Music Composition : Write Powerful Melodies (Udemy.com)

The course is the same generic textbook workflow that is freely available on youtube . it shows how you can experiment with different trial and error techniques but doesn't tell about the productivity like what the motif is really telling about the feel and what direction to move naturally rather it shows the technical approach which is already covered in depth by many other courses .

Hi, I've found the course extremely useful in terms of creativity for music composition. I really appreciate the clarity about the different forms and structures that can can be used in the composition because it has always been not very clear from other courses / videos I've attended. The composing techniques for melody writing are very clear and easy to follow. The lessons are well structured and linked to each other. Very good additional material inside the lessons. The only thing I would do is to improve the english transcription of the lessons.

I’ve really enjoyed this course and I was able to learn and apply what I’ve learned. However, I was expecting to see music notation instead of the DAW interface Jonathan uses. Nonetheless, I took that as opportunity to learn more about DAW which I found amazing. After this course, I searched for DAW software and found LMMS which is great. Thanks Jonathan! One thing I did not really enjoy, was the constant zoom in and zoom out during some of the videos. I will take the course again and will try to find more from the same author.

This course was concise, informative, and presented in an easy to understand format. The handouts provided are a great resource (though a few more handouts on the material covered but not on the existing handouts would be appreciated, but this is far from a problem). I've been writing and playing for half my life (no formal training), and I found the instructor's method of melody composing to be the best method of explaining the process of developing a melody that I've come across so far. I think that those (preferably) with a little bit of theory under their belts will find this course enlightening.

At the beginning I decided to work right through the course without stopping to explore the detail. I do intend to go back over some sections in more detail and apply myself to the homework! So I feel in a good place to award 5 stars for an enjoyable and illuminating course. The tutor has an engaging style and I find myself wanting to learn more from him. If, like me, you have a bit of musical mileage in the locker and want to expand your understanding of music through composition, this is an excellent course even if you don't intend to write melodies! Inevitably I have a few suggestions to personalise the course to my own developmental needs but in general it is well balanced and thought through. Well done and thank you, Jonathan.

Really liked the information introduced in this class. It is done from a daw perspective for a modern producer/composer. This allows for much visual representation if your not too good at reading sheet music yet like me. Everything is clearly taught and easy to understand but very information dense. I will probably have to go through the videos several times but overall it accomplishes everything it sets out to regarding melodies. Many techniques to try out in here. Highly recommend the instructor and course.

Extremely helpful to music producers and songwriters who want to improve the quality of their music without falling into the endless 'buy another plugin' trap. Following this course had an immediate impact on my work, and I'd encourage students not to binge it right away but to apply each lesson to your music before moving along. WARNING: This course is best enjoyed by those who already have a basic foundation on music theory. If things like scales and diatonic chords sound crazy to you then please do brush up on you music theory before diving into this one.

Hi everyone! I think, the course is good! I learned a few nice tricks about the composing that I did know before actually, but just didn't think that they were that important, that useful. Like, for example, when you're writing a melody, one of the first few things to do could be: writing some lyrics first! It helped me to solve and complete several of my unfinished melodies and to compose some more new interesting and nice ones! My only complaint about the course would be that: the teacher often speaks way too fast and indistinguishable, unclear! English is not my mother tongue, but I speak and improve it already for 20 years. There were plenty of times when I couldn't understand a word even after 10 times listened, even with the transcript, that gave confusing words that didn't make any sense. For a non English native speaker at times, I think, it will be a challenge to understand what does teacher say. That was really annoying. Maybe teacher might want to think about speaking a bit slower and more distinguishable, a bit more relaxed and slow? But as I said before - the information inside the course is interesting, useful and must-know, if you want to learn to write your own music. The teacher is also definitely a professional and an expert!

I liked it a lot. It was explained very good, and although I am not a beginner in terms of music I didn't feel bored. Possibility to ask questions for the teacher and quite fast response is another big advantage. What is convenient, all lessons have markups dividing it into smaller subpoints. This course covers how to write melody, and it is the main purpose. You wouldn't get from there how to write whole songs. While whole course made an overall good impression, there are some little improvements that can be done: - I understand that due to the copyrights teacher can't play famous pieces. But it would be great if he made an analysis of them, pointing out some fragments. - It would be really handy, if there would be a small summary of all lessons in a one file, same as was done with music theory. Those are not considerable issues, just ideas to make the course perfect.

I'm an hobbyist composer, and have mostly relied on the brute force method for composing. ie. Trying stuff until things sounded good. I've found it hard to consistently output material this way. Spending a few hours to figure out 8 bars of music, and then not really knowing where to go with it other than copying it over the next 8 bars happens a lot for me. What I really needed was a structured, intentional approach to composition and this is what this course will give you. It's not just a bunch of tips, but a workflow that helps you come up with an outline for a melody and methods for developing it. This was a huge step up from noodling on my keyboard until something decent comes through. I worked on a track in tandem with the course material, and I put down a melody, counter melody, and a bass line across 16 bars of music in under 20 minutes combined over a chord progression I had. It wasn't perfect, but it was definitely something I could work with to iterate on.