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music with Alex Moukala, producer and
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Alex Moukala is an Italian-born orchestral composer and producer.
Alex’s music has been featured in Hollywood movie trailers as well as commercials for such blockbusters as Avengers: Endgame and many more. When it comes to composing and teaching, Alex’s enthusiasm is highly infectious. If you need further proof, just visit his YouTube channels with over 500k subscribers.
#1 Welcome to the course! (Who is Alex Moukala?)
#2 Who this course is for and what you’ll learn
#3 What you'll need for this course, FAQ
#4 Music theory basics: rhythm and time signatures
#5 Music theory basics: harmony and keys, differences between scales and moods
#6 Music theory basics: the main chords
#7 How to write memorable melodies
#8 How to write chord progressions
#9 Putting melodies and chords together to write a song
#10 How Orchestral Sample Libraries Work (Basics)
#11 How Libraries Work
#12 Sample libraries for beginners (free & inexpensive libraries)
#13 How to write for strings basics - part 1 (long emotional strings)
#14 How to write for strings basics - part 2 (countermelodies)
#15 How to write for strings basics - part 3 (arpeggios, short action strings & ostinatos)
#16 Using articulations in melodies
#17 How to write for brass basics - part 1 (melodic brass)
#18 How to write for brass basics - part 2 (low brass)
#19 How to write for woodwind basics
#20 How to write for choir basics
#21 How to write for percussion basics - part 1 (main rhythm)
#22 How to write for percussion basics - part 2 (cymbals and gongs)
#23 How to write for percussion basics - part 3 (trailer SFX)
#24 Song Structure: The map that will guide your music composition
#25 Writer's block
#26 Music is like a painting (volume balancing)
#27 Mixing Overview: The Mixing
#28 Mixing Overview: The EQ
#29 Mixing Overview: The Reverb
#30 Mixing Overview: Mastering
#31 One important trick that most professional composers use (switching instruments often)
#32 How to get a huge sound (with layering)
#33 Perfectionism
#34 Goodbye, motivation, show us your work in our Facebook group
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Printz Board - Grammy-winning songwriter behind Where Is The Love? (Black Eyed Peas)
Stevvi Alexander - Vocal coach, performed with Justin Timberlake & Barbra Streisand
Kfir Ochaion - Solo guitarist with 2.1M YouTube subscribers
Dre DiMura - Guitarist & online educator with 50M+ TikTok views
Orbel Babayan - Experienced guitar teacher, played with Scars on Broadway
Arianna Powell - Pro guitar teacher & chord specialist, toured with Halsey & Dua Lipa
David Bennett - Professional pianist and music educator with 1M+ YouTube subscribers
Chris Kasych - Grammy-winning engineer, worked on Olivia Rodrigo’s "Vampire," Adele’s "25"
Alex Moukala - Leading orchestral music educator & composer of Hollywood & game trailers
Marek Bero - Experienced bass guitar teacher and author of the "Bass Gym" book series
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