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1. Musicians & composers of the 20th century: v.1: Will Ackerman-John Denver; v.2" Paul Desmond-Joan Jett; v.3: Antonio Carlos Jobim-Charlie Parker; v.4: Gram Parsons-Igor Stravinsky; v.5: Billy Strayhorn-Hans Zimmer, appendixes, indexes - Document - Gale Academic OneFile Select. (2023). Oclc.org. https://go-gale-com.saeezproxy.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T002&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&retrievalId=bd438261-2afa-4bcc-9892-6ed3ef57ae27&hitCount=55&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=2&docId=GALE%7CA251861051&docType=Book+review%2C+Brief+article&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZEAI-MOD1&prodId=EAIM&pageNum=1&contentSet=GALE%7CA251861051&searchId=R3&userGroupName=saeinstitute&inPS=true

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In his article ‘Bach is forever my teacher and I listen to him constantly’ (Gramophone, 2015), Zimmer explains that in his pre-film scoring career he had played in a band and had a hit, but decided that path wasn't for him. He managed to get a gig with film composer Stanley Myers with whom he formed a team - Myers taught Zimmer about the orchestra and Zimmer taught Myers about electronics.

It was Myers who developed Zimmer's film composing, firstly as assistant and eventually taking on his own scores.

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From a very early age, Hans Zimmer went to the cinema to watch the film Once Upon a Time in the West and was taken not only by the film experience, but also by the music of Ennio Morrocone. He says in his article (Gramophone, 2020), that it was this experience that set him on his future career path.

He talks extensively of their parallels, how Morriconne was himself influenced by Bach and Mozart, their experimentation with sound, their work ethic, etc.

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Hans Zimmer admits in, The Computer Is My Instrument (Berkman, 2013), that he grew up in a "confused" family - his mother a musician, his father an engineer.

In two articles written by himself (Gramophone, 2015; Gramophone, 2020) relating to the inspiration he took from Ennio Morricone and Bach, he explains that he grew up listening to classical music of Bach, Brahms and Mahler, but hated piano lessons and quit soon after starting. However, he did take inspiration in making strange noises with the piano,  set the foundation for his eventual career in music production.

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Evenant (https://evenant.com) was founded in 2105 by two relatively young Scandinavian composers, Arn Andersson and Walid Feghali who, decided after a chance meeting in Berlin, to create an online education platform teaching art and music.

From a business perspective, this was a smart option as it enabled them to continue their passion for travelling while generating an income through subscriptions. According to the Evenant website, the business now trains and supports over 300,000 students from around the world, with a well utilized online community.

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Alex Moulaka (https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMoukala) is a composer, producer and educator. While he is probably nothing outstanding, I came across one of his videos by chance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUCGqY7R438) which gave me some insight into systematic processes in the DAW and VST instruments, and how they can sound.

He also references an online course in cinematic music from Evenant which caused me to investigate their site and reviews. So, I feel I have to give some recognition to Alex Moulaka as a kind of stepping stone.

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Tutorials on How To Write and Produce Orchestral Music by Alex Moukala: Official FL Studio Power User, Trailer Music & Videogame Music Composer. Trailer Credits Include: - Avengers Endgame - John Wick: Chapter 2 - BEN-HUR (2016) - Edge Of Tomorrow

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This is one of Australia's reputable music education programs which according to general YouTube videos, has been in operation since 1981.

The institute offers courses in Business, Performance and Composition, Sound and Production, with state of the art facilities including a 250 seat venue, recording and production studios including Tremorverse Records who partners with BHI and Sing Sing Recording. (https://www.boxhill.edu.au/music-production/student-experience/).

My experience at BHI in 2020 was only the Cert IV Performance, my first music education gaining an introduction to the DAW and related technologies was an amazing inspiration

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Tremorverse Records is an independent record label partnered with Box Hill Institute and Sing Sing East Recording Studios.

The role of Tremorverse is as a seeding ground for artists early in their musical career. It is ambitious and outward looking. Submissions for the compilations are considered from many different sources.

Tremorverse works with the music students, graphic designers, fashion students and music business students and the input from the students brings freshness and vitality to the Label. This diversity of talent and dozens of A and R scouts means that the label is full of inspiration and collaboration.

Tremorverse Stationary out now

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Students studying Music at Box Hill Institute have access to professional studios and collaboration programs to prepare them for a successful career in the industry.

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When Steinberg released the VST protocol in 1996, and in 1999 upgraded it to receive MIDI data, they changed the world of music production. It enabled the creation of software instruments (Tanev & Bozinovski, 2013, Page 182).

The inspiration for Steinberg to create the VST format was to enable a complete studio in software and this enabled third-party developers to create software that could be installed into host DAWs.

The latest versions of the VST standard, with Note Expression enables extensive articulations for realistic sounding instruments and human-like playability (Tanev & Bozinovski, 2013, Page 182).

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When Steinberg released the VST protocol in 1996 and then in 1999 upgraded it to receive MIDI data, they changed the world of music production in that it enabled the creation of software instruments (Tanev & Bozinovski, 2013, Page 182).

The inspiration for Steinberg to create the VST format was to enable a complete studio in software and this enabled third-party developers to create software that could be installed into host DAWs.

The latest versions of the VST standard, with Note Expression enables extensive articulations for realistic sounding instruments and human-like playability (Tanev & Bozinovski, 2013, Page 182).

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The technology that enabled one of the most drastic changes to the music industry, allowing musicians to produce their own music with near infinite control (Sutton, 2022), began with the development of digital PCM by Bell Labs in the 1930's (mixdown, 2023). However, it wasn't until 1977 that SoundStream released their digital editing system, and 1989 when Digidesign Sound Tools that the DAW was born.

Coupled with the release of the MIDI protocol in 1993, and Steinberg's Cubase VST in 1996 (Levine, 2019), professional music production came to the bedroom studios of today.

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Hans Zimmer was the obvious influential artist that came up when I starting looking for examples.

The body of work and the standard of film productions that carried his music is immense, of course, but the thing that really surprised and impressed me was how modern the mostly orchestral music sounded and how he can create very emotional and powerful music productions from a minimalist approach as described in this article (https://diegodelfino.com/blog/score-review-and-analysis/outer-space-minimalism-understanding-hans-zimmers-score-for-interstellar/).

I definitely want to delve deeper into this world of music production.

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Hans Zimmer Live in Prague (2017) Part 1

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While researching the technology of using DAWs and VST instruments, I came across firstly, several YouTube tutorial channels which coincidently were involved with producing cinematic music. In particular, I found the channels of Guy Michelmore
(https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkSpaceEducation) and Alex Moukala (https://www.youtube.com/@AlexMoukala) most educational and inspiring.

One Alex Moukala video referred to Evenant (https://evenant.com) - an online education site specialising in the practical aspects of cinematic music composition and production. A deep dive into various aspects of this study has been instrumental in building practical knowledge in composing and producing.

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The sophistication of the DAW, particularly Ableton Live for it's ability to assist in  live performance (The Untold Story of Ableton Live—the Program That Transformed Electronic Music Performance Forever, 2016) left me wanting to learn much more.

In addition to the DAW, is the virtual instruments (VSTi), particularly the real-world recorded samples from the likes of Spitfire Audio, SoundIron, Audio Imperia. I found their realism of sound, varied microphone positions, articulation and expression, and playability both mind-blowing and inspiring. These virtual instruments are probably the main driving force behind my direction into orchestral music.