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Blog – Table of Contents

Links to all blog posts grouped by category, sorted from newest to oldest.

Mixing

Video - Gain Staging
Interactive Frequency Chart
Video - High Pass Filter
Video - Setting Your Compressor
Video - Intro to Compressors

Music Theory

Video - Chord Progression Tips
Video - Counterpoint P1,P2
Video - Cheater's Guide to Counterpoint

Orchestration

Video - Intro To String Arranging
Video - Making Realistic MIDI Brass
Video - What Is Good Orchestration
Video - Composition Screen Cast (Michael Patti)
Video - Let's Write Music (JJay Berthume)
Video - Composition Tutorial (Joe Carrillo)
Daily Film Scoring Bits
Principles of Orchestration

Resources

Song Critique
Scoring Central Forum

Sampling

Sample Looping Tool - Endless Wave
Sfz Sample Library Building Resources
Video - Looping A Sample

Tools

Chord Detector - Chordata
Meta Tag Editor - Kid3 Audio Tagger
Digital Audio Workstation - Reaper

VST Plugins

Volume Monitor - rmsPlus
Sfz player - Sforzando
Spectrum Analyzer
Compressor - GComp2

 

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Top Music
  • Cat Eyes
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • Red Nose
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • When I Get Over You
    by Neal Klassen, Paul Battersby
  • Seven Ages
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  • Orange And Bronze Colored Waltz
    by Tom Gibson, Paul Battersby
  • Walk On Fire
    by Tom Tognaci, Paul Battersby
  • Playing With Autumn Leaves
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • Leaving Footprints
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  • The Lighthouse
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
All Music
 Updated: Oct 1, 2017

  • 2017

    Mothers Day
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • Cat Eyes
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • Breaths Of Maidens
    by Matt Kresling, Paul Battersby
  • Cemetery For The Soul
    by Scott Thomson, Paul Battersby
  • Cerulean
    by Nielson, Baldwin, Emond, Battersby

  • 2016

    Red Nose
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • When I Get Over You
    by Neal Klassen, Paul Battersby
  • Ride Outlaw Ride
    by Michael Price, Arlen Graves, Paul Battersby
  • A Color Of The Sky
    by Mantecon, Singh, Noble, Battersby
  • Dear Boston
    by Sattler, Lucas, Lopez, Wayne, Battersby

  • 2015

    Birthday Party
    by Steven Fink, Paul Battersby
  • Need Your Love
    by Barry Onyett, Paul Battersby
  • One Too Many
    by Paul Tarle, Paul Battersby
  • Cover Girl
    by Barry Onyett, Paul Battersby
  • Do You Ever
    by Barry Onyett, Paul Battersby
  • Seven Ages
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  • Poisoned Stain
    by Tom Tognaci, Paul Battersby
  • Orange And Bronze Colored Waltz
    by Tom Gibson, Paul Battersby
  • Better Than I Used To Be
    by Tom Tognaci, Paul Battersby

  • 2014

    Emmanuel
    by Tim Smith, Paul Battersby
  • When
    by Tom Tognaci, Paul Battersby
  • Walk On Fire
    by Tom Tognaci, Paul Battersby
  • You To Turn To
    by Kevin Skiles, Paul Battersby

  • 2013

    Too Little Time
    by David Becker, Paul Battersby
  • Jared's Song
    by David Becker, Paul Battersby
  • Promise
    by Sean Simmons, Paul Battersby
  • Yesterday Was A Good Day
    by Tommy Collins, Paul Battersby
  • The Dream
    by David Becker, Paul Battersby

  • 2012

    Fly Like A Bird
    by Joel Sattler, Kevin Skiles, Paul Battersby
  • Playing With Autumn Leaves
    by Gustavo Lopez, Paul Battersby
  • Leaving Footprints
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  • Internet Love
    by Ron DeFrain, Paul Battersby

  • 2011

    Idiot
    by Josh Howatt, Paul Battersby
  • No Way To Live
    by Josh Howatt, Paul Battersby
  • Center Stage
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  • The Lighthouse
    by Dave Semple, Paul Battersby
  [ total = 36 ]
Blog Posts
 Updated: Oct 6, 2017

  • 2017

    [Music Theory]
    Video - Chord Progression Tips
  • [Resources]
    Song Critique
  • [Music Theory]
    Video - Counterpoint P1,P2
  • [Music Theory]
    Video - Cheater's Guide to Counterpoint
  • [Resources]
    Scoring Central Forum
  • [Mixing]
    Video - Gain Staging
  • [Mixing]
    Interactive Frequency Chart

  • 2016

    [Orchestration]
    Video - Intro To String Arranging
  • [Sampling]
    Sample Looping Tool - Endless Wave
  • [Sampling]
    Sfz Sample Library Building Resources
  • [Sampling]
    Video - Looping A Sample
  • [Mixing]
    Video - High Pass Filter
  • [Mixing]
    Video - Setting Your Compressor
  • [Mixing]
    Video - Intro to Compressors
  • [Orchestration]
    Video - Making Realistic MIDI Brass
  • [Orchestration]
    Video - What Is Good Orchestration

  • 2015

    [Orchestration]
    Video - Composition Screen Cast (Michael Patti)
  • [VST Plugins]
    Volume Monitor - rmsPlus
  • [Orchestration]
    Video - Let's Write Music (JJay Berthume)
  • [Orchestration]
    Video - Composition Tutorial (Joe Carrillo)
  • [VST Plugins]
    Sfz player - Sforzando
  • [Orchestration]
    Daily Film Scoring Bits
  • [VST Plugins]
    Spectrum Analyzer
  • [Tools]
    Chord Detector - Chordata
  • [Tools]
    Meta Tag Editor - Kid3 Audio Tagger
  • [VST Plugins]
    Compressor - GComp2
  • [Tools]
    Digital Audio Workstation - Reaper
  • [Orchestration]
    Principles of Orchestration
  [ total = 28 ]
Blog Categories
  • Table of Contents
  • Mixing (5)
  • Music Theory (3)
  • Orchestration (8)
  • Resources (2)
  • Sampling (3)
  • Tools (3)
  • VST Plugins (4)