From David Bruce Composer. What is dissonance? Why does everybody hate it? (unless they’re regular viewers of this channel, in which case they love it). It’s a weird phenomenon which doesn’t have a very clear definition. I explore the options. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH: The harmonic series t-shirt https://david-bruce-composer.creator-spring.com/listing/new-harmonic-series?product=937&variation=103890 other merch: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/david-bruce-composer…

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From David Bruce Composer. Can you write anything of any meaning in just 5 minutes? Particularly for an instrument you’ve never experienced before. That’s what Zoë Marlew and myself tested in this episode when we met up with Mantawoman (aka Reylon Yount) who plays the Chinese Hammered Dulcimer called the Yangqin. And we had a…

From David Bruce Composer. J Dilla’s approach to rhythm was quite revolutionary. In this video I look through the techniques he used, how drummers have attempted to play Dilla Beats, and at my own attempts to incorporate Dilla-style rhythms into my own classical compositions. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH: In this video I’m…

From David Bruce Composer. Ludovico Einaudi is a composer I’ve always struggled to get along with. But he’s one of the most popular classical composers alive today. In this video I challenge myself to get to know his music better and see if I can come to some kind of understanding as to what it…

From David Bruce Composer. Vaporwave is a form of electronic music and internet culture that emerged in the 2010s. It generally involves stealing old tracks and slowing them down to create something weirdly nostalgic. So making a classical version it seems like a strange thing to do – but that’s why I did, with the…

From David Bruce Composer. As composers we think about melody, harmony and rhythm. But if that’s ALL we think about, we may find our music turns ‘beige’ – in this video I talk about how to use the musical space and the register of instruments to avoid the dreaded ‘Beige Belt’. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON…

From David Bruce Composer. In this video I hope to convince you that the humble act of arranging a piece of music can be totally transformative, a good arranger can make a modest song into something amazing and an amazing song into something even better. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH: Beethoven 5 midi…

From David Bruce Composer. Is there more to Beethoven than Fur Elise and apparently sarcastically named "The Ode to Joy". In this video I take you on a whistle-stop tour of Beethoven’s work, highlighting the concept I think is one of the most important in his work – transcendence. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Symphonies 05:15 Concertos…

From David Bruce Composer. What do you do when your dreams of becoming an artist aren’t working out? In this very personal video I take a look the role luck played in turning my career round, and how, on reflection it wasn’t actually luck at all, but something much more important. I tried to uses…

From David Bruce Composer. How do composers write for instruments they don’t actually play? It’s a question that non-composers often ask – and one that composers themselves often ask themselves. In this video I provide some answers. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH: The Lick Midi Sequence T-shirt I’m wearing: https://david-bruce-composer.creator-spring.com/listing/the-lick-midi other merch: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/david-bruce-composer…

From David Bruce Composer. Over the past few months there’s been an explosion in AI text to image engines. Could the same happen for music and if so, what does it mean? 00:00 Twoset violin review Huawei’s AI smartphone music 02:00 Nirvana song AI 02:40 Text to image AI 04:34 The internet and past ‘future…

From David Bruce Composer. This video is essentially about the way the design and layout of instruments affects the music that’s played on them. I talk about samba, which has an unusual wonky rhythm as its backbone, but also about other instruments and the effect they have on music, as well as the choice of…

From David Bruce Composer. Metric Modulations are famous for being for the mathematically minded music-nerd only, but they have loads of interesting and cool uses, I take a look at a few. #metricmodulation #mathematics #music SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ON PATREON https://www.patreon.com/davidbruce MERCH: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/david-bruce-composer Follow me on Twitter: Tweets by davidbruce Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbrucecomposer…

From David Bruce Composer. What’s the wildest piece of music you know? How Wild can music get? Is there a limit? Death Metal seems pretty wild, can it get wilder than that? Let’s find out! Research Assistance: Robin Haigh https://robinhaigh.com/ Thanks to all the viewers who submitted videos of the wildest piece they know –…

From David Bruce Composer. You need some bravery to make the decision to write your first composition down on paper. Even more to then submit it to a YouTube nerd to mess around with! That’s just what Frank Rensen did – watch to see how it went! To follow more from Frank go to his…