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About our drives and ways I think music is way more about wisdom (as in dealing with the ambiguous) and judgment (as a sense, a sense that is in aligment with realit… Started by Lucas Oliveira Krumenaur	16	18 hours ago Reply by Lucas Oliveira Krumenaur
Ocean drum Does anyone on this forum have any experience composing anything including a part for Ocean Drum? Is there any standard way of scoring it… Started by Jon Corelis	4	Aug 12 Reply by Jon Corelis
Effective spotting I'm new to this forum, so 'hi' :-) I have to admit, the hardest part for me is spotting correctly. Do it wrong, and you waste a lot of tim… Started by Markus Stone	2	Jul 28 Reply by Markus Stone
Which way you prefer for composing 1: Using FL studio or other software to compose directly. 2: Humming or playing with an instrument, then interpret into notation. 3: Writin… Started by Xiang Li	8	Jul 7 Reply by Jon Corelis
Question about Notation Hello, everyone! I look forward to joining in on some musical discussions as most of my peers aren't all that into sitting for hours decidi… Started by Matt Baker	15	May 18 Reply by Matt Baker
Specific goal in tricky time signature I'm a mostly self-taught composer working on an opera that sets a prose text. The time signatures change wildly to reflect speech rhythms.… Started by Scott Andrew Hutchins	19	Nov 10, 2018 Reply by Stephen Lines
How can I learn to write atonal music? I want to ask the question that was suggested in another thread because I think it's important. The question is: How should an inexperience… Started by Ingo Lee	88	Jul 23, 2018 Reply by Nick Capocci
How to Compose Epic Music Thanks Bob https://soundcloud.com/bob-morabito Started by Bob Morabito	3	Jun 20, 2018 Reply by Bob Morabito
Writing a Passacaglia Hello, I am planning to write a Passacaglia for small orchestra on an already given theme. It is meant to be relatively modern, but (mostly… Started by Tillerich	10	May 19, 2018 Reply by Socrates Arvanitakis
Finding my American Voice Hi Colleagues, Recently the phrase "Finding an American Voice" came up in a post Julie Harris put up about her excellent work "Shortnin' Br… Started by Gav Brown	12	Apr 14, 2018 Reply by Gav Brown