Vince Webb's Composing Podcast

I discuss different kinds of 'sus' chords and how I tend to deploy them in my work as a professional composer.

I breakdown a recent game trailer I worked on as an example of how to arrange music which is particularly dense and busy.

What is a half diminished chord and how can it be used in the context of composing media music?

A keyboard-specific technique for coming up with cool complex sounding patterns that still make musical sense.

While sitting at the keyboard I show you some of my favourite harmony voicings in all of music.

I continue my breakdown of how I personally use block chords in the context of writing music for media.

In this two-parter I discuss block chords - a powerful way to add chunkiness to your arrangements. This episode is mostly about parallel motion and inversions.

Here's a classic chord progression that I find useful when composing music.

I take a classic tune and arrange it in a bunch of different ways while talking about some general principles you can apply to your own work.

What do you do when you're creatively BLOCKED? Let me know by leaving me a review or posting in the comments section on YouTube.

An attempt to express what goes on in my head when composing music.

I talk about the use of virtual instruments in modern music making and consider the differences in mindset as a composer.

I do a retrospective on a recent sample-based string production and share some of the techniques I used.

I talk about 5 different types of briefs I receive as part of my professional composing work.

I look at some famous classical melodies in an attempt to improve my own compositional skill.