http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Music Composition & Technology en-US Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:32:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/search.php http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=101#post-278 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:29:28 +0000 Norbert Oldani 278@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>NetNewMusic is devoted to all types of new music. It had about 3,000 members. But there were two groups of members,as I understand it, that were always fighting each other so it was taken off-line. It may be rebuilt. </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=101#post-277 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:06:10 +0000 composersnewpencil 277@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>Hello Norbert. Welcome! The forums used to be a bit more active but not anymore. I updated the forum a couple of months ago with the hope that people would come again and chat. Let's see what happens. I see that you are interested in electronic music, it would be great if you stick around...if you have some friends that want to join also, even better :)<br /> I think we have around 100 registered members, but most of them are not active anymore.</p> <p>What is NatNewMusic? I've never heard of it. And why is it offline? </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=101#post-276 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:22:13 +0000 Norbert Oldani 276@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>I joined NatNewMusic last December,2009. Right now it is off line , so here I am. This site is a little quite. How many members does it have? </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=102#post-275 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:26:24 +0000 fontadoni 275@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>I've been checking out macprovideo.com. It looks like a very good site with tons of information. They have various types of subscription options and I'm tempted to try the $25 per month one. I will probably try the free one first, where they let you check out 10% of each tutorial. Not bad. Have any of you guys heard about this site? Check out the Apple Logic section here: <a href="http://www.macprovideo.com/tutorials/logic" rel="nofollow">http://www.macprovideo.com/tutorials/logic</a> </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=102#post-274 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:19:09 +0000 fontadoni 274@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>I'm looking for a website with good Logic video tutorials. Hopefully cheap! </p> <p>Suggestions? </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=101#post-273 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:16:41 +0000 composersnewpencil 273@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>We have just updated our forum platform. We have migrated from phpBB to bbPress and we are excited to get our forums going again. Please feel free to join us! </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=99#post-271 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:10:55 +0000 fontadoni 271@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <p>I'm pretty much learning how to use Logic now, but I've found that the brass sounds are the worse. Do you have any tips for working with sampled brass sounds? </p> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=99#post-270 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:14:36 +0000 Fat Cat Strings 270@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ I have to agree with you fontadoni, the Apple ones are really good, especially if you keep swapping between different articulations e.g. legato and staccato.<br /> If you write lots of sustained notes/ chords, you can get away with JUST sampled strings. It's where the melody notes move quickly that samples fall down. I'm lucky here because I play violin and viola so I overdub some real strings and mix them in with the samples - just enough to confuse the listener ;-) http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=99#post-269 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:08:12 +0000 fontadoni 269@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ I'm not sure. I have to say I keep it simple and use the sounds the come with Apple Logic. <br /> <br /> What do you use? http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=99#post-268 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:47:25 +0000 Fat Cat Strings 268@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Which string library are people using? I've just been checking out the LASS (L.A. 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If anyone interested to be part of filmmaking process, you are welcome as a composer. <br /> <br /> Soon I'm gonna shoot a feature film [guerilla film type] in about 3-6 months time and would like you be on board of it too. <br /> <br /> If interested, please email me.<br /> <br /> Thank You,<br /> <br /> Bye Bye<br /> Vj http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=81#post-180 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:26:22 +0000 jmkirkendoll 180@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ 2009 DuoSolo Emerging Composer Competition<br /> DuoSolo | Mary Kirkendoll, flute ~ Michael Kirkendoll, piano<br /> <br /> eligibility: composers age 35 and under as of September 1, 2008<br /> <br /> application fee: none<br /> <br /> dates: accepting scores until April 1, 2009 (postmark)<br /> finalists will be notified no later than April 21, 2009<br /> winner will be announced no later than June 1, 2009<br /> <br /> prizes: $500 <br /> premiere performance by DuoSolo during the 2009-2010 <br /> season professional quality CD recording <br /> inclusion on DuoSolo’s first commercial recording (date TBD)<br /> <br /> requirements: Interested composers should submit the full score for a new work for flute/piano duo in full score with parts. Scores may be submitted via email as .pdf files or sent through standard mail directly to DuoSolo. All works should be a minimum of 8 minutes in length, and there is no maximum time limit. Composers may specify whether multiple movement pieces must be performed in their entirety or if movements may be performed separately. Individual composer’s may submit up to three (3) different scores. Finalists will be asked to submit three (3) hard copies of their piece for final adjudication.<br /> <br /> Submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:duosolo@duosolo.com">duosolo@duosolo.com</a> with the subject “Emerging Composer Submission.” If you wish to submit scores through the mail, please send them to<br /> DuoSolo <br /> Emerging Composer Competition<br /> 1029 Stonecreek Drive<br /> Lawrence, KS 66049<br /> <br /> Please include your name and current contact information with your submitted score.<br /> <br /> Please visit our website <a href="http://www.duosolo.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.duosolo.com</a> for complete rules and details. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=78#post-177 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:37:39 +0000 Art of Sound Music 177@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Art of Sound Music is seeking scores from composers and arrangers who are looking for a publisher or an additional outlet for their music. We are seeking pieces for chamber groups, soloists, bands, choirs and orchestras in various “grade levels.” Art of Sound Music is interested in original compositions, arrangements of public domain works and arrangements for which you have already legally attained “permission to arrange” which would be sold through our website with customer choice of professionally printed hard copy or web printable music. <br /> <br /> If you have music that you feel might fit our needs, please email the following to <a href="mailto:scores@artofsoundmusic.com">scores@artofsoundmusic.com</a>:<br /> <br /> 1. Your name, a brief biography and a listing the title(s) of the music <br /> you are submitting (up to three pieces for evaluation).<br /> 2. Full score file, in Sibelius, PDF or MusicXML format, for each title you <br /> are submitting. <br /> 3. MP3 recording of each title you are submitting. A “live” performance <br /> is preferable; synthesized renditions are also acceptable.<br /> <br /> If we decide to publish your work, we will email you more information, our compensation schedule and a contract for you to sign which will include all terms and conditions. If we elect not to publish your work, we will notify you by email as well.<br /> <br /> Regards,<br /> <br /> Ellen Schneider<br /> Marketing Manager<br /> <a href="mailto:ellen@artofsoundmusic.com">ellen@artofsoundmusic.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.artofsoundmusic.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.artofsoundmusic.com</a> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=31#post-176 Sat, 31 May 2008 21:53:02 +0000 jay 176@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ For what it's worth, I use music publisher on my pc. It's not the 500lb gorilla of this arena, but for my money, it's very fast, and ease of use is high. It's at muspub.com.<br /> <br /> It has simple playback, but is essentially a notation-only program. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=64#post-175 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:12:34 +0000 Chevereaux 175@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ What is twelve tone?<br /> <br /> I think the limits are endless. Current trends will always stay around for the majorities. For the mainstream, I have no idea. But as long as it is listenable, it works for me. <br /> <br /> The thing is there's always going to be all sorts of trends, whether they are revivalist or post-currentageist. Personally, I like to listen to music that has been done in the past, because it is, as it has always been, a possible reflection of the future. A song that was made today will become a song that was made yesterday, and so on. <br /> <br /> Either way, I find it very interesting that whatever taste people have, it's always the same themes, all the time. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=76#post-174 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:34:44 +0000 Chevereaux 174@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Casey and fonta pretty much covered all I could think of. <br /> <br /> You might want to try to sing with your voice along the piano, or just when you're doing mechanical activities (IE driving, or whatever) just so you build a stronger musical sense. <br /> <br /> Improvisation is great, too. Do it at random moments during the day.<br /> <br /> Listen to CaseyDodd, basically.<br /> <br /> As for books, I have dozens on my wishlist, but two that have helped me transcendentally are:<br /> <br /> 1. Composing Music: A New Approach (William Russo)<br /> 2. The Chord Wheel (Jim Fleser)<br /> <br /> These are individual approaches. If you're seriously serious about music, start by playing with someone else. It's surprising what two people can do on the piano at the same time, and the music that is created. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=77#post-173 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:45:41 +0000 yerik60 173@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hello again!<br /> <br /> Here is another one. :D<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/20/1771430/mus_elegia.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/20/1771430/mus_elegia.mp3</a> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=77#post-172 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:13:57 +0000 yerik60 172@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ <img src="http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/20/1771430/Neverwinterwoods_Greenheartb.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> Hello fontadoni!<br /> <br /> Thank you for your reply!<br /> <br /> Well, as you see, I have pasted a screenshot from one of my modules. <br /> The game is delivered with an application called Aurora Engine. With this program you can use all the codes in the game, and add graphics, sound and scripts. It is not open source, you cannot alter the exe file. But this engine makes you able to make new storylines and environments. The music can be added to your scenes as you please, just by adding them to the different areas. You can script it so that the music changes when certain things happen. You use mp3 files, you just have to convert them to .bmu, the format that the game use. That is really no problem, you just change the fileextention.<br /> <br /> I use Finale, latest version, with Garritan Personal Orchestra, these sounds are as you probabely know included in Finale now.<br /> To edit my audiofiles I am using Sony Soundforge. A very easy to use mastering program, that lets me compress and add reverb and so on.<br /> <br /> Hope I have answered some of your questions. I will most likely be back soon with more filelinks and stuff.<br /> Talk to you soon! :D http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=76#post-171 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:53:08 +0000 fontadoni 171@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hi Ilusa, welcome to the forum!<br /> <br /> I think Casey has given you great advice, I really have nothing to add to that except that it's also important to be consistent. Putting yourself to a schedule and following it is good. <br /> <br /> I wish I was more disciplined. This is one of the things I've always tried to change. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=76#post-170 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:36:38 +0000 yerik60 170@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hello Ilusa!<br /> <br /> Brahms had some useful advice for aspiring composers. I think we can say that these &quot;rules&quot; are valid today as well in the past and future? :D <br /> <br /> <a href="http://members.aol.com/dmarko1/brahms/index_n.htm" rel="nofollow">http://members.aol.com/dmarko1/brahms/index_n.htm</a> http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=77#post-169 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:24:23 +0000 fontadoni 169@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Welcome yerik, it's good to have you here.<br /> <br /> I'm a 30 year old electric guitarist and composer from Costa Rica, but currently living in Massachusetts, USA. My interests are mainly in contemporary classical music, electronic music and jazz, although I still listen to a lot of pop and rock as well.<br /> <br /> Thanks for posting the mp3, sounds really good! What program are you using to generate sound? It would be very interesting to hear it along with the game, just to hear it in context. I am not familiar with the game (I am not very familiar with video games in general), but it sounds like it's a very complex one. I was not aware that it was possible to mod video games, is this like an open source video game or something similar? <br /> <br /> I used Finale for a long time, but switched to Sibelius after a music copying job I had to do, and I have to say they both have good and bad things. I think once you master one of them it's probably a good idea to stick with it. But I do wish there was a more flexible notation application out there. <br /> <br /> What program do you use to synchronize the audio and video. I have recently purchased Apple Logic Studio (I am really glad I did). It's a great program (now I have to learn how to use it, ha ha). <br /> <br /> I am glad you found the site and I hope you keep coming back, I am the owner. I have not done anything with it for a long time. I tried really hard for a while, but it has been difficutl to get people interested, so I stopped trying. <br /> <br /> We'll be relaunching the site with a slightly different concept and look soon, more technically oriented to computers, software, etc. One of the persons who will be working with me is really talented with music applications so I'm sure that will make a difference.<br /> <br /> Coming back to your topic, do you have any screenshots of the scenes you are orchestrating? Post them if you do.<br /> <br /> Talk to you soon. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=77#post-168 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:27:28 +0000 yerik60 168@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hello again!<br /> <br /> I have used this piece for a forest scene in one NWN module. It is a sparsely orchestrated piece for strings, harp and woodwinds.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/20/1771430/mus_greenheart.mp3" rel="nofollow">http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/20/1771430/mus_greenheart.mp3</a><br /> <br /> I welcome comments, and maybe a dicussion? :) http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=77#post-167 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:29:59 +0000 yerik60 167@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hello!<br /> I have just found this forum. Looks interesting, and I´m a little amazed that so few have responded to it. I´m a 48 year old musician from Norway. I have done a lot of things, from conducting schoolbands to play in rock and jazzbands. I have arranged a lot of music. But my main interest nowadays is to write music for the PC game Neverwinternights. This is a rolepaying game with a fantastic utility where you can make your own mods. You can write new stories, script them, add new sounds and music. I think it´s unnessecary to say that writing soundtracks for games has become a big buissness nowadays. That´s why I´m a little surprised that no one has posted anything here yet. Well maybe we can do something about that. I will shortly come back with some links to some works I have done for this game. I´m using Finale for this work. Not because I will claim that this is the best program, but because I have used it since the 90´ees! <br /> Hope to get in touch with a lot of you soon! :D http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=75#post-166 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:43:34 +0000 CaseyDoddMusic 166@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Sorry Christopher, I only have experience with Finale and Logic. Hopefully somebody on this forum has used Reason!<br /> <br /> Best of luck,<br /> Casey http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=76#post-165 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:38:48 +0000 CaseyDoddMusic 165@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hi Ilusa, welcome to the Forum. <br /> <br /> From my experience, the best way for me to learn composition has just been through trial and error. I sit down at the piano every chance I get and I just improvise, just to see what I can come up with. If I think there's anything worth saving, I'll record it/write it down and work on expanding my ideas later. This is a good method of composition for me and it's certainly worked for a lot of Classical composers along the way. <br /> <br /> Another important tip I would have is to listen to the kinds of composers/kinds of music that you want to compose. If you would like to compose dark piano ballads, check out how the great composers composed piano music and try to emulate them. Try to figure out what it is that they did that made their music so great and incorporate that stuff into your own writing.<br /> <br /> I hope some of what I said has helped and I look forward to your work! Keep us posted.<br /> <br /> Casey http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=76#post-164 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:16:56 +0000 Ilusa 164@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hi everyone =) I'm new here.<br /> <br /> I've done alot of theroy lessons and have taken years of lessons in piano and singing. I really want to compose and I have written part of a song bu ever an entire one, I just don't really know how to go about composition. Do you think books are the best ways to do this? If so could anyone reccomend some? I'd really love to write my own music as I don't want to be a singer who just sings other people's works I want to be able to write music that is personal to me. The piece I wrote is a piano piece which I later added vocal and lyrics to but like i said it's pretty much unfinished =(.<br /> I have an intrest in contemporary writing classical pieces but also more modern music styles rock/pop songs(that are well composed), I think to start out I'd like to compose dark piano ballads. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=75#post-163 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:37:47 +0000 ulrichburke 163@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Dear Anyone.<br /> <br /> I have Reason, 1 gig RAM, an AMD Sempron computer which is just fast enough to run Reason properly.<br /> <br /> I'm a complete noob, let's get that out of the way for starters. I flatter myself I can write a tune, but the techie side of computer music is killing me and sniggering heartily throughout the process. Anyway. Today's dumbass question. <br /> <br /> I wanna write simple New Age music for now - flute'n'strings, piano'n'strings, think Richard Clayderman, people like that. If you listen to a piano and strings piece, the strings are lovely and soft and buzzy in the background. Like saying MMMMM as a chord. <br /> <br /> Problem is, doesn't matter which Reason sample I use - I only have the two basic sets, Orkester and Factory, that come with the program - it sounds too harsh. I've tried loading on the reverb, it just sounds like an overdose of reverb, it doesn't sound soft. Not like the online New Age backings sound soft. <br /> <br /> How do you get those lovely, soft, New Age backings you hear on piano and synth/strings tracks? What samples should I use and what should I be doing to them to achieve the softness? <br /> <br /> Once I've achieved softness I'll prob. have a couple more question to ask, but this soft thing is a real stumbling block for me. Like a six foot brick wall! <br /> <br /> Yours hopefully<br /> <br /> Christopher Burke (ulrichburke on site). http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=61#post-162 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:51:58 +0000 CaseyDoddMusic 162@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ It's been a while for me too but hopefully I will start lurking around the forums a bit more in the future! http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=70#post-161 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:49:13 +0000 CaseyDoddMusic 161@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Something to look into as well is the use of Secondary Diminished Seventh chords. Just like Secondary Dominant chords can spice up your writing and lead you into some undiscovered terrain, Secondary Diminished Seventh chords can lead you into some different resolutions that might spur your imagination. http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/topic.php?id=74#post-160 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:43:56 +0000 CaseyDoddMusic 160@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ 1) All the time. In fact, at this point in my life as an aspiring composer, I would say I have those days more often than I have good days.<br /> <br /> 2) I definitely don't have a set routine when it comes to composition. In order for the ideas to stay fresh, it IS important to come at them from different points of view (and different points during the day).<br /> <br /> 3) Improvisation is definitely important. I don't think improvisation is necessarily in between steps 1 and 3. Many great composers sat down at a piano and improvised and then used THAT material to build their pieces. It definitely can be just as formal of a process as just sitting there trying to write from scratch.<br /> <br /> 4) Awesome improv certainly can be a result of your knowledge of learned rules, but at the same time it is a result of instinct and quick musical wit. <br /> <br /> 5) I don't necessarily agree that too much freedom can become a hindrance. I would agree that sometimes when you have total freedom it's hard to know what to do, but I think with careful thought and planning, the freedom is where you can really achieve your greatest work. What if Wagner decided he had too much freedom? We wouldn't have heard any of his incredibly revolutionary sounds.<br /> <br /> 6) I think you should definitely submit your compositions. I would like to start doing the same. Do you work with a program like Finale or Sibelius?