Composition Course Topics

01: How I Get Started
Some favorite techniques to start a piece when you have no inspiration or ideas.

02: My Favorite Composing Methods
The most important techniques I use when composing.

03: Clear Charts And Scores
My approach to chart writing, including notation, chords and more.

04: Composing Philosophy
My composing philosophy and how it helps me navigate the process of writing a piece from beginning to end.

05: Collecting Techniques
How I absorb and adapt compositional techniques and approaches from other composers and bring them into my own writing.

06: Song Examples
I take you through the writing process of some of my pieces from beginning to end.

07: From Scratch
I invite a guest to bring in a simple idea I’ve never seen and show them how I would create a piece from it.