How To Develop a Theme or Melody

[@noble_rosethorn]

Wow, your third track is splendid! It really shows how much you have studied the greats! Can't wait for the game to be released!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. I am so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@JonasReynolds]

That third one gave me chills, holy shit, incredible music!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

That's really kind of you to say, thank you so much!

[@SvintMvrcus]

First thing I thought was wow an artist that was willing to quote Joe Rogan And JP on his channel. At the very least he’s an open-minded thinker so kudos to you 👏🏽 I feel like artists and musicians by default are very left leaning and completely closed off to anything that doesn’t align with those values so it’s refreshing to see that’s not always the case.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Haha, thank you very much. I felt like I was taking a bit of a risk by putting this in my video when I made it, because it was an alternative viewpoint to my typical peers and audience, but I thought what the hell, the content of their quotes stands alone from the guys who said it and it helps my point. Glad I was true to my own views in hindsight. Appreciate your support and thank you for watching :)

[@danilokb]

Thank you sir for the video. I just found out about your channel this morning and I have watched already most of the videos. I’m a beginner composer and have been desperately facing this lack of inspiration and new ideas.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

You’re very welcome! I’m glad you were able to find some use out of the videos on my channel. I hope to get back to uploading again soon. Thanks as always and good luck composing!!

[@YannickDP]

Hi Louie, great content! What do you use to make those staves transparent and white. It is a much more beautiful way of presenting music notation as you get to see what the music evokes in the background layer. I would love how to know how to do that. Thanks in advance!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Hey! Thanks so much for watching. Sure, all i did was export the score as images (or you could convert a pdf score into pngs) applied an invert colour effect, then added the images to my video editor and remove the remaining black background :)

[@YannickDP]

@@LouieTaylorMusic Thank you! Will try it out! Good luck with your channel and music!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you very much!@@YannickDP good luck to you too!

[@franciscoaragao5398]

Muito bom. Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you very much!

[@spungey1575]

Proud of how far you have come king

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you mate, nice to hear from you ❤️

[@mikelcomposition]

Beautiful pieces from your OST, can't wait till all of it is available.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you, that is very kind. I'll be announcing the Posts released on Spotify I'm a few months time, so make sure you stay tuned :)

[@neverlow777]

this is the level i wanna reach, the last piece was amazing

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

That’s so very kind of you to say, thank you very much. You sound very determined so I’m sure you’ll reach your goals. Good luck!

[@neverlow777]

@@LouieTaylorMusicdude I can’t stop listening to the last piece, so much to learn from you. Great channel , keep it up🙏

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

@@neverlow777 Thank you so much! That is so kind of you to say :) I am really glad you enjoyed the video and the music

[@مهدیمرادی-ج9ج]

Thank you for this video

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting!

[@marLamaDeo]

This is amazing, Thankyou for this!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you so much! That is very kind of you. If you enjoyed it as much as you say, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/louietaylormusic I'll be making much more content like this in the coming months and you could get exclusive early access and much more!

[@siyichenmusic]

Thank you for sharing your brilliant work and your deconstruction of other songs. Great video!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you so much, that mean so much to me! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.

[@cacauceluque]

Thank you for this great tutorial video. I also create soundtracks but in a more electronic arrangements. The piece you wrote for the Alchemy of the Earth is extremely beautiful! Congratulations! Best Regards!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you very much for your supportive comment! I'm so happy the video was enjoyable for you. Sounds great, keep up the composing!! All the best!

[@erik9817]

Great tune! What scoring software do you use?

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thanks very much! I use a mixture of Logic, Ableton, Cubase and notional software such as Dorico and Sibelius + protools for recording live sometimes. For the tracks in this video, and most of my orchestral tracks I use Logic :)

[@kappabravomusic2101]

This was very interesting and educational video. Thank you for sharing your thought and techniques.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Thank you so much, I’m really glad you enjoyed the video.

[@kappabravomusic2101]

@@LouieTaylorMusic Definitely looking forward to seeing more

[@mimisaiko]

Journey's Soundtrack is the worst choice if you are testing out a speaker. It sounds good on every kind of speaker.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Haha yes indeed

[@benedictjohnson2176]

Please don’t quote Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson 😭

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Ah, politics. What they said still stands, in my opinion. You can disagree with the quote, and you can have your own opinion on those two figures, but I still stand by the content of their quotes.

[@SvintMvrcus]

Oh hush

[@sherlockhooves574]

@@LouieTaylorMusic It's not like either of those ideas originated with those people. You can make use the content of their quotes without giving actively harmful voices even more of a platform.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

@@sherlockhooves574 Well, I personally don't think they're harmful. I don't want to get into a debate about this. This is a music channel, not political. Personally, I like them both & I know both of them have been helpful in their work for a lot of people. And of course those ideas didn't originate with those people. Just like making use of a suspension in music didn't originate with Austin Wintory, but if he does it well I'm still going to say he did so. Jordan Peterson had a good point, his quote was on hand & I used it.

[@petertremblay3725]

As a game dev i don't see a lot of people playing that game!

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

Which game do you mean, sorry? Journey?

[@petertremblay3725]

@@LouieTaylorMusic The last one sorry i didn't specify.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

@@petertremblay3725 No worries, yeah that game isn't actually out yet, it's still in development. It does have a steam page now, though: store.steampowered.com/app/2788430/Alchemy_of_the_Earth/

[@petertremblay3725]

@@LouieTaylorMusic The sad truth is that game with no violence don't sell very well.

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

@@petertremblay3725 Often true, but not always the case. I think there is a cult market for most alternative approaches to gaming. I don't believe the intention of the developer is to sell millions of copies as much as it is to express his own passion for the genre of game he's making and share with like minded people, which I applaud him for, to be honest.