who you are, we have all heard of the term EQ, and to top it off, most of us have used some sort EQ in the past. “That car radio has no bass” So we adjust the bass, “I can’t hear the guitars through my iPod” We turn the Mids and Treble up. There you have it, you have used EQ before to fix a situation, now lets dive a little deeper and widen your understanding of EQ.
Read MoreReading Books to Overcome Writer's Block: The Key to Unlocking Musical Inspiration
I just finished reading the Mistborn Trilogy by author Brandon Sanderson. I absolutely loved the story, characters, and the world itself. It was an epic roller-coaster ride, that left me gasping for more. After I finished the book I immediately started to compose music based on the characters and locations that I read about, all for my own personal satisfaction. My girlfriend started to overhear some of the compositions that I have been working on, she is currently reading the Mistborn Trilogy herself and started to link the pieces of composed music to the characters with a surprising accuracy.
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