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💥🎶🎮 FREE VGM AND COMPOSITION RESOURCES 💥🎶🎮 1. Start with my free course on becoming a game composer. We'll go over composition, arrangement, business, and more! 🎓 2. Next, download my cheat sheet of 83 💻FREE💻 plugins, software, and resources to help you create amazing VGM. 🎹 3. If you're ready for even more, consider joining my Fundamentals of Game Composition course! 🎵 With several free lessons available, you'll be on your way to composing like a pro! 🔥 4. Check out my favorite gear, software, tools, and equipment for making VGM. 🎧 Download the list of 83 free VGM resources here: I hope this beginner's guide to composing VGM is helpful to you! Feel free to skip around the video with these chapter markers: 0:00 Intro 0:25 Getting setup 3:21 Tip #1 - Study the music you want to write 3:56 Tip #2 - Create a creative brief 5:30 Tip #3 - Set up your sound palette 6:26 Tip #4 - Experiment with layering 7:02 Tip #5 - Start with a small idea 9:35 Tip #6 - Keep an idea file 11:07 Tip #7 - Build out the structure early 12:08 Tip #8 - Keep melodies singable 13:11 Tip #9 - Utilize repetition 14:13 Tip #10 - Keep the melody on top 14:52 Tip #11 - Quantize intelligently 16:02 Tip #12 - End loops on a dominant chord 16:47 Tip #13 - Use an arrangement checklist 18:36 The banger emerges 19:20 Bonus tips! For more VGM-related content and helpful resources, check out . Thanks for watching! GEAR AND RESOURCES ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Composer Code podcast and blog: Making Game Music (My Game Composition Course): Canon M50: Sennheiser MKE 400 On-Camera Shotgun Microphone: DaVinci Resolve: Reaper: AKM320 MIDI keyboard: Focusrite SCARLETT SOLO: Rode NT1-A Condenser Microphone:
