About the author
for those who need to understand who I am
To be honest, for me, as for many other composers, arrangers, sound engineers, the least favorite genre is self-presentation.
We still like it more when our achievements and creative successes are talked about, if not by our music, then at least by someone else.
My name is Boris "SoundKing", I am the author and mastermind behind the training
I think if you watched my YouTube channel and read the articles, then this question does not bother you much.
But, those who come here for the first time, quite reasonably ask: "What have you done, composed, do you know how to do music production, etc.?"
Therefore, below you can read about me
But, those who come here for the first time, quite reasonably ask: "What have you done, composed, do you know how to do music production, etc.?"
Therefore, below you can read about me
I have been involved in music since I was 5 years old.
At first I was taught to play different instruments at home, then music school (in the piano class), then training in composition and arrangement on my own and with mentors.
At the age of 7, already doing quite well with the piano, I firmly declared to my parents that I wanted to become a composer, I don’t know why
At first I was taught to play different instruments at home, then music school (in the piano class), then training in composition and arrangement on my own and with mentors.
At the age of 7, already doing quite well with the piano, I firmly declared to my parents that I wanted to become a composer, I don’t know why
Apparently, because around me
I only saw scores
with the serious faces of Bach, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and apparently, with my childish brain I thought that these were the coolest dudes, I wanted to be the same.
Now I am writing these lines, and a funny picture has hung in my head, how my peers are playing "king of the mountain" on the street, and I am going to the music school to play the piano... I am jealous, I also want to play "king of the mountain", but I walk and repeat like a mantra "but you will be a composer, you will be a composer, compo..." and at that moment a juicy snowball flies right into my face.
I only saw scores
with the serious faces of Bach, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and apparently, with my childish brain I thought that these were the coolest dudes, I wanted to be the same.
Now I am writing these lines, and a funny picture has hung in my head, how my peers are playing "king of the mountain" on the street, and I am going to the music school to play the piano... I am jealous, I also want to play "king of the mountain", but I walk and repeat like a mantra "but you will be a composer, you will be a composer, compo..." and at that moment a juicy snowball flies right into my face.
mother is a pianist, grandfather is a multi-instrumentalist: accordion, button accordion, guitar, balalaika
Since I am a third-generation musician, this could not help but leave a certain imprint of demands on me from my family.
While studying at a music school, I constantly asked my teachers the same question:
Me at 7 years old:
Now we are playing other people’s pieces, but when they start teaching us to write our own, how much longer will I have to endure?
Musical teachers:
This is only in 10 years at the conservatory
Then I tried to bargain naively, learned in a couple of days an exam piece at the level of the 7th grade music school graduation. Moreover, I learned it when I was in the fourth grade, to which I was told:
"You're great, of course, but we don't teach you how to compose here, you'll have to wait or find a tutor in this area"
In the 5th year my patience snapped, and I left the music school, almost bringing the teacher to tears, because I was the most promising, out of 23 classmates in the piano, not counting the violinists, only I could improvise and pick out fairly complex pieces by ear, having absolutely minimal perseverance, and as I remember now, I learned to play other people's pieces with a minimal waste of time.
And the most acceptable subject, in my opinion, was solfeggio, which everyone else hated, because it is there that they give crumbs on music theory, and music theory is the key to composing your own music.
And the most acceptable subject, in my opinion, was solfeggio, which everyone else hated, because it is there that they give crumbs on music theory, and music theory is the key to composing your own music.
After music school, a very cheerful teenage life began, I signed up for a sports section, drew graffiti, hung around the courtyards, skateboarded, thought that everything was over with music, since the teachers did not teach me to write my own, but gave me gannons, minuets, polonaises, my parents also sighed heavily every time they remembered my leaving music school.
But as life showed, I managed to take a sip of teenage freedom for a short time, because literally a year after leaving the music school, I found a disk with the program "dance ejay 5" in the store. This is a toy program in which you can create your own music.
And now, from the age of 12, I can already count how long I have been writing my music.
But as life showed, I managed to take a sip of teenage freedom for a short time, because literally a year after leaving the music school, I found a disk with the program "dance ejay 5" in the store. This is a toy program in which you can create your own music.
And now, from the age of 12, I can already count how long I have been writing my music.
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I am 32 years old, 20 of which I have been creating music non-stop
Arrangement, studio recording, vocal editing, mixing and mastering.
For 9 years of that time I was involved in producing and online education.
For 9 years of that time I was involved in producing and online education.
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I wrote my first arrangements when Crazy frog and Pakito- living on video - were playing on the radio
At that time, there were no full-fledged courses on music production.
I started recording artists, polishing their vocals, and then mixing them in 2008, from 2011 to 2014 I worked in the studio under the guidance of the experienced sound engineer and producer Martin Terefe, who also mixed the a-ha band.
I started recording artists, polishing their vocals, and then mixing them in 2008, from 2011 to 2014 I worked in the studio under the guidance of the experienced sound engineer and producer Martin Terefe, who also mixed the a-ha band.
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Also, since 2012, when electronic music became too cramped for me and I became interested in film music
with everything that comes with it, non-squareness, orchestral composition of instruments, etc., and just 5 years later I was collaborating with Sarah Schachner on the Assassins Creed project.
To make it clear, one such musical project contained 150-300 instrument tracks.
To make it clear, one such musical project contained 150-300 instrument tracks.
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I have also been doing ghostwriting since 2012, when this term was not yet popular. Then, instead of one word - "ghostwriting" - everyone said:
"Write me some music, but don't tell anyone that you wrote it, because I want to tell everyone that I wrote it, and for your silence I pay you three times more than for a regular original arrangement."
The main popular sequencers at the time were Cubase, FL Studio, Sonar
and Reason. Ableton and Reaper had not yet gained the momentum they have now
and Reason. Ableton and Reaper had not yet gained the momentum they have now
There's a 95% chance I've written music or at least mixed in your favorite genre.
My first track, which I wrote in fl studio in 2006, was in the eurodance genre.
Do you remember this genre? It was once very popular!
That's why it's hard to stump me when you ask me to teach you how to write music, even in something rare and not very popular.
Do you remember this genre? It was once very popular!
That's why it's hard to stump me when you ask me to teach you how to write music, even in something rare and not very popular.
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I own several YouTube channels dedicated to background music such as ambient, new age and chill with a total reach of 1 million subscribers bringing me a steady income
https://youtube.com/@EtherealWorldMusic
https://youtube.com/@Fluidified
https://youtube.com/@AmbientWithFlute
https://youtube.com/@EtherealWorldMusic
https://youtube.com/@Fluidified
https://youtube.com/@AmbientWithFlute
In 2016, one artist asked me to teach him how to write his phonograms, and within a month he was writing them for himself
And I realized that I’m also a good teacher, and it really brings me pleasure.
At first, my students were my clients for recording and mixing. Eventually, having added training to my schedule, I stopped coping with my main job, and in order to relieve myself a little, I raised the price for personal lessons. And so that no one would be offended, I launched my own mentoring course
https://soundkings.ru/education
At first, my students were my clients for recording and mixing. Eventually, having added training to my schedule, I stopped coping with my main job, and in order to relieve myself a little, I raised the price for personal lessons. And so that no one would be offended, I launched my own mentoring course
https://soundkings.ru/education
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Welcome to the most thorough and comprehensive course on music study
Boris "SoundKing"
Multi-genre composer