You've a got a computer and some decent samples. The music you write is, really, not bad, and your production values are nothing to sniff at.

And yet, you find that the music you produce on your computer sounds stale and lifeless. Maybe you remind yourself that this is because you're not using a real orchestra (fair). But then you listen to sample library demos and catch a vision for how sample library-created music *can* sound: vivid, lifelike, and... well, like real music.

THE #1 WEAKNESS IN VO (VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA) CREATED MUSIC

I've been doing sample library demos and mockup work for a good while now, and in the process have discovered that the primary believability bottleneck in sample-based orchestral music is due to (1) a lack of familiarity with classic elements of musical expression (dynamics, tempo, phrasing, etc), or (2) a lack of understanding how these parameters of expression apply to orchestral computer tools in an authentic way. Often it's some combination of both.

These deficiencies result in stale music that lacks the natural ebbing-and-flowing quality you hear in live, orchestral music.

If I'm right that this lack of dynamic performances and phrasing is the most common weakness in sample-produced music today, then tackling that issue head on should result in significantly more lifelike (and therefore better) music.

PRINCIPLES OF EXPRESSION FOR THE MODERN, COMPUTER-BASED COMPOSER

In creating this course I went to both my roots as a classical piano student (was gonna say classical pianist but that is a bit of a stretch if I'm honest) and my 17+ years of experience working with sampled instruments to craft both a bootcamp in musicality AND a practical, technical guide on applying these timeless principles of expression to modern computer tools.

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MUSICALITY AND SOFTWARE

Software is often experienced as something that hinders a sense of musicality rather than an instrument that enables it. My hope is that this course encourages you in your own musicality and empowers you in your use of these modern tools towards the end of making the expressive, authentic music you feel in your heart and hear in your head.