Dan Spencer

Video game music composer, music educator, and founder of Best Music Coach.

Dan Spencer writes music for video games and teaches musicians how to do the same. Dan wrote the Best Music Coach guitar books and created the Gamer Music Creator Guild, a coaching community where gamer music creators finish and release game music.

Dan teaches guitar, piano, music theory, and game music composition, with lessons and breakdowns on the Video Game Music Composer YouTube channel.

Guild member results

24 Guild members have released 113 tracks, averaging 65.6 days to a first release, with 4 full soundtracks in progress. See the live results page.

Where to find Dan Spencer

• YouTube: Video Game Music Composer
• The Gamer Music Creator Guild
• The Best Music Coach books
• Music courses
• The blog

Latest articles

• How do you find indie game developers to work with?
• Should You Go to Music School or Build a Game Music Portfolio From Home?
• Video Game Music School for Working Adults
• Modes for Video Game Music: Two Ways to Actually Use Them
• The Gamer Music Creator Guild
• Video Game Music Composition: The Complete Beginner’s Guide
• The 4M Video Game Music Composition Protocol
• Best Music Coach: The Complete Guide to the Books, Coaches, and Coaching
• The Gamer Music Creator Guild