COMPOSING MUSIC

A brief guide to composing music for 5.1 surround sound systems. This guide covers some of the techniques for mixing in 5.1, as well as giving a few tips and letting you know about some of the pitfalls to watch out for.

On the surface it appears that music is for entertainment or as a money-making opportunity for the gifted or the lucky. But if one looks a little deeper, it becomes obvious that music can be used for a wide variety of objectives.

A metronome is a device some musicians use to count beats within a measure but does this defeat the ebb and flow of a particular piece of music? This article can help musicians decide on what really matters in composition.

Learn the "secret" to composing Reiki music. Take years of study off your musical career and write New Age music today!

This article explores the musical concept art of text to music and how this form of algorithmic music can be created.

When listening to classical music, it helps to know what type of composition the piece is. This article explains six basic musical definitions.

A closer look at how music was thought to affect the human brain in ancient times, and how research has shown that it truly does affect the brain.

Music is one of life's greatest art forms. But how far has mainstream music become a tabula rasa?

This section of the guide covers how to use all five speakers, including how to get smooth movement between all channels, and touches on some of the problems of volume control in a six-channel system.

Are you a newbie to the music industry? In this essay, you will learn how music business contracts can benefit and protect your musical career.

Child prodigies have been around for millennia. Is there a connection between being gifted in math and being gifted in music?

In the rock n' roll music scene it is not surprising to find up-and-coming bands distinguishing themselves with trademarks of their influential predecessors. Guitar-smashing, stage-diving, and muttering obscenities under one's breath have surely found a way into today's

Probably the largest, most diverse, and certainly the most impressive portal for free video game remixes would have to be OverClocked ReMix, the Unofficial Game Music Arrangement Community(www.ocremix.org).

Writing music for an amateur B horror flick or composing music for the next movie blockbuster? Then follow these 10 music tips to make a good movie soundtrack great.

Perhaps the coolest thing about the Noteput interactive music table is the learning capabilities that it will present. Music teachers feel that this product can make teaching students even more easier.

An insightful paper about the history of music in ancient China and the influence than Confucius and his teachings had on music.

This is a little different from your usual review. Not only does this cover a full, detailed review of Wii Music, but at the end includes a comparison to Rock Band, a popular music game, and how each game portrays and teaches music.

This article reviews 3 websites for teaching and reviewing music theory concepts for adult students.

To understand the unique semantic content of music, we must first understand what language is and how it works in people, and consider music in the context of our discoveries about language.

In the world of popular royalty free classical music the following famous composers' musical works certainly rank at the top. So as a tribute to them and their creativeness, here is a short biography for each of these geniuses.