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"The French who are notoriously good at cooking" , shows the German flag.

I don't understand why this doesn't have more views. You deserve way more attention for this high quality content.

I am someone who's been playing piano as a hobby for years, and composing for video games is my ultimate goal. I've tried my hand at composing and I seriously struggle with the analysis paralysis you mentioned. So much that I have never truly finished a single song, even though I have plenty of fun ideas and unfinished songs. It's very demotivating at times. Watching your video has been like a breath of fresh air that I much needed. Thank you for the comprehensible tips. I feel like this video is just what I needed to push me a bit further on my journey. I subscribed to your channel and am hoping to learn much more from you. :)

This is, by far, the BEST guide on YT on how to compose AND record music/, no matter if it's game music or not. Thank you so much, man!

Matt, I've been making music for 4 years now, and you still taught me some useful things in this video. Thank you so much! I always look forward to your videos and insight! :)

This is actually really good. I’m an absolute beginner and these tips are really useful. I’d love to see a workflow example employing all these tips, especially tips on loopable things and transitions like use of dominant chords

I love your way of explaining things. I've been really trying hard to improve my music production abilities recently and this is one of the most digestible collections of base-level reminders I've ever come across. I'm gonna tie this one around my finger. Thank you.

Thank you so much for making this! I'm totally new to making my own music, but you made jumping into the water a heck of a lot more accessible for me. Amazing content!

This was great and super helpful, the resource shoutouts like the VGleadsheets alone was gold, thanks Matt!

Wow this video is so good! You actually made me feel better and more interested on my music and workflow. I cant thank you enough

I've been vaguely interested in writing some video game music as a hobby, and I just stumbled upon this. What a great, engaging video with lots of helpful advice. I'm excited!

So one of these tips was something along the lines of gathering needed instruments that the song your wanting to do similar to and this really clicked in my head and i managed to make something similar to a song i used to like listening to before. Thank you man!

that part with the voice recording is genius. i don't know why i never thought of that

Not only is this a great beginners guide on Video Game Music, but on any creative process in general! Cheers

Dig the tune you composed in the end and the video. Subscribed peace and love

Excelent video, you covered so much topic in it that I'll have to watch this 3-5 times to digest it all.

As someone else has already commented, I don't understand how possibly this has gotten so few views!!! This has been the most thorough and sincere tutorial I have ever encountered on KZfaq. Thank You Matt!

Thanks!. I never played any instrument and I know nothing about music, and I felt that maybe it was too ambitious to compose my own music for my games because it would always suck for theoretical reasons beyond my comprehension, but now maybe I have the courage to compose music that sucks.

starting up with making game music and this is what I needed to watch!

This is simply amazing. Thank you! I love the way you convey all these solid information in a concise and easy to understand way.

Bro, I’ve never had someone explain it so clearly before. Praises!

Thank you for creating this video, I really enjoy watching this, and a helpful guide to start as a beginner.

Geez, your channel is a gold mine of eye-opening and useful stuff! Thank you!

What a great overview of the creative process.

This video was beyond helpful to me! Thank you so much for taking the time to create and post this, not only was it super insightful but it was funny and easy to follow too!

It's the best video/lesson/tutorial I've seen about writing music so far! So simple and yet so useful and inspiring! Thank you very much!

I've been composing for 20 years. This is one of the best tutorials I've seen.

I just subscribed , I am in love with your content already , high quality ,entertaining , and beneficial

man that plug-in thing at the end i needed. Amazing video all around thank you!

Thank you! Exactly what I needed!

I've just come here from your podcast. This is genuinely such good advice. I've been meaning to start creating music and other advice just flew over my head. Thank you so much! Great video :]

Amazing! Thank you for making that video!

wow... Amazing video like really! I'm happy I found your channel matt, you got a new subscriber!

i think I learned more from you than summarized 40 other music tutorials I have done!

with adhd i can say this is one of the best videos and I could focus that mean a lot

That half step up at the end of your Aldi theme is super videogame-esque. It has such a combative lead into the resolution.

Brilliant video! These are good tips and they made me inspired to do something new

Thanks for beginner's knowledge!

Thank you really much, I was trying to start learning to compose VGM ♥

this video is literally life saving thank you brother

Absolute solid gold. So sad I'm only seeing this now, but I'm glad I saw it anyway! Amazing tutorial!

Amazing tips. Thanks!

Amazing tips! Looking forward to listening to your course. Also, your sense of humor is reassuring.

Very useful tips Matt, thanks . Currently watching your course Hope you release more courses and videos on the future.

This is such a good video! As an amateur musician looking to compose different types of music (but some music similar to video game music), I thought this was an excellent beginners guide. I've always enjoyed listening to video game music, and it's true that to create good video game music or just good music in general, it's not about the fancy techniques or fancy software. Though those can give polish to your piece, it's not important when first starting to compose. Even when I had protools on my side, an industry standard, I was still able to create garbage music. However, the next song I made in garageband, despite being much more limited, still allowed me to create much better music because my skills had improved. I agree with your idea that musicians should transcribe music they enjoy, and I don't hear it talked about that much. When I took my music production class, (which was why I was able to use protools without paying for it) I transcribed, essentially remixed two songs, which helped me tremendously, though it took a lot of time. Like with art, it is important to break down advanced work to see the underlying foundation of it. Nowadays, when I listen to something interesting, I usually transcribe either the melodies or harmonies of it and nothing else. I wholeheartedly agree with the idea of having an ideas document. I have a garageband file that I keep all the ideas I come up with, which usually happen when I'm playing the piano. It makes a big difference to be able to test my ideas in garageband to see if they have potential. I also completely agree with your take on learning music theory. While I did learn some really basic music theory in music production class, I really think my composing skills would have improved faster if I was able to understand what chords and harmonies were possible. For example, I had no idea what harmonic minor was, and I was clueless as to why someone would use a C major of G major chord in the key of F, and why it would sound good. When I tried my own attempt to replicate the sound I liked about it, I created something very strange. While I wouldn't say it's bad, I think more music theory knowledge would have gone a long way in the beginning. I also couldn't find out how people wrote happy songs (like mario music) interesting because I didn't understand how to keep them interesting and playful while only being able to access 3 major chords in the key. If I had a grasp of music theory, I might have known that while there are only 3 major chords in the major key, one may borrow other chords like the major 2 chord, giving it a lydian feel. The modes of the major scale are also, in my opinion, one of the most valuable tools a composer can learn, as it opens up so many possibilities. A couple things I learned from this video are humanization and structure planning. I think humanization can bring some life into my songs and structure planning can take some of the guesswork out of how to progress. I appreciate that this video is there to help aspiring musicians start on their composing journeys, keep it up man!

High quality content, thank you! :D

This was great, Matt! Thanks for the tips!!!

This is one of the most helpful videos on composition (not just video game music) I've probably ever seen!

Awesome channel! Thnx a lot 🙏

GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO, this is by far the best music video tutorial I've ever seen, good job man, good job. AND THAT'S FUCKING MUSIC IS A BOP

Great tips for beginners! ❤😊

Thanks man this helped me big time, mentally

Such a wholesome vid, I feel like I leveled up a few times here. Getting back into my music gear after many moons. Also great Reaper tips, didn't know about those epic features.

Thanks a lot! This helps alot.

thank you! you saved my motivation! :)

Really enjoyed your style and feel like I learnt a lot. Now to apply it

Our friend group started making a game and this heloed so much In our games development big thanks

Great tutorial!!

Such a concise video :D Very big brain. I made sure to hit subscribe

This is so excellently helpful

Really good tips. Subbed.

bro, these tips are so relateable :D Really great advices

Homie, this is SUCH great video. Nicely done, my guy.

That advice about adding all the instruments before you start is GENIUS.

Спасибо большое за полезные советы, очень помогаете нам!

this video is awesome and sooo helpful, just like you are! thank you so much man

Thank you, this video is very helpful.

3 Years later and I appreciate this so much. First tip video I have ever been able to sit through all the way, not only that but I truly feel like I learned something, this is unbelievably underrated.

Thank you so much!

Informative, well edited and funny. Great job man!

good video i been looking into getting back into game composing had so much fun and learned so much in the process of my first 3 yrs of doing it

I love how the German flag pops up when you mention the French.

Amazing video bro. Super informative and helpful. Also, very funny. Cracked me up over and over again. I’ve always been into rock, and have been in a couple bands, but also have gotten into synthwave and I’ve been listening to Super Nintendo soundtracks while studying for years. I’m intrigued with the idea of making full tracks alone now too instead of with a band since my old man life is so busy now. Thanks for the great video. I subscribed after watching only a few minutes.

while I play alot of instruments and have a pretty good understanding of music theory, this was very helpful in quite a lot of ways

Thnks good man..now i'll get to learn and someday I'll make a song like your example (a simple record that becomes a good music)👽👍

Thank you !

Well, now I'll have your melody stuck in my head. Lol Great video! I loved it! ...and it gave me hope lol

the whispering at the beginning earned you a sub.

This video is amazing!

just found this vidéo because i was stuck with a lead and nowhere to go, juste love your tone and all the tips seems very good, thx for that !

Awesome tutorial will consider doing this

Great work like always

Inspiring vid! As an aspiring game dev, one of the tasks I’m most daunted by is a banger soundtrack lol. But after this it seems doable

bro this helped me so much on structuring my sogns, thank you

All hail the algorithm for giving me Scooby Doo's Fred having a new purpose in life. Glad to hear there is life beyond mystery solving.

this is awesome! ive been planning for a game i might try to make.. i dont know if it will neccessarily succeed, but im trying. this is probably gonna help me out later on!!

great video dude

TY man! this will help alot.

Surge XT is my absolute favorite free instrument VST. Vital is another great one.

Super insightful, thanks! As an odd aside… the color palette of your polo makes me think of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. So bonus points for that!

Best guide I ever saw in my life

Never heard of this guy, but I like'm. Subscribed.

on your first tip: I would love to hear your thoughts more elaborated on how to study gaming music. any shot we could get a video on that? thanks for the tips. this feels like a great place for me to start. I appreciate you putting this out there.

Awesome video! Very informative and funny at times. I love the inclusion of video chapters, as I can skip over the things I'm comfortable with to the things I need work on. That bonus tip about synths is perfect! I've always found purchasable synthesizers strange. Using Surge XT or any other free synthesizer can get you any synth sound you have to pay for (and _literally_ every sound comprehensible, but that's a _little_ much to ask). A few things I disagree with: 1. I don't agree with copying chord progressions. If you're on a time crunch, do what you can, but any other time it's better to listen and transcribe than to outright copy written harmonies (train your ear, not your eye). Essentially, Tip #1 is the top priority above all of the rest. 2. Live instruments are the best. I doubt that will change for several years. But physical modeling libraries (i.e. SWAM) have come a long way, and stuff like the ROLI Seaboard RISE 2 allow you to use such libraries to their fullest potential. For now, they obviously aren't the best, but I doubt it will take very long for physical modeled instruments to be completely indistinguishable from real ones, even played live (of course excluding the visual aspect, and of course requiring spatial plugins such as VSL's MIR 3D Pro). 3. Related to that... Shoot. I forgot what I was gonna say. Should've followed tip #2 and put bullet notes before typing these out. Again, awesome video, very underrated.

This is by far the best video on this topic ever.

So that's why you didn't show up, I was searching for Matt Kenyon! Great video.

Great!

W video! Thank you!

A brief is definitely a great idea. ✅