Joshua Au-Yeung - Music for Film and Game Soundtracks with FL Studio: Learn Music Production, Compose Orchestral Music, and Launch Your Music Career

Learn Music Production, Compose Orchestral Music, and Launch Your Music Career

Joshua Au-Yeung

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To my parentsmy mother, for her devotion, love, and care, and my father, for his boundless curiosity, support, and determination.

To my friendsSasha, for her encouragement, support, and always making me feel listened to and appreciated, and Jagdeep, Pavel, and Ryan, for making me laugh.

Joshua Au-Yeung

Joshua Au-Yeung (professionally known as Chester Sky) is a music producer, composer, director, and software developer. He's published 10+ music albums, directed and composed for films, created board games and dozens of art pieces, and hosts a podcast. He's an instructor of online courses, including best-selling courses on music production and composing for films and video games. His previous book, The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 20, reached #1 on Amazon in the Digital Audio Production category.

To learn more, visit https://www.chestersky.com/.

Shreevathsa PK started his music journey at the age of 5. He started attending Carnatic classical music singing classes at a very young age. Shreevathsa completed juniors with 95% in the Carnatic classical music examination and started learning piano on his own at the age of 13, referring to many sources on the internet. He was fascinated by the variety of western music and how much impact it has on one's personal life.

At the age of 15, he started composing music with the help of DAWs, such as FL Studio Logic Pro. Shreevathsa composes music of various genres. In his free time, he loves to listen to a wide variety of music varying from classical music to electronic dance music to music from various countries, such as Japan, China, Korea, and the Middle East.

Shreevathsa has composed music for short films and collaborated with a few YouTubers, helping with background music for their YouTube channels. He also has his own channels where he posts compositions. Shreevathsa is also an electronics engineer working at an MNC. He dedicates a few hours to music every day, despite working in a busy industry.