
Andrew Joslyn Talks Violin, Orchestration, Macklemore, Money, and More
After a violin-heavy childhood, Andrew Joslyn ditched classical music and began scoring massive hits for Kesha, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and more.
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Leo Flynn on Vitamin String Quartet and Rockabye Baby
Leo Flynn is the brand manager for the Vitamin String Quartet, the group best known for recreating classical-style versions of popular songs.

Berklee Online Professor Mark Cross Goes Fifty Shades Darker
Even though Mark Cross composed three pieces of music for the brand new Fifty Shades film, it’s unlikely that he and his wife will be sitting in the cinema on Valentine’s Day.

Kip Winger Talks Grammy Nomination and Berklee Online Experience
Kip Winger humbly refers to himself as “a rock guy who had some hits in the ’80s,” which is only part of the picture.

Sarah Neufeld on Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre, and Collaborating with Husband Colin Stetson
Sarah Neufeld began playing violin at the age of three, and considers herself “half-classically trained.”

Modal Harmony in Jazz Composition
The modes have provided fertile musical soil for jazz composers since the late 1950s. In effect, modes can be viewed as displacements of the major scale.

Arranging for Horns with Jerry Gates
Jerry Gates’s work as an arranger, orchestrator, composer, and producer have been featured worldwide, on the concert stage and for TV shows and commercials.

Imaginary Barlines in Musical Notation
Jonathan Feist explains the concept of imaginary barlines in music theory, a notation convention designed to help the music reader know what’s syncopated.

Guitar Notation Basics
Guitarists might read three different types of notation. Each has its strengths.