The only Stomp Clap Swagger Course There Is...Literally

Are you working on a brief for TAXI or for a TV production that needs "Stomp Clap" music?
That is the reason I created this course, to help you to be able to pump out amazing stomp clap swagger music with ease!

$197 - 2 payments of $100

Swagger

Course - 16 Lessons

Swagger aka Boom Clap is an absolute stalwart of trailer music. This blues rock, pentatonic based sub-genre is used to give the trailer and show a sense of confidence, cool and above all SWAGGER!

Contents

Welcome to Swagger

  • Welcome to Swagger - 2 mins - 20.7 MB

Let's look at some references

This is all important as you get to see the music in context. This should inform how you go about writing the cue.

  • Emporer Trailer - 2 mins - 23.1 MB
  • What is important about the Emporer trailer? - 2 mins -20.1 MB
  • Debt Collector Trailer - 1 min - 11.8 MB
  • What can we learn from the Debt Collector trailer? - 2 mins - 21.5 MB
  • Fargo Featurette - 3 mins - 38.8 MB
  • What can we learn from the Fargo featurette? - 2 mins - 14 MB
  • Adding BASS to beef up the mix - 11 mins - 32.2 MB
  • Swagger Music References

Let's learn about pentatonics

This is where we dive into the theory behind stomp clap swagger; the blues scale.

  • What is the Minor Pentatonic scale?
  • What is the Blues Scale

Swagger Tools

  • Let’s talk pentatonics and guitars - 5 mins - 244 MB
  • If you don't have a guitar - 8 mins -14.4 MB
  • Exploring sounds to build variation - 22 mins - 48.2 MB

Writing a swagger track from scratch

  • Build your structure with drums - 30 mins - 80.3 MB
  • Find Your Riff - 21 mins - 61 MB
  • Build on your idea (or do a u-turn) - 44 mins - 136 MB

Hi, I'm Richard Pryn

I write music for a living. Mostly for trailer music, which is where I get 99% of my placements from.

I am also the co-founder of the music production school, Protege. I write piano music all the time, draw little comics, and have written some books on creativity.

You can learn more about how I got into this wonderful career in the first episode of The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast.

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