Music Composition - Guidelines for a Professional Sound (Udemy.com)

I watched this video course a couple of times. I have a few of Mike's courses and this is my favorite. I like Mike's little quotes that make things easy to remember, like "Everyone else quiet down while the Queen of Music Speaks. Let's hear what the Queen has to say." and "Make Space for the Bass". I need to watch this all the way through one more time, or read the PDF, and write down all those points that I easily look over when considering a new composition. For me, deciding on the timing and selecting a drum rhythm (or beat) sets the stage for me, especially for action music.

The tips are helpful and easy to remember. However, the course is overly repetitious at times. Also, Mike speaks very clearly but also very slowly, so I have to watch at 1.5x or 1.75x speed. This wouldn't be an issue usually, but since we listen to music samples in the course, switching between regular and increased playback speed can get tedious. Otherwise, a great course so far.

This was my first course of Mike’s that I went through, and I can only hope that his others are just as good. To me, this may literally have been the BEST educational presentation of any kind that I’ve EVER had the pleasure of observing! Mike is not only experienced, knowledgeable and insightful, but he is amazing at actually TEACHING what he knows in a very effective and engaging way. First of all, the content was highly organized and presented in an extremely concise and digestible manner with no unnecessary fluff while still reiterating the main concepts plenty enough to boost memory retention. All this combined with the given PDF of Mike’s own condensed notes, I felt no need to laboriously take my own notes. You can also tell how passionate Mike is about what he teaches and he speaks in a manner that is very enjoyable and engaging to listen to. Lastly, I very much enjoyed the more broad view perspective of composing based around the very fundamental elements / parameters of music and sound in general. The concepts presented here are immediately actionable and to me, provided much more guidance in making informed decisions on how to develop my ideas than any typical music theory course ever has. Overall, I found it refreshingly insightful and inspiring and would highly recommend this course to aspiring composers or songwriters of any genre or style. Thanks, Mike!

Very specific! Exactly how I needed to have this explained. This approach is perfect for putting rhythm, harmony and melody into understandable explanations. The course is exciting and inspiring. I loved every minute of it! I also learned well how to avoid the pitfalls of clutter when creating a clear sound. And much more..

Mikael "Mike" Baggström shares useful tips on how to improve the quality of your compositions to a professional level. If you are wondering why your compositions appear, dull, muddy or boring, try some of the practical tips here.

Thank you Mike for another very well-designed composition course with lots of actually useful tips, tricks, information. I will be enrolling your other stuff as I have done so far.

Great information! Some of the more general ideas Mike talks about are relatively common sense BUT common sense that we have never put into words. Excellent content, and he also throws in tips and tricks he has learned after many years as a composer. Cheers Mike. PS: I LIVE for you saying '...Right now..'

Very Good rating.... This course is making me aware of many details of composing music, and how space,time,silence,volume,dynamics,reverb,panning all effect the composition out come.....i started hearing the music on teh radio differently and hear these details in the songs i listened to

Concise course with key tips for professionally composing music with today's technologies. The instructor is very motivated in explaining the content using some interesting analogies. Perhaps some practical examples would help beginners understand better. I highly recommend this course to all composers.

I just keep feeling like the part I'm looking for is coming but never happens. Where is the composing? Not explanations of it but the actual doing. Before I knew it I was 65% through and was still waiting for it to kick in. I like Mike, but this was not what I expected. Just not enough here.