Personal Project Research Guide

"16,000 BBC Sound Effects made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license."

"Listen to a selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sounds."

A free course from The Open University. "Improvisation and composition are words frequently used in the western world to describe the creation of music. But are they really two distinct processes, or are they aspects of the same phenomenon? In this free course, Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective, we will explore the relationship between the two using examples of Asian music to help us clarify the concepts."

"Thousands of free tutorials and quick tips covering all aspects of music and audio from songwriting to audio production."

"Freesound aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse."

"Many musicians have studied music theory and have an idea of the type of music they want to create, as well as the feeling or mood it will evoke. Listen to Pachelbel’s Canon in D and Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The progression of chords is the same but the melody is recognizably different. This article has links to numerous lessons on first learning the fundamentals of music, then learning to compose music. What are the three phases of learning? Watch a video on the definition of composition. A free course on the art of composing is available with a short registration."

A website that provides lessons, exercises, and tools in music and music theory

Offers free and paid courses and content. "SonicAcademy.com is a new web portal for anyone who is interested in music technology - whether you’re a musician, DJ or producer."