ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
Most people can write music. Few know how to tell a story with it.
Perhaps you have written songs, composed instrumental pieces, or dreamed of creating music for films, games, animation, or other forms of media.
Telling Stories Through Music is a one-on-one mentorship programme designed to guide one original portfolio project from concept to completion.
Over 10 personalised sessions, you will learn how professional composers develop music through storytelling, emotional design, orchestration, production, recording, and creative decision-making across modern media.
Artificial Intelligence is changing how music is made. At White Noise Music, we believe in AI for Humanity — using technology to enhance human creativity rather than replace it. While AI can generate ideas and possibilities, meaningful storytelling still comes from human experiences, emotions, perspectives, and creative choices.
By the end of the programme, you will leave with a completed portfolio project, a personalised creative roadmap, and a deeper understanding of how music can shape stories.
Technology creates possibilities. Creators create meaning.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Lesson 1: Building a Life Through Music
Explore how the creative industries actually work and define your personal goals as a storyteller through music.
Lesson 3: Finding Your Voice
Develop themes, influences, and a creative identity that reflects your unique artistic perspective.
Lesson 5: Creating Your Own Sound
Explore sound design, sonic identity, and the creation of your own musical world.
Lesson 7: Recording & Production
Learn professional recording workflows and how music moves from concept to finished production.
Lesson 9: Building Opportunities
Develop your portfolio, professional network, and strategies for creating future opportunities.
Lesson 2: Story, Emotion & Meaning
Understand narrative, character, emotion, and the role music plays in shaping audience experiences.
Lesson 4: Themes & Emotional Music
Learn how melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and silence can influence emotion and meaning.
Lesson 6: Building The Score
Understand how professional composers develop, structure, orchestrate, and realise a score.
Lesson 8: The Business Nobody Teaches
Understand clients, collaboration, publishing, royalties, intellectual property, and creative entrepreneurship.
Lesson 10: Portfolio & Future Roadmap
Review your completed project and establish a personalised roadmap for future creative growth.
Every lesson is applied directly to your portfolio project. The project itself becomes the classroom.
MENTOR
Alex Oh
Alex Oh is a composer, producer, educator, and founder of White Noise Music.
For more than 25 years, he has built a career telling stories through music across feature films, television, advertising, immersive experiences, audio branding, and live performance.
His work includes more than 30 feature films including The Maid, Bait 3D, 1965, Geylang, Oversteer, I Not Stupid 3, and A Good Fortune. His first feature film, The Maid, became Singapore’s highest-grossing horror film at the time of release. Beyond composition, he has worked as an audio supervisor, recording producer, studio owner, record label founder, and festival director.
Alex holds a Master’s degree in Scoring for Film, Games and Visual Media from TU Dublin and has studied with internationally renowned composers and industry professionals including Christopher Young and Conrad Pope. His international experience includes work and study across Singapore, China, Ireland, France, and the United States.
As an educator and mentor, Alex has taught at Nanyang Technological University (ADM), Singapore Polytechnic, SOTA, LASALLE College of the Arts, and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. He has also mentored emerging creators through SCAPE mentorship programmes and industry workshops, helping the next generation of musicians, composers, and storytellers develop their creative practice.
Alex is the founder and festival director of the Singapore International Soundtrack Festival (SISF), an international platform connecting composers, musicians, filmmakers, game developers, and industry professionals.
In an era where Artificial Intelligence is transforming music creation, Alex believes in AI for Humanity — using technology to enhance human creativity rather than replace it.
Through Telling Stories Through Music, Alex combines professional practice, industry experience, and personalised mentorship to help participants develop their creative voice, build meaningful portfolio work, and create a roadmap for their future.
