With overwhelmingly positive results, we’re happy to share a few testimonials of Soundfly’s Orchestration For Strings course directly from our students.
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articles about/relating to arranging music
How Thomas Newman’s “American Beauty” Score Flipped the Script on Film Music
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How I’d Redesign Piano Sheet Music
TL;DR: Here’s a new method for writing sheet music for piano that makes it easier to learn to…
How Taylor Swift Turned Right Said Fred’s Body-Positive Hit Into a Revenge Fantasy
Here’s a music-theory analysis of Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” and Right…
Allegro! Exploring the Legacy and Technique of the Great Django Reinhardt
A fire roars with life on a cool summer night somewhere in the north of…
Dorothy Ashby Was One Fierce Lady Pioneer of Jazz Harp
A few years ago, I had one of the most powerful live music experiences of…
‘Yakety Sax’ — Making Gruesome Violence and Real Drama Zany Since 1963
The “Benny Hill Theme Song” has taken on a life of its own since the…
Hear a Never-Before-Seen 1986 Dexter Gordon Piece, Played by 8 Different Artists
In November 2016, Peter Pillitteri, an aspiring composer and one of the students in Ian…
The Inimitable Legacy of Van Dyke Parks: A Life’s Journey Through Song
“The song form is a great central theme in a life well lived.” – Van…
How Successful Musicians Practice: The Horn Section
This is the fourth instalment in our series on How Successful Musicians Practice. If you’re just…