Jay Allen, a composer with over 130 online classes, explains why strategic planning before you write a note matters. He's spent 20 years refining a pre-composition process that helps composers finish pieces instead of abandoning them halfway through.
Hey everyone, my name is Jay. You might already know me because I have a ton of composition, music theory, music production classes here on this website. I've made about 130 online classes and I love doing it. And I have something someone told me once, I have like a million online students. It's crazy. Anyway, in this class we're going to focus on the pre composition process. That means that before we start writing music, and this is true of any, any genre, whether I'm writing dance music, orchestra music, film music, game music, rock music, pop music, whatever genre I'm working on on a given day, there's always a pre composition process. And that is a process of decisions that I have to make before I start writing so that once I do start writing, things are really smooth and I don't hit any roadblocks. Okay. I'm going to spend a week or so thinking about all of these things and answering a huge list of questions and that's going to make my writing a lot more successful. Okay. And if you are someone who finds yourself writing and then constantly giving up and you have 100 unfinished pieces, this might be why, because you don't have a good pre composition process to smooth the road for you to set yourself up for success while you're writing. So I've been using this process for probably about 20, 20 years now, ever since I started writing. So dive in, let's learn how I do this. And you will learn how to craft your own set of pre composition techniques that'll help you write the best music, finish pieces, and maybe even work a little faster. Let's dive in, Sam.
