Lovely. Been practicing forever but I think it’s time to learn to read sheet music 😊

Super valuable content, Zach! It's a feeling I had recently until I understood I wanted to do too much and even the task paralysis. That is better if I plan some lil tasks and then I focus my energy on these

What DAW do you use to create the ambience?

1:35 Absolutely killed Beethoven there

My man when i first came across one of ur video, I thought he was one of those million subscriber person but I really am shocked knowing u haven’t crossed 100K truely u are underrated… you deserve way more. Best wishes

Thank you Zach: really helpful! One of the big dangers for me is getting absorbed in my music activities; but I am learning to balance creating my 'art' with other necessary (and no more mundane) tasks. I am even trying to compose in short (e.g. 20 minute) bursts rather than feel I need to 'zone out' for hours and get... well, absorbed again. Great video!

Thank you for this 😅

0:46 _cough_ Oogway Ascends _cough_

ur handsome aslo love ur voice aslo u helped me sm

I really recommend giving the Attack on Titan soundtrack a listen! I think the composer of the music, Hiroyuki Sawano, made some incredible pieces for it. I'd really love to see a breakdown of it! (if and when you're able of course :D)

😘 thx man

No link?

Thanks for posting this. I really love music but have some real insecurities on how to use it to make a living. The tradeoffs are real for sure. The question is how do you do something you really love but still be able to pay your bills. No easy answers.

Thank You Zach! Just want to start making music and this is the video that i need! Much Love Brother!

And how could I do to modulate from F mimor to F sharp major?

I love that Bear wanted my favorite vocalist ever, Eivor. He heard her on the Last Kingdom Soundtrack. Having Eivor is like having one of the best musical instruments in the world available and she can improvise like hell as well. There isn't anything vocally she can't do, from Beatbox to Opera.

As a composer, how do I settle with my sense of self when hiring another arranger to reimagine my pieces? I'm not amazing at arranging for full orchestra, and I lack the skillsets of other arrangers to create virtual mockups at the CD quality level, hence the hiring. Should I continue to feel genuine with my ability level as a composer and be okay with someone else working on my music for the listener to enjoy our music? I'm stubborn with wanting to do it all myself, yet I'm not egotistic enough to know when I need to hire an arranger to push my ideas to higher levels. 1) hire the arranger 2) develop ideas more with midi and hire someone for the virtual mockup 3) do everything myself to have my name and efforts on the music, earning personal growth as an arranger Pick one and give me some advice, everyone :)

This was so inspiring ive just started dipping my fingers into composing and ive always loved danny elfmans music....i was driving to work as i was listening to your video so couldnt see much but loved it... can i ask what orchestral vsts this was... sounds real epic! Thanks mate

Amazing

Where is that harpsichord color midi piano came from

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Making music isn't fun anymore. You can now play as Luigi.

This is probably the third time I’ve watched this video 😅

Cool video as always. Heard this advice a lot. But the real question is, where do you find people to connect with in the first place? 😅

From the perspective of a graphical artist, I notice that AI really just gives up when you try to make something that departs from things that it has seen millions of times. It just won't give you precisely what you want unless you spend hours tweaking the prompts and feeding back into image to image over and over again to tweak it. After that it's STILL not exactly what you wanted. After hours of mounting frustrations you really wish you could just talk to a human who can guide you through the process of finding what you're really looking for, and you wonder if commissioning an artist for $200 (3-5 hours of work) may not have been the better choice.

Got to hear some of this music performed live at the Hollywood Bowl, it literally gave me chills! Epic can’t even begin to describe this music. It’s transcendent.

Thanks for sharing!

0:18 Brought me back to when I was 7🥲

whenever i use an ensemble patch i just use it to get quick ideas down that i can later expand on in individual sections or when im in my notation software.

awesome!

C major and F# major still has one common chord. Isn't the G major the dominant of C major and the Neapolitan 6th of F# major?

Another amazing video & topic, Zach! I love that your advice is basically spiritual but concise and to the point. I'm not 'in the industry', meaning not composing music for companies or clients but for myself and very small audience on KZbin but my dream would be to reach more people (and, later on, to have people play my music) but your advice is great and important no matter the creative field and surrounding factors! Thanks again for sharing 🙏🏼🎶

Great video Zach. Made me think of this: "You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail." - Charlie Parker

Good thoughts! I also think we need to be willing to let WHAT we love about composing change and grow over time. From C.S.Lewis: "...it is just the people who are ready to submit to the loss of the thrill and settle down to the sober interest, who are then most likely to meet new thrills in some quite different direction. The man who has learned to fly and become a good pilot will suddenly discover music; the man who has settled down to live in the beauty spot will discover gardening."

Yo, can you make an online networking guide?

Amazing video as always. Exactly what most people need but don't know they do

I just did drawing and composing for fun, but I have never been very good at either. Since the rise of AI I lost all joy in it. I can't explain it precisely, but somehow I have no issues in being mediocre and having other people being way better than me, but having a computer that does it better instantly took all air out of me. I am not joking, the last small piece of music I wrote was the day before Udio was released (unleashed). I don't know or even understand myself why I hate it SO much and why it take all the fun out of it, I mean I am lterally an engineer myself, who has worked at designing AI systems, but I always envisioned them to solve issues in medicine (which is part of my work) and other fields that are just rattled with human suffering. Instead now, they invaded the realm that was a huge source of human joy, wonder and happiness. Why? Just because it was "easy" and looks impressive to reel in all that sweet venture capital...

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This is a fantastic video for creatives in general. People can spend years learning this stuff and you just casually broke it down in a twelve minute video. That's impressive 👏

Something that I implemented this year was raising my minimum level of engagement to $480 for a film scoring project and only saying yes to projects I'm truly excited about!

What small step can you take starting now to protect your passion for music? I'd love to hear - leave a comment below!

This is nuts. I can't imagine how long it would have taken me to get this all done just fiddling and hoping.