Jake Lizzio

Live in 1 hour: Reviewing your FINAL Submissions

Hey everyone! To close out our Modal Mixture Masterclass, I'll be going live in 1 offer my thoughts on everyone's final submissions. The link to view live or later on is here:

2025-02-25 00:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Using Advanced Modal Mixture to Make Prog Metal

Here's a video breakdown of what I made for the week 6 challenge: https://youtu.be/asuN5jQuNVA . Next week I'll be reviewin...

Finally Revieiwing Your Week 5 Music!

I didn't rush through this one, so I think everyone who submitted should receive some helpful feedback!

Also - Tonight is the deadline for your week 6 submission. I'll make another patre...

Post your FINAL Compositions here!

This is where you'll post your final compositions for week 6's modal mixture class. The goal is to write a piece that includes all 12 notes, and also features two tonal centers (as described in wee...

Live in 1 hour: FINAL LESSON in Modal Mixture Masterclass

At 7:30PM CT we'll be concluding our modal mixture masterclass with a brief look at relativity and how it can expand our tonal choices. This will open up doors to myriad harmonic possibilities and ...

Reviewing your Week 4 Music Submissions

Better late than never! I'm impressed, once again...

The FINAL lesson of the MMM will occur this Monday night at 7:30 PM. Don't be scared though - the hard stuff is out of the way! That lesso...

Submit Your Week 5 Music HERE

Your goal this week was to write in the major key and feature b2 OR VI (aka V/ii), and also use at least one other non-diatonic note. Here's my submission (note, this is not what I demonstrated in ...

Modal Mixture Week 5 of 6 Starts in 1 hour

We're nearly finished here folks! A huge congratulations to those of you who have made it this far, I hope you've found it helpful and inspiring.

Today at 2:00PM CT, we're going to complete ...

Tomorrow at 2PM CT - Modal Mixture Masterclass Week 5 of 6

Only two weeks left in this class! If you haven't submitted music for week 4's lesson, you have a few hours until I start listening to them. I'll post a video tomorrow morning where I review everyo...

Submit your Week 4 compositions here! (And a brief walk-through)

This week's intimidating goal was to write a minor key piece that utilizes the tritone (easily introduced via the II chord) but ALSO demonstrates a clear usage of melodic minor.

I've attached...

Live in 1 Hour: Modal Masterclass Week 4 of 6

Tonight we'll be completing our understanding of the minor key. We'll explore the misunderstood melodic minor scale, and how to write with it while briefly looking at its modes. We'll also take a p...

Reviewing your Week 3 Submissions

A hearty applause to everyone who submitted compositions for week 3! The results were outstanding IMO, and I've reviewed them all in the video here: 2025-01-20 23:08:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Tomorrow @ 8PM CT: Modal Mixture Week 4

Tomorrow morning I'll be listening to all of your submissions and giving feedback, so there's still time to submit your piece in the last post!

Tomorrow evening at 8PM CT we'll continue our ...

Submit your Week 3 compositions HERE!

This week's goal was to write a piece in the major key that features at least one borrowed chord "from" Aeolian, and also use at least two seventh chords.

Here's my submission that I showed a...

Grading your Week 2 Submissions

EXCELLENT WORK. Make sure to watch week 3's intro and outro to hear more thoughts on your stuff.

Live in 1 hour: Modal Mixture Week 3

Work the late shift? Don't work on Mondays? Live outside Americaville? NO WORRIES, the 10AM livestream is here! Today's class will build upon previous concepts and open up brand new doors we'll exp...

Tomorrow @ 10AM CT: Modal Masterclass Week 3

Tonight I'll be listening to everyone's Week 2 submissions and giving some feedback. If you get yours posted (on the last thread here on patreon) before 6pm CT tonight, I should be able to take a l...

Submit your Week 2 Modal Piece HERE!

This week's assignment was to write a short piece using the Aeolian scale mixed with Harmonic Minor, but also include Dorian or Phrygian (or both!) This will result in a minor key composition with ...

Live in 1 Hour: Modal Mixture Masterclass Week 2

Great job to everyone who joined in last week! We're going to go a step deeper tonight with new challenges...

Join live if you can! 2025-01-07 00:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Grading ALL of your week 1 submissions

I decided to listen to ALL of your submissions and film it to get you all some feedback, from earliest submissions to most recent. A few of you should get a message from me as mentioned, but if I f...

Modal Mixture Week 2: Tomorrow Night!

AWESOME JOB to everyone who submitted music from week 1! I'll be reviewing your submissions tomorrow and will post them as a stand-alone video.

Tomorrow will begin week 2 of the modal mixtur...

Submit your modal piece!

Note: Attached in this post is a fixed PDF of the slideshow from yesterday's class (there were a few incorrect symbols, and I've also updated the old post)

Last night, we explored how to bend...

Modal Mixture Masterclass Begins in 1 hour

Tonight is the first installment of my Modal Mixture Masterclass for Patreon members! Here's the link to view live or later on:

2024-12-31 01:02:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Modal Mixture Masterclass Starts TOMORROW Night!

Tomorrow night at 8PM CT I'll be going live with the first week of our Modal Mixture Masterclass!

What you'll learn over the whole class:

-What modal mixture means, and...

HOLIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Here's something different! For all Patreon members, I'm starting a Monday Modal Mixture Masterclass on December 30th. This will be a series of 6 livestream to help build up your composing skills a...

[PATREON EARLY RELEASE] Composing With Double Tresillo (+ Tab + mp3)

LETS MAKE SOME MUSIC! This lesson shows how you can steal a rhythm pattern and grow it into an entire piece of music. We begin with a heavy metal instrumental, and then follow up with an early 80's...

Going Live in 30 Minutes To Answer Your Questions

Only had a few questions come in this time, which means I'll have PLENTY of time for live questions!

Here's the link to watch live:

2024-11-02 14:28:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Post Questions HERE for Tomorrow's Live Q+A!

Hey folks! I'll be going live tomorrow morning (Saturday, Nov 2nd) at 10AM CT to answer your musical questions. Post them here and I'll answer them in the order that they're received.

If you...

Composing Live in 1 Hour - Link here!

Join if you can! https://youtube.com/live/FMwBbbtqZh4?feature=share

Tonight the plan is to comp...

Today: New Video! Tomorrow: Live Composing!

HEY FOLKS here's a new video for you all! This riff really is one of my favorite in history, and despite it's "simplicity", I think there's a lot going on to learn from .

Tomorrow night I'll ...