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Mar 2026: Watch the three-part series on Geometrical Inversion Variation in the Schillinger System of Musical Composition, where the fundamental forms original, inversion, retrograde and retrograde-inversion are used to create melodic and harmonic continuities. There also is a video tutorial on how to import Superior Drummer 3 MIDI grooves into Steinberg Dorico with correct notation and playback. Read more >>

Aug 2025: During the last months I've been preparing for a live concert, playing solo instruments and full horn sections on the Akai EWI, in combination with the Audio Modeling Camelot software on a Mac laptop. This involved intricate software setup, as illustrated in a set of two YouTube videos. Read more >>

Jan 2025: A video tutorial on the creation of a Schillinger rhythmic continuity with a Fibonacci sequence has been uploaded. Since I closed the Patreon account all Companion Documents are now available in the Webshop. Also, quite a few pages on the website have been updated or restructured. Read more >>

Dec 2024: The good news is that I've reached the number of 5,000 subscribers on the YouTube channel. There's also a fresh upload about writing an orchestral continuity from two musical source elements: a melodic continuity built from a string of melodic forms and a set of two-layer triadic polychords. Read more >>

AUG 2024: A two-part tutorials series shows the Schillinger System approach to chromatic harmonization of a chromatic melody. In Part 1 you'll see the fundamentals, with the essential elements of the chromatic system of harmony and a demonstration of the two-step harmonization process. Part 2 is an application example: a four-minute orchestral composition. Read more >>

JUN 2024: SWAM solo string instruments were tested in a rendering experiment using fragments from string quartets by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms and Ravel and uploaded as a YT video. The TouchOSC controller set was expanded with a project for Ample Sound guitars and basses. Read more >>

APR 2024: The YouTube tutorial series on Schillinger Harmonization of a Diatonic Melody (Book 6, Chapter 3) now is complete with Part 3 Chromatic Harmonization and Part 4 Symmetric Harmonization. You'll learn the fundamentals and the application to the full melody from Part 1. Read more >>