Let's Write Some Music!

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How To Write Music explores the fundamental skills that underpin every great piece of music whether it’s a song or a film score, string quartet or video game sounds track.
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Today I'm just going to sit down and write a bit of music with some nice sounds and have some fun. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE MORE FUN. See how it turns out, learn something along the way, come and join me.
Here are the sounds I used in today's piece:
Pigments from Arturia
www.arturia.com/products/soft...
Petrichor Winds from Fracture Sounds
fracturesounds.com/product/pe...
Tyrolean Harp from weyerTon
www.weyrerton.com/tyrolean-ha...
Evolution Steel Strings from Orange Tree Samples
www.orangetreesamples.com/pro...
0:00 Start
00:35 My new template
01:58 VSL Duality Strings Sordino
02:35 Arturia Pigments
03:20 Scoring begins - Pigments Pad
05:40 Adding Tyolean Harp ostinato
08:00 Adding delay to the harp
09:42 Petrichor Winds
12:10 Evolution Steel String Guitar
12:37 Eventide Blackhole

[@philipford6183]

Just wanted to say I really like this kind of video from you, Guy. Speaking for myself (and hopefully for many others), I find it reassuring that even a talented fella like you sometimes fluffs things up, and has to feel your way towards whatever it is you have in mind for your composition. That process I enjoy watching; it's inspirational and optimistic. All these wonderful, amazing VSTi plugins we have at our disposal these days (and Pigments is, indeed, an outstanding and inspirational creative powerhouse) can often leave us bemused, overwhelmed to the point of inertia. That's where you step in and remind us to chill out, and just play about a bit. Something will arrive, keep going. It's the wonder of it, really, isn't it?

[@galileoskyechrismancaro365]

The best KZbin film composer out there! Congrats on yet another quality video, and nice sunglasses!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

thank you

[@BAMac964]

It is so entertaining watching your process Guy. Now I know I'm not alone fussing at myself when I mess up a take! Lol! Brilliant stuff here sir.

[@FLH3official]

So right, when I see Guy strugling against some tempo and failed notes I see myself in my studio when I fight with my fingers, moaning silently in my head, insulting myself (without such a talent nor a video cam, obviously)

[@C_F_M]

That was fun 🙃

[@pmishraofficial]

The energy that Guy brings in all of his videos is just amazing. Internet is still a good place because of this channel.

[@carltonhall6628]

I do indeed like the content and have done one of Guy's courses and have just purchased the Music Theory course as a Christmas present to myself. It is so inspiring to watch a piece of music created, dragged into being, whilst showing what works and more importantly what didn't work. Seeing how Guy works around issues that arise is so useful for when a similar thing happens to me. Keep up the fab videos.

[@raymondspagnuolo8222]

Always inspiring!!!!

[@yams900]

You're the best (and funny) !

[@JeremyMonteiroTV]

I love all your stuff but this one in particular touched me.

[@mvo5720]

Yet another great video full of stuff that make things look so easy.......... if only they were for an old folkie and novice like me.😀 Thanks Guy.🍷

[@hwynne]

This sounds very Star Trek! I really like the vibe

[@GoalRift]

Thanks for your continuous help!

[@tobbebergman7583]

Fantastic and very inspirational ! Thanks Guy !

[@padr8141]

Total Pink Floyd High Hopes vibes there at the start.

[@wolfpox]

You're one of the few producers who just gets in there and takes us on your journey, with a brisk pace. It's appreciated

[@stoatsnhoney]

I've been struggling to write more original music as I often get stuck thinking too much about my favorite film scores. I couldn't get away from this one progression, so I decided to watch one of Guy's videos for some inspiration. What do you know, the opening chord progression he's using in the pads is the same as the one stuck in my head! It actually made me realize how different a chord progression can sound through tempo, time signature, and texture.

[@wheresallthezombies]

This is great. Just found the channel through a melodies video. I’m 36 and want to release a post rock/post metal/ambient album. So I’m researching to make better melodies. Figured I need great melodies to stand out and make instrumental music exciting for people who don’t normally listen to instrumental.

[@sourcefor]

Guy always delivers!

[@therealmattmann]

I, too, love Asturia's Pigments! It's so easy to make great sounds with it. Great composition as always, Guy!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

NO IDEA why I didnt find it sooner. Better late than never!

[@giovanniponte4806]

Beautiful.

[@jamesdoanecompositions]

When you first came in with the 'tune' of 2 notes for the guitar... I lost it! I usually laugh at some point during your videos, but I was in tears I was laughing so hard. You did such a build up for that 'tune' too :)

[@thewrenchreviews9986]

Excellent dip into your compositional mind and what inspires the journey therein. Of course being eyebrow deep in libraries and synths etc., doesn't hurt either.

[@ericleigh007]

So I was working on some dry IT stuff yesterday, and Guy was writing more great music. I think he wins.

[@cryptosecuritytools]

Guys sometimes like to brag about the size of their template. But seriously, I love this kind of content. Over the shoulder of an old pro. Been there!

[@adrimathlener8008]

In less that 2 minutes you've made me even love #Pigments even more. Thank you.

[@beadlesastout]

Regards Guy, after watching a fair few videos of solo instrument libraries, its quite astounding how many of the creators and people obviously being asked by companies to help promote their libraries, either over quantise or program the samples in. Ive only seen one so far advise people to play in samples live as much as you can. As a classic trumpet and cornet player you play in a way that is always adjusting your sound on the fly to the room, other players around you and the room acoustics. Samples are always limited so playing in live allows you to adjust your tempo, swing and note length to suit the samples to your piece. It would be good if you could go into this in a video to demonstrate how playing in live will help with getting the samples sounding more real as you can adjust to everything live. You may already have and ive missed it. So many demos and influencer promos are actually making some good sample libraries sound poor when they are not.

[@kayceparkinson9018]

What do you mean "nothing exciting, just writing a bit of music"? That's entirely why your channel is one of my favorites. The composition was amazing and I was super happy that I got to watch some of your content today. Thank you again for... doing exactly this sort of thing.

[@DaveDickens]

You’re gonna have to tell us the right web address your editor must pull his hair out 😂😂😂. As always, wonderful stuff. Thank you. Cheers Dave

[@dsbarf]

Ah just in time for a cozy friday afternoon with Guy!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

exactly

[@bartvanriel]

Well Guy, you have clearly been paying attention to Tim in the Introduction to Mixing course. Nice stuff!

[@therealmattmann]

And, of course, now I'll have to check out and probably buy Petrichor. THANKS ALOT, GUY!! 😂

[@raffaelem2005]

lovely video as usual

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

enjoy!

[@metacouture]

Thank You 🙏 for this. I hope your weekend is the vibe you want 🙏🙏🙏 ~ stefan

[@mcasualjacques]

the blackhole reverb sounds like what one would use to make an electic guitar sound acoustic with a large body

[@SovKnight]

I thought Guy lived somewhere in England. Why is it always sunny on his shed? Where does he live in England where it's always sunny?

[@juise15]

I hope Guy does some more Christmas music soon

[@DrNikolaiLee]

Have you done a video using only free or basic libraries? I love all of these, but each one is so expensive. Also, do you have a video where you list your top libraries to buy first? Thanks for all your amazing content!!

[@AndreasvanHaren]

Lovely video as usual, Guy! Are we getting an early Christmas scoring video this year?

[@MadelnMachines]

I'd love if you could do a video explaining how to recreate the climaxes of Game of Thrones S7 Official Soundtrack | Dragonstone - Ramin Djawadi. I wonder how many tracks, how much ram, what software packages, template, orchestration would make something like this. Gives me goosebumps.

[@soureel]

Very nice. My question is, if you consider what's been composed so far, how would you develop ideas for a next section? And would you always work out details (i.e., multiple tracks/sounds) for each section, like you've done here, before going on to compose the next section?

[@sonnyleesmith]

Just found this video. Dude, I’m a rock n roll guy who is just an intermediate daw user for a hobby, and I hit your video by accident, lol but this video was awesome! Just seeing your enthusiasm for creating your own music is inspiring! Keep rocking, my man.

[@OtelloAzzali]

Thanks Guy. Always the best.

[@DanielaTocan]

Pigments I have, but just because ist unified. VSL I did drop complete. Guy you do the wrong collaborations to join yours courses. I did book Jonny May the courses.

[@lahattec]

Here is something for the agenda.... how about showing in Cubase how to deal with changing tempo for a particular cue mid-way into a video project without screwing up the alignment of all the following cues? And having multiple tracks, of course. I am really struggling with this. Thanks! :)

[@creativekeyspianostudio6695]

Great content again, really helpful videos Guy. I just finished a tune what I've been working on for a while, actually I started writing this song during Covid, and lated just had no time to finish. Actually this is the first ever song I've written for full orchestra. It would be incredibly great if you could have a chance to check this out, I really would like to know your thoughts about this tune. I would really appreciate that. Tom

[@alexwatson6082]

Excellent as always. Quick question on the template - how do you find loading times between cues when each is using a fairly normal orchestral size? I'm still using VEP on the local machine, as I figure the load time would slow me down when switching cues within Cubase.

[@rdg3377]

Hi guy, Brilliant, I was about to write some music..

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

and now you're wathcing me! STOP watching and write music

[@rdg3377]

😆 Youre the only distraction I will allow today..love the channel@@ThinkSpaceEducation

[@AntonovichHicksenbrau]

Hi Guy ! 🎶

[@matt_phistopheles]

Have you ever tried to do a score with just simulations instead of the sampled instruments? I love Pianoteq and I've seen some impressive simulations of wind and brass instruments lately. Drums and percussion have been virtual forever. It would be great to see these used in a professional score instead of the typical libraries.

[@TraneFrancks]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've noticed you switch between Logic and Cubase. Is there a specific workflow that one offers over the other that determines your choice of DAW on a given day?

[@joelwybrew]

So we have a sample library template rundown from Guy? (Like in more detail) CAN WE GET ONE? 😮

[@giovannialfano5979]

Sorry, but...sun in December in UK?

[@quickbrown-f0x]

Here's Guy coming up with about 75% of the score for "The Martian/Crossing Mars" in under 20 minutes. Brilliant. 👍🏻🤭

[@Am6-9]

I had a look at the thinkspace courses for BF, but I didn’t find one that would fit me: “string arrangement for pop songs for dummies”. I don’t do orchestral stuff, but once in a while I like to do some strings for pop/folksongs, and I suck at it. Anyone knows a good course that teaches how to do realistic MIDI string arrangements for that purpose?

[@MartinJG100]

Good stuff, Guy. PS - Out of interest, is that keyboard propped against the wall behind you the one which took a trip to the bottom of your swimming pool and does it still work?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

O its my s61 mk3 which is at the heart of my mobile studio

[@JacobTeach]

"oh, you knew about Pigments from Arturia?" sounded like you were speaking to me directly because I just got it recently and I've been using it religiously

[@DanielaTocan]

Mir geht’s wie Dir ich hab’s nicht mal mehr installiert. Habe mir außer Unify Libaries noch String murmations und VST Connect geholt

[@claussenmusic]

It's sunny? In the UK? In winter?

[@thepursuitofmusic13]

Hey Guy, I love watching your videos. Out of curiosity, when you write a piece like this, what do you do with it? I find myself doing this very thing a lot, and I have a pretty good collection of pieces that are just sitting around collecting digital dust. So what do you do with things like this? Is sort of unfinished so does it just go in a folder and you finish it one day? Or are you able to use these for a purpose? My reality is that I’m a nobody so I don’t have the connection to land a gig or anything. But I have a collection of unfinished tracks like this that I want to do something with. So any advice one what I could do with them? What do you end up doing with tracks like these?

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

What I do with a lot of them is, I put some visuals on them, and put them up on KZbin. I don't get many views, but each one is valued.

[@TheMelodicMonk]

Why did you shift from Logic to Cubase?

[@Retrogamer71]

Petrichor winds were nice. Any links to the supplier?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

fracturesounds.com/product/petrichor/

[@stevescooking]

Guy, have you got or tried Zebra 2 from U-He ?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ive been using it and Dark Zebra for years and years and Repro

[@stevescooking]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation Pigments or zebra?

[@MusicOfDreamweaver]

I am sorry, but as I am watching this video, I was googling "Guy Michelmore"... YOU WROTE THE EYEWITNESS THEME?!?!?!

[@simonhusseymusic]

Thank you Guy… love from Australia. This is my go to channel always

[@FLH3official]

I think our Guy could be a great fishmonger, music fished at 11, video broadcasted at 3. "Guy, Only Fresh Music!, est. 1957"

[@slsweetland21]

I definitely did not get enough RAM in my new pc 😩

[@siro5838]

I wish i could afford those vst's 😢

[@Slynell1]

Work work work

[@frankwales]

For some reason, I predict the 'Most replayed' part will start at 13:29

[@michael_grigorowitsch]

Strezov*

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Yup Im going to look at Afflatus properly in an upcoming brass round up

[@V-A]

​@@ThinkSpaceEducationvery interesting! would you consider having a look at 8Dio's Century brass collection in that list? i just got the library and liking it so far, but not many vids or opinions on it on KZbin

[@joegrado]

Did he say he has a Mac Studio with 128 gigs of ram and his templates using 50?! 😮

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Template uses 80 but yes 128gig

[@aarongoodman42]

First!

[@sethraymondmusic]

Stop making me want to purchase new things!!!!!

[@thailandemonamour6910]

I need strong sunglasses : Duality 960 €, it's a joke, not for me, Thank you ! 😠

[@helalaman4982]

Anyone else getting Star Trek: The Next Generation, vibes? 😂