Most people sit down to compose, write a cool eight bars, and have no idea what to do next #shorts @MusicTheoryforGamers
Most people sit down to compose, write a cool eight bars, and have no idea what to do next #shorts  @MusicTheoryforGamers
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Most people sit down to compose, write a cool eight bars, and have no idea what to do next. That is not a talent problem. That is a tool problem.

Mark is brand new to composing and his first sketches already sound fantastic, because he is using motif formulas to build on a single idea instead of guessing.

If you have been putting notes together by feel and watching them stall out, motif formulas are how you finish real tracks for games.

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Most people sit down to compose, write a cool eight bars, and have no idea what to do next #shorts

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