Composing / Arranging / Songwriting

Virtual Orchestration is a new series of educational videos dedicated to the art of composing with sampled orchestral instruments.

The latest add-on for EZKeys provides a collection of MIDI phrases and chord progressions aimed at creators of fantasy scores and soundtracks. 

PreSonus have released Android, Chrome OS, Fire OS, Windows, and macOS versions of their award-winning Notion iOS composition tool.

Producer and songwriter Trevor Horn has released a book detailing his long and successful career in the music industry.

Motif helps to create unique, multi-part melodies and progressions based on probability algorithms.

LANDR Studio aims to provide users with everything they need to make, refine, share and monetise their music.

The latest scoring competition from Spitfire Audio gives composers a chance to score a clip from hit Netflix drama, Bridgerton. 

This year's Film Music Contest has launched, with registration now open for all categories. 

Sixth annual song competition will see the winners bag €20,000 worth of prizes.

The Creative Passport — which is free for artists — has been designed to enable individuals working in the creative industry to better update, manage and share information about them and their work.

We round up some of the best software bargains and freebies to help get you through the quarantine.

Self-isolation can be a lonely experience, especially for musicians who are used to collaborating with others. Could that be about to change?

Regular readers may recall Dan Graham's SOS series on composing, arranging and selling library music for a living...

Founded in 2017 by musician and music technologist Tim Exile, Endlesss (with three esses) is a new music...

Registration for B-Side Project 2017 is officially open, marking the seventh consecutive year of the...

HARMAN’s JBL Professional are pleased to announce JBL EON ONE Take UK, a major new competition giving the UK’...

Dutch electronic producer Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, has turned his hand to documentaries in the shape of Distance Between Dreams, which follows iconic surfer Ian Walsh.

Launched in 2009, B-Side Project is an annual remix...

ThinkSpace Education, a leading online music school specializing in composing for film, video games and television,...