🎓 VGM Alliance® Private Coaching Is Here! Limited Spots Available


Private Coaching is now available inside Video Game Music Alliance®! This is your opportunity to work 1-on-1 with a world-class video game music coach to improve your skills in Music Theory, Middleware, Production, or Business.

There are only 14 spots available and we already have 12 people on the wait-list, so act fast if you'd like to jump in!

👉 Schedule your free 15 min. Discovery Call with the coach of your choice by replying directly to this email! We will schedule on a first-come first-serve basis.

With that out of the way, let's meet the coaches!


1. Jordan Metzger

Video Game Music Theory Fundamentals Coaching

With over 20 years of music coaching experience, Jordan is a master of Music Theory for video games and an accomplished composer in his own right.

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Jordan will help you sharpen your Music Theory & Composition skills by walking alongside you as you write your first notes, finish your first tracks, and improve the quality of your music for video games. Includes:

  • x10 45-min. Zoom Lessons over 16 Weeks
  • Every Lesson Recorded for Reviewing Later
  • Homework Assignment at End of Each Lesson
  • Access to Coach via Email between Lessons for Questions
  • $749 one-time payment or $209/mo for 4 months

2. Peter Murray

Middleware & Implementation for Video Games Coaching

Hogwarts Legacy composer Peter Murray is Grammy-nominated and specializes in Middleware & Implementation (using software to creatively generate dynamic live-action music into AAA video games).

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Peter will help you learn the ins-and-outs of Wwise and teach you how to best use it to implement your music in video game engines. Includes:

  • x10 45-min. Zoom Lessons over 16 Weeks
  • Every Lesson Recorded for Reviewing Later
  • Homework Assignment at End of Each Lesson
  • Access to Coach via Email between Lessons for Questions
  • $1,499 one-time payment or $399/mo for 4 months
  • Includes one year of VGM Alliance® Pro membership ($999 value)

⚠️ In order to work with Peter, you need the following pre-requisites:

  • CPU: 8-core CPU at 3.4 GHz
  • RAM: 24 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 / AMD RX Vega 64 or higher with 8GB of VRAM
  • Finished music ready to import into Wwise
  • (No previous experience with Wwise needed, but it may help!)


3. Steven Melin

Video Game Music Production Coaching

Chances are, you already know a bit about me so I'll spare you the credits list from the last 20 years, but some of my recent composing projects include The Bachelorette, Monster Sanctuary, Dark Dice, & IGN Summer of Gaming 2024. I've also had the immense honor of working alongside game music legends:

  • Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy series)
  • David Wise (Donkey Kong Country series)
  • Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, Mario + Rabbids)
  • Yuzo Koshiro (Streets of Rage, Super Smash Bros. series)
  • Garry Schyman (Bioshock series, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor)
  • Austin Wintory (Journey, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate)
  • Penka Kouneva (Gears of War 3, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands).

...so I know a thing or two about video game music and the production quality needed at the highest level :)

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I'm going to help you take your game music production quality to the next level! You send me the audio / MIDI files to the track you want to work on before our lesson, I load them up in my DAW, then during our session I'll walk you through changes I would make to improve the track and teach as I go. This package includes:

  • x10 45-min. Zoom Lessons over 16 Weeks
  • Every Lesson Recorded for Reviewing Later
  • Homework Assignment at End of Each Lesson
  • Access to Coach via Email between Lessons for Questions
  • $1,999 one-time payment or $549/mo for 4 months
  • Includes one year of VGM Alliance® Pro membership ($999 value)

⚠️ In order to work with Steven, you need the following pre-requisites:

  • Finished music ready to improve (this will require you to export audio stems & MIDI so Steven can import into his DAW session)
  • Strong internet connection for Zoom calls, as Steven will be streaming real-time audio of his DAW sessions during lessons

4. Joe O'Rourke

Advanced Video Game Music Business Coaching

Joe O'Rourke has been our resident VGM Alliance® private coach for the last 15 months. Of the 6 students that he's worked with, each of them found soundtrack gigs within 3-6 months of starting, in large part due to Joe's unwavering dedication to help his students find work through email marketing, cold-calling, & demo reel building. He wants to help you do the same!

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Joe has recently worked on the Geometry Dash soundtrack, was the Itch.io Top Rated Audio Asset Publisher in Jan. 2023, and was the Unity Asset Store Publisher of the Week in Feb. 2024. This package Includes:

  • x10 45-min. Zoom Lessons over 16 Weeks
  • Every Lesson Recorded for Reviewing Later
  • Homework Assignment at End of Each Lesson
  • Access to Coach via Email between Lessons for Questions
  • $1,999 one-time payment or $549/mo for 4 months
  • Includes one year of VGM Alliance® Pro membership ($999 value)

⚠️ In order to work with Joe, you need the following pre-requisites:

  • Composer website and/or social media presence
  • Finished music tracks to start pitching for real games
  • Hunger to land your next soundtrack gig

And there you have it! Remember to reply directly to this email when you're ready to schedule your free 15 min. Discovery Call with the coach of your choice. Act quick before all slots are gone!


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Steven Melin

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