Tag: Music Composition

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Composing music – How to unfocus

There are times that call for focus. This is not one one of them. This article explores the purpose and place of unfocusing in life and how that applies to composing music.

Composing Music – Don’t tell me what to do!

Here’s something I’ve learned. It’s not really kosher to go around telling people how to do things. I mean, who wants to go and do what someone else says?

8 Steps toward improving your music composing skills

Boost your music composing skills today by reading this. Print it out and pin it on your wall. It is challenging but it’s so rewarding.

Good music or polished turd? Definitive guidelines for composing music

You’ve probably heard the term”You can polish a turd as much as you like but at the end of the day it will still just be a polished turd”.
I’m sure your music isn’t in this category, but just to be sure that when you’re composing music, you don’t turn out just another polished turd, you may want to read this.

Composing Music with Meaning – Whats the go with Hare Krishna chanting?

Why is Hare Krishna chanting so potent, penetrating and persistent? Learn how to compose with meaning by utilising these tricks used in Hare Krishna chants.

Composing is not what you think it is

  Let me talk a little while about my take on the reason we compose music. Why compose? Composing music is something that people have used throughout all of history to communicate. What are we communicating? It’s emotions. Its feelings. Its ideas without words. Words can be very clunky and cumbersome to get our ideas…
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Lock The Gate

For the first part of 2013, SoundLife Audio has been involved in the “Lock The Gate” Campaign, specifically the films “Fractured Country”, with Sound Editing and Music, and “Undermining Australia”, with Sound Editing.

Pharaoh vs the Egyptians

In late 2012, SoundLife was very pleased to be a part of Akmal Saleh’s project, “Pharaoh vs the Egyptians”. A feature length documentary about the Arab Spring in Egypt and the overthrow of Hosni Mbarak by the egyptian people. SoundLife contributed Music, Voice Over Recording and a 5.1 Sound Design and Sound Edit. The Award…
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