The Modern Musician Show with Colin Thomson

001: The Modern Music Composer with Andrew Gerlicher

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Bio:

Andrew Gerlicher offers high-end musical solutions to both amateur and professional media enthusiasts worldwide. With years of classical training under his belt, Andrew specializes in creating hyper-realistic midi mockups of various styles of music for a wide range of visual and performing media. Using state-of-the-art hardware and software, Andrew is able to work with clients from all across the globe, accommodating their unique stylistic tastes. Andrew also composes original music for media and the stage, and is also passionate about music education.

 

Takeaways:

  1. Embrace the traditional study of music - don’t avoid it

  2. Write/practice every day. Whether you feel inspired or not, you cannot imagine the progress you can make this this sort of consistency

  3. Improvising, try to always make one note “wrong,” to promote creativity in your playing

  4. Keep theory and orchestration books close-by



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      Recommended book: “The Technique of Orchestration” by Kent Nemman

       

      Website: www.andrewgerlicher.com

      Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/andrew-gerlicher-music

      YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zSbU6eyhUb8NURHH0Yy_g


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