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Learning paths
- Trailer music, from first cue to first placement
- Make a living from your music
- Horror and suspense music
- Cinematic piano
- The orchestra for composers
- Music theory for people who skipped it
- Music production and mixing basics
- Logic Pro, step by step
- Make lofi music
- Keep going (the creative mindset)
- Dungeon Synth: old-school fantasy music
- Release your own music
- Free tools & samples
- Best of the podcast
Topics
- Trailer Music66
- Music Production34
- Logic Pro X27
- Mindset19
- miscellaneous15
- Orchestration12
- The Diary of a Music Maker11
- Music Theory10
- Tutorial9
- composing8
- Piano Music8
- Lofi music8
- Beat Making8
- Samples7
- Cinematic Music6
- Horror Music6
- Music Business4
- Dungeon Synth4
- Creating content3
- Music Marketing3
- record label3
- slowcore3
- Studio Monitors3
Show
2026
- Safety in making pointless shit no one wants
- I dreamt this
- Fossil Hunting & Tiny Pebble People
- Combining the joy of creating with networking, marketing and portfolio building.
- What are we exactly?
- Too many choices
- The honest truth about production music income in 2026 (with real numbers from my career)
- How to Score a Haunted House (and Other Small Miracles)
2025
- The YouTube Strategy That Built 700K Subscribers: How One Composer Turned Belief Into Income
- The Custom Music Survival Guide: How to Beat Burnout, Time Zones, and Unfair Deadlines
- Free Horror Music Sample Pack
- 5 Things That Make Great Horror Music (And None of Them Are Just Scary Sounds)
- How To Make Terrifying Horror Music
- Composing the Enchanting Soundtrack for Pete's Dragon Trailer
- The Reality of a Composer's Income: Building Financial Security in an Unpredictable Industry
- How To Write Epic Percussion: In 7 Simple Steps
- How I Wrote The Pale Blue Eye Trailer Music
- Inside the Production Music Industry with Taz Mattar: A Library Insider's Guide to Getting Your Music Placed
- Why Music Streaming is Broken (And What Composers Can Do About It)
- Time Zone Juggling: Fitting Custom Composer Work Into Your Life
- My Process for Composing Horror Music for an Abandoned Asylum
- No Time to Compose? Here Are 5 Steps to Change That
- The Truth About 'Making It': The Ongoing Composer Journey
- How I'd start a Career as a Composer in 2025
- What is the Minor Second interval?
- The 5 Best Free Synths for Dungeon Synth
- Beat Overwhelm and Take Control of Your Day
- Be with your fears to help achieve your goals
- Music for when you feel happy and sad!?
- What is with these drops in YouTube views?
- This week's numbers - 1
- Editing audio, getting distracted, & walking in the woods
- Good vibes, Piano improv, & newsletters
- The first "official" playlist is LIVE!
- Blown around like a leaf in the wind
- I spent the morning doing this...
- I'm scared, but I am going to do this
- Trying to figure out what works
- I've Got The Name Of The New Project -- DOAMM17
- Distrokid Review: An honest take from an indie musician
- 31 Super Sad Slowcore Songs
- Making Dungeon Synth (Fief, Hedge Wizard) - - DOAMM#10
2024
- Non-negotiables & Making Dungeon synth using S.K.Y. Keys
- Making music for pleasure & Writing Lofi Acoustic track 'Fireside' - - DOAMM#6
- What is Dungeon Synth? A Beginner's Guide
- Writing a Slowcore track from scratch -- DOAMM#5
- 15 Albums in 3 Months: The One Habit That Made It Possible
- Music that is authentic to you - - DOAMM#4
- 5 Tips to Make Better Slowcore
- Beyond the Echo: How Reverb Adds Depth and Emotion to Music
- The Stupid Lie That Was Holding My Music Back (And How I Let Go)
- Lo-fi vibes and embracing "low quality" --DOAMM#3
- Music as a way to sketch ideas...DOAMM#2
- The New Show - - DOAMM1
- Auto Colour Tracks in Logic
- 5 Easy Ways to Create Suspense (without Chords)
- Is it too late to get into Trailer Music in 2024?
- Crafting Witcher-Style Percussion Tracks for TV Shows: A Step-by-Step Guide
- How to Send a Logic Pro X Project
- Mixing Lofi Music in 5 Simple Steps
- How to Structure Lofi Music
- 7 Awesome Lofi Drum Patterns - MIDI Download
- How to Make Lofi Music in Ten Simple Steps
- What is Lofi Music? The YouTube Viral Sensation
2023
- The New Wall of Sound | TMM7
- Dates, recording, and nostalgia | TQW 51
- Is This Working Anymore?
- Change is Coming
- 🎯 The Target No One Else Sees
- A Little Change
- This is all that matters - TMM6
- Paying the Price
- I Deleted A Load Of Content
- These Tools Are Still So Useful | TMM Issue 5
- 🤭 This was fun
- 🤷🏻♂️ What Do You Want To Know?
- Crafting Mesmerizing Music for Tech-Based Documentaries
- I'm Scared to Share This...
- How to Create a Click Track In Logic Pro X
- What Is A Piano Roll?
- 6 Easy Ways To Write For Piano
- The Percussion Family
- Finding Your Direction
- 2 First Act Masterclasses, Percussive Violin & A Free Piano
- What are the Different Types of Pianos - With Pictures
- How to Colour Markers in Logic Pro X
- What Are Root Notes in Music
- Better Piano Music in 5 Steps
- A Gift for You 🎁
- 5 Simple Steps to More Realistic Piano
- 5 Ways to Make Your Piano Chords Sound Better
- How To Change The Key Of A Loop In Logic Pro X
- YouTube...
- How to Delete Plugins in Logic Pro X
- The 11 Best Free Piano VST Plugins That Actually Sound Good
- One Thing That Sucks About Writing Music for a Living
- Just, Wow
- Heartwarming, Quirky, and Inspiring | TMM Issue No.3
- How to Nudge in Logic Pro X
- I've Made A Decision
- Dealing with Rejection
- The Keyboard Family
- Redesigning Your Space
- The Woodwind Family
- How to Make Trailer Music
- Enough is Enough: 30 Days Without Email
- The Brass Family
- Trailer Music Monthly No.2
- The Best List of Orchestral Instruments
- Cuttings
- How to Convert Audio to MIDI in Logic Pro X
- Intangible Waves
- Labels
- How To Export Your Song in Logic Pro X
- Trailer Music Monthly
- Blessings in Disguise
- Music In Your Heart
- Ear Candy
- How to do Triplets in Logic Pro X
- Templates in Logic; How to Save, Install and Delete Them
- Scared to be Different
- Quantizing in Logic Pro X - All You Need to Know
- An Overactive Mind
- How I Wrote The Lost Ark Trailer Music
- How to Change Tempo in Logic Pro X
- The Direct-to-Fan Project
- New Shoots & Your Creative Woodland
- Research - The Smart Way
- 5 Logic MIDI Hacks You Are Not Using Enough
- Boundaries & Expectations
- Do YOU actually want that?
- 3 Books I Wish I Had Read When I Started Out
- What is Your USP?
- An Apple a Day
- No Internet...
- Everything I Know About Trailer Music
- Chris Davey on Writing the Music for the Ruby Gillman Trailer
- Are We Having Fun Yet?
- How to Bounce Stems in Logic Pro X
- Overcome Imposter Syndrome?
- Act 4 - WTF!?
- How to Make your Act 3 Sound MASSIVE
- How to Record in Logic Pro X
- How to Bounce Tracks in Logic Pro X
- Project Alternatives in Logic Pro X
- Stop Beating Yourself Up
- Going Platinum!
- How to Freeze Tracks in Logic Pro X
- How to add reverb in Logic Pro X
- How to Create an Orchestral Template
- How to Add Plugins to Logic Pro X
- Do You Know What You Actually Want?
- Getting Lost
- The 21 Best FREE Sample Libraries For Making Epic Trailer Music
- Finding Beauty in Unexpected Places
- 5 Simple Steps to a Better Act 2
- The Ultimate Guide to Trailer Music
- Don’t Chase Success
- The 7 Rules of an Amazing Act 1
- The Best Plugin for Lofi Hip Hop EVER!
- Quick and Easy Mindset Shift
- There Are No Accidents
- What are Stems in Music Production?
- Sketch a Trailer Music Track in Minutes
- Quantity not Quality
- Track Stacks in Logic Pro X Explained
- Swim Less, Glide More
- How To Write Trailer Music Quickly & Easily
- 13 Ways To Make Your Orchestra Sound Real
- Signature Sounds In Trailer Music
- In Praise of Duvet Days
- 41 Best Free String VST Plugins That Actually Sound Good
- What Would This Look Like If This Were Easy?
2022
- How I Wrote The Glass Onion Trailer Music
- 2022: A Year In Review | TQW#6
- The Winds of Change | TQW#5
- Lofi Chord Progressions: 13 Easy Ways To Create Authentic Lofi Music
- Trust, Let Go, Be Open & Be Curious | TQW #4
- What is ‘Enough’ for you? | TQW#3
- How to structure your trailer music for the win
- Your worth is not measured by your productivity | TQW #2
- 7 things Zelda Taught Me About Life
- Violin Range: What Can It Really Do?
- The 10 Minute Method: The Easy way to pursue your dreams and achieve success
- The Quiet Whisper Is Finally Launched
- 3 Lessons That Changed My Life
- The Lost King Trailer Music...How I Wrote It!
- How To Duplicate Tracks In Logic Pro X
- How to Change Pitch in Logic Pro X
- How To Pitch Bend in Logic Pro X
- How to fade in Logic Pro X
- What Is A Music Ensemble? - All You Need To Know
- Secret Invasion Trailer Music Breakdown
- Stopdowns: Why they make your trailer music better
- What Is A Semitone?
- What Is Gain In Audio?
- What Does dB Stand For?
- What Are Triads?
- How Does A Rotor Cabinet Work? - All You Need To Know
- What Are Suspended Chords?
- What Is Articulation In Music?
- What Is A Vocoder?
- Risers: The Easiest Way to Create Tension in Your Music
- What Is A Chromatic Scale?
- What Is An Interlude In Music?
- The Ultimate Guide to Trailer Hits & Impacts
- BRAAAMS - How To Use The Sound That Everyone Knows
- What Is A Metronome?
- What Does 808 Mean?
- What Does DAW Stand For?
- 9 Ways To Create Drones That Make Your Music More Awesome
- What's The Difference Between Parametric And Graphic Eq?
- What Is Gain And What Makes It Different From Distortion?
- Echo Vs Reverb - What's The Difference?
- How To Use A De-Esser - 5 Simple Methods
- What Is VST And What Does It Do?
- What Is Gain On A Microphone?
- What Is Saturation And Distortion In Music? - All You Need To Know
- What Is Chorus In Music Mixing? - All You Need To Know
- What Is Echo In Music Production? - All You Need To Know
- What Is Single Band EQ?- Everything Explained
- The String Family
- Recording an Orchestra at Abbey Road - Lessons learnt
- What Is A Click Track?
- What Is A Crossfade?
- How Do Condenser Microphones Work?
- What Is DC Offset?
- What Is LPF On An Amp?
- What is Sidechaining?
- What Is 16D Audio?
- What Is A De-esser?
- What Does Gain Do On An Amp?
- A Very British Scandal Trailer Music Walkthrough | Sanctuary by Richard Schrieber (me)
- Archive 81 Trailer Music Walkthrough
- Britney vs Spears Trailer Music Walkthrough
- What Are Studio Monitors?
- How To Set Up Studio Monitors
- How To Calibrate Studio Monitors
- How To Hang Sound Foam
2021
- A Story About Travel
- Piano Cue Part Two
- Piano Cue PART ONE: Sketching
- Creating A Dramatic Trailer Cue Using Only A Piano
- Basic Template
- Steam Punk by Fallout Music Group
- How to Write Horror Music Without Pooping Yourself - Part 2
- How to create Stutter Risers
- Quake by Simon Haglund
- Big Brahms
- #15 - Life Changing!!!
- Happy Ads
- Video Newsletter???
- Epic Sci Fi Intro
- #13 - Diablo, New Single & New Podcasts
- Action Sound Design 2 Electric Boogaloo
- Being A Creative Person
- Uplifting Orchestral
- Epic Hits
- #12 - Chiptune, Out-of-tune samples, Sunsets & Shining Your Light
- My Samples Are Out Of Tune!
- I Still Feel OVERWHELMED!
- #11 - 1983, Van Neistat, & Overwhelm
- Epic Drums
- #10 - Boredom, New Album, Legoland, & Freebies
- Bored of the Same Old Samples?
- Fav Freebies
- #9 - AQP2, Chillstep, New Faces & NFTs
- A Single Violin Pluck Did All This... "What The Pluck?!"
- Tension Drones
- #8 - New Releases, Protege Meeting, Fried Graphics Cards & Green Stuff
- This Proverb is AWESOME
- #7 - Sunshine, tutorials, & a new streaming mindset
- This Book Inspired Me To Do This
- They Are Fighting A Battle
- #6 - Hiring, Rave Reviews & Dream Pop
- Improving The Quality Of Your Life
- Are You Creating Your Own Prison?
- #5 - Secret placements, getting more streams & time off
- Writing A Piece Of Music In 25 MINUTES With Only One Sample And One Kit!!!
- #4 - Brown Trousers, Casio Samplers, Overwhelm Prevention & Stress Reduction.
- How I Wrote The Trailer Music For 'Come Away'
- #3 - Goal setting, Speed Producing, & How I Wrote the 'Come Away' Trailer Music
- #2 - Trap, Star Wars wisdom & Inventive goes live!
- The GREATEST Tool You Are Not Using
- Ambient Cello - Inventive Instruments
- #1 - What you have been missing
- I want to learn how to produce amazing trap music
- Always striving for balance
- How do I get my award winning Cello sound?
- Easy Trap beat
- Just get the work done and stop worrying about it
- So this is finally here
- Be Less Of A Perfectionist