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Youngblood Brass Band: Composing and Arranging for Horns

Name: Youngblood Brass Band: Composing and Arranging for Horns
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Duration1h 4m

Modules8

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 4m)

- 01. Composing and collaborating
  11:54
- 02. How famous Youngblood tunes were written
  8:33
- 03. Choosing tunes for albums or live shows
  6:18
- 04. How to approach cover songs
  8:12
- 05. How to recognise a "Good idea"
  Free lesson
  4:44
- 06. Structure and developing ideas into a finished piece
  8:15
- 07. What is an idea?!
  4:17
- 08. Writing and arranging for horns
  12:18

About this course

Youngblood Brass Band have toured the USA and Europe for years, selling out venues in more than 20 countries with a sound that runs New Orleans brass through hip-hop and beyond.

For the first time, after years of workshops on both sides of the Atlantic, they're sharing how they actually write. Using their own tunes and the experience of individual band members, they walk through their compositional process: where ideas come from, how to tell which ones are worth keeping, and how to grow a fragment into a finished piece for horns.

Who it's for

First-time songwriters with ideas but no method
Players who can write riffs but stall on full tunes
Curious composers wanting a working band's perspective

What you'll learn

Recognise which musical ideas are worth developing
Grow a small fragment into a finished piece
Shape a setlist or album with intention

What you'll need

A way to capture ideas, even your phone
Any instrument you write on, or your voice
A few minutes most days to keep ideas flowing

Meet the Guru

Youngblood Brass Band

Youngblood Brass Band fuse uncompromising New Orleans brass with hip-hop energy and lyricism. Drawn from Madison, Brooklyn, Minneapolis and Chicago, the ten-piece has toured the world since 2000 and collaborated with the likes of Questlove and Talib Kweli. They are equally at home leading a marching band through their own compositions and headlining a punk festival. On MusicGurus they break down their New Orleans-meets-hip-hop sound - how they compose and arrange for horns, the rhythmic and harmonic vocabulary that ties it together, and how to play a horn line as part of a tight section, including the full parts to their tune 'Brooklyn'.

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