Concentrate on writing one genre or many?
So you want to write video game music for a living but you don't know if you should concentrate on learning to be a specialist or a...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 12, 20233 min read
What You Learn From A Speed Writing Challenge
In 2021 I set myself the task of writing 100 pieces of 8-bit style music for music libraries. I didn't want this to be a year long...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Absolute Beginner To Pro Video Game Composer Timeline
I have often thought, what would I do if I started again with no knowledge of music but knew I wanted to be a video game composer. The...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Want To Make Video Game Music?
Just Get Started If my time at University doing music production taught me anything, it was the mentality of those who were productive...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 9, 20234 min read
My Most Used Virtual Instruments and Libraries
1. Korg: M1 When the 2020 lock down started, I had to move back home and all I had with me to make music was a 2006 Mac Mini, but I was...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 7, 20233 min read
Royalty Free Libraries For Game Music?
Following on from yesterday's post regarding using Fiverr as a video game composer, I thought it would be good to do a follow up on...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 6, 20233 min read
My Experience Using Fiverr as a composer
In late 2019 I decided to make an account with Fiverr and set up a "gig" on the platform advertising my skills there for video game game...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 5, 20232 min read
Using Soundfonts for retro game music
Soundfonts have been around since the mid 90's and thus you can find one for nearly every retro game there is, from the earliest console...
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shelbyleonwright
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Buying a Second hand Mac for Music Production
Most people watching my YouTube channel are perfectly happy with what ever Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) they use and all my lessons...
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shelbyleonwright
Dec 30, 20222 min read
Who is Make Game Music For?
Hello and welcome to Make Game Music, my name is Shelby and I have created this site and YouTube channel for aspiring composers and games...
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shelbyleonwright
Nov 23, 20225 min read
7 tools you need to start creating video game music
When starting out on your music journey it can be overwhelming to know just where to find and start selecting the tools you are going to...
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shelbyleonwright
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Make Epic Orchestra Music for $99
Many games want the modern cinematic sound of strings, brass and epic percussion to come to life, however most of the orchestral...
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