The Mistake Young Composers Make
Excellence Beyond Your Craft
Crafting the Perfect Level 1 Soundtrack
Finding the Right Writing Style 🎵✍️
Tips for Creating Immersive Video Game Music
Highlights and Breakthroughs from Our Composition Course
Game Development Realities: How Music Adapts to Changing Scopes
Experimentation and the Pursuit of the Unfamiliar
Crafting an Experience that Resonates with Players
Ready vs Hungry
Blending Genres in VGM
This Is Fast!
That was Easy!
Create Depth with Your Drums
Make Faster Decisions
It's Part of the Process
How to Start Your Rescore
How to Maximize Your Time
Mastering the Art of Minimalism
3 Steps to Success as a Video Game Music Composer
How to Keep Getting Hired
The Headphone Switching Method
Time is ticking! ⏰
Pick a Lane!
Level Up Your Career!
Maximize Your Music Career
How to Deal with Revisions
A Robot That Makes Money for You While You Sleep?
🎵 Chicken or the Egg | Original VGM inspired by Banjo-Kazooie
🎵Something's Off About This Town | Original VGM inspired by Earthbound
My take on Kingdom Hearts IV trailer Part 2!
My take on Kingdom Hearts IV trailer Part 1!
🎵 Forbidden Forest | Original VGM inspired by Secret of Mana
🎵 Spikes & Slimes | Original VGM inspired by Celeste
I rescored Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel trailer
I’m building an army…
I FOUND THE GREAT DEKU TREE 🎹
They just sight-read THIS!?
when the orchestra slays the impossible part, but can’t play the easy measure…
epic string cluster
when the choir sight-reads 7-part harmony flawlessly
when you tell the choir to SCREAM the last note…
when the conductor says “we’re now native in Infernal” #dnd
when the choir is handed…squiggly lines? O_O
👋 Welcome, I'm Steven Melin and I'm a dad of 6 and an award-winning music composer in Atlanta, GA. With dozens of audio awards & nominations, my music has been heard by millions across over 100+ films, television shows, trailers, advertisements, video games, & podcasts, including The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, Dancing with the Stars, The Dr. Oz Show, Monster Sanctuary, The White Vault, Dark Dice, & The Boar Knight. I recently scored the Guerrilla Collective & Indie.io showcases as part of the IGN Summer of Gaming 2024.
I'm the founder of Video Game Music Alliance, #1 Best-Selling Amazon author of Family-First Composer, & one of the highest-selling video game music pack creators online (18,000+ sales and counting).
Here on YouTube, I:
1. 🔴 Host the Live Composing Show every Wed @ 10AM EST, where I compose real projects or produce other composers' tracks live with you
2. 🎮 Share my recent music releases
3. 🎹 Perform VGM piano covers