Dhwanii - Issue 2

You can Compose In this permanent section, we will be featuring articles from experienced musicians who will help those of you who are keen to jump on the music composing bandwagon. The aim of this section is to demystify the music creation process, technically as well as creatively. So we welcome contributors to this section. It doesn't matter if your article is a small write-up about an instrument that you play, user-friendly software that you found to create music or some experience that helped you improve your music creation skills. Do share it with us. Send your write-ups to articles@dhwanii.com.

Go Digital with your Guitar - Dr.Pradeep Immanuel

Go Digital with your Guitar "A guitar’s natural sound can be layered with a synth pad that has been transposed down to give a rich thick sound that just might shake your boots!

Percussion : A Way of Life - Anurag Tripathi

Percussion : A Way of Life "To me percussion’s a way of life. This is probably the only discipline in music which does not require an expensive piece of instrument to make music. You can create rhythm on a table top with your fingers, a tin can, with a pen, pair of chop sticks, anything that resonates. I don’t need an elaborate drum kit to come up with a pattern. Two hands and a table top will do nicely. Of course the more the elements the more intricate your pattern can become."

Loopy Fun - Eswar Rangasubramoni

Loopy Fun Computer based music composing has become a lot popular with the new breed of music composers. They have started talking about “Software Synths” and “Flangers” and “Filters” in music programs. These “synths” were basically not available to people who had just started to compose music due to the cost and maintenance troubles. Furthermore, nobody was ready to teach the techniques of using synthesizers, (synths as they are lovingly called). Nowadays, with the advent of software synthesizers that could be used on any normal PCs affordable by anybody.