http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Music Composition & Technology en-US Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:36:26 +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-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=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=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=82#post-181 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:56:59 +0000 vj.win 181@http://www.composersnewpencil.com/forum/ Hi Guys,<br /> <br /> I'm a film student at UCLA Extension and am doing student shorts. 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=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=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=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=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?