I've been composing since I was 10.
Here is a video essay about some things I've learnt and some things I try to do.
0:54 Chapter 1 Thinking & Research
02:54 Chapter 2 Options
06:09 Chapter 3 Writing
11:36 Chapter 4 What's Next?
Some books I suggest:
Harmonielehre by Arnold Schoenberg https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Harmony...
The Study of Orchestration by Samuel Adler https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Notations21 by Theresa Sauer https://www.amazon.com/Notations-21-T...
Music Notation by Gardner Read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Music featured is my piece "The Nephelai" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNrMP...
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Check out my videos about:
Opera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GjRS...
Orchestral Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyt_a...
Conducting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIEF...
New Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzAnn...
Arnold Schoenberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-MH...