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Hi everyone! I just released my debut piano album on 25th of October, so it´s still very fresh. It contains 10 of my original compositions and 1 re-make of an 80´s pop song which I´ve made on a request of the artist himself. Please take a listen to the full album here and let me know how you like it! If anyone would be interested, you can buy the album here: https://oliverbohovic.bandcamp.com/album/ballerina

I think i'm finished with this one although unsure about the ending. I wanted to write something a bit faster than I normally would. I don't have the score as Logic is terrible for that. Enjoy and comments welcome as per. Any feedback really is welcome, good or bad.

This is meant to be a small scene, flying over the ocean towards the final destination (final boss if you will). During the last seconds, the plane closes in on the enemy.

I think this fits the scene you've described very well indeed. I like the triumphant feel it provides, it really helps pump you up for that final section (final boss etc.) when you have a piece like this preceding it. Good job!

Hi Guys! This is my first post. I would love to hear your opinions on my take on: The Rains of Castamere, the most epic song from Game of Thrones.

Listened to Golem. Sounds epic! Great use of percussions! Not much to criticize as it's quite good. Dragoons - Not a fan of the guitar intro, but great work on the second part with the piano. Reminded me of Shoji Meguro's work.

I second what @Rabbival507 said. Often, I am just repeating some snippets of music in my head, while I am waiting somewhere, and after a while, they develop into a longer ideas. What doesn't work for me is developing new ideas while sitting in front of notation software.

My best personal solution for these is probably: sing it to yourself. When you're at work, or on the way to work. or waiting for the program to load XD That way, your subconscious will keep working on that, and in a while you'll come with an idea for more. Other than that... Try to start small with one or two instruments, and add the others step by step. Another idea is drawing yourself a line- when it's high the music is at climax or close to it, and when it's low almost nothing happens, exepct for maybe a quiet bass line. Coming up with the form of the piece will help you develop it. Also, try to think of a story to your piece, it might be helpful. When I do that it really helps me developing idea. I hope that was helpful. I wonder if you noticed that the lines keep getting shorter. ;)

While I’m no expert on this, I can give you some tips from my personal experience. It really pays of to study cadences, that is, endings of musical phrases. For a start, look for example here: http://openmusictheory.com/cadenceTypes.html Or here: http://bassus-generalis.org/muffat/muffat_regulae.html (Only the chapter on cadences) Now, these are examples of classical music, the second link even of baroque music, but the same principles apply as for modern tonal music. And they are a good way to start on cadences before you dive e.g. into Jazz cadences, which are more complicated, but are built on the same basic principles. Even the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence_(music) says so, so it must be true ;-) I have written many different cadences and so after some practice, it has become much easier to write a cadence. And this is something one can learn alone, as one hears if a cadence works or not. One neat trick in composing is to reduce your composition to a harmonic / melodic „background level“ and plan your composition this way with a broad brush, and then fill in your basic motives where they belong. It now becomes much easier to envision which rhythms and pitches to use to fill the gaps. Important: Don’t feel compelled to strictly adhere to your plan, as new ideas will come up when fleshing out the composition. Another trick is that many compositions can be analysed as a series of weak and strong cadences. So, if you have learnt to write cadences of varying degree, you are able to write a small composition as well. Probably nothing groundbreaking, but it is a good start.