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Reality of the Situation

As many of us know, its really tough out there for a composer. The idea of a stable job is fleeting at best, and most will have to look tow…

Started by Tyler Hughes

7 Jun 7
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Question about copyright

I'm brand new here. If my searching failed to get me to a thread where this has been covered, please direct me, but here goes: I am just s…

Started by Peter Linn

11 May 5
Reply by Chris Alpiar

Your Goal as a Composer

What is your ultimate goal as a composer? ~Rodney

Started by Rodney Carlyle Money

22 Apr 27
Reply by Fredrick zinos

Can someone who knows about Musical Composing Business (Broadway-West End-Off Broadway) help me?

Hello everyone. I'm a music composer from Greece and I was asked by a lyricist from USA to compose music for a musical play. The deal was t…

Started by Stratos Diamantis

3 Apr 23
Reply by Johan Halmén

You Want Your Music Heard? Write for Concert Band

You Want Your Music Heard? Write for Concert Band The Justin Bieber of the composing world, Eric Whitacre, who makes little teenage girls a…

Started by Rodney Carlyle Money

8 Apr 13
Reply by Rodney Carlyle Money

Would you sacrifice colorful instrumentation for your piece to be published?

Publishers look for works that appeal to the needs of their clients. If your work featured an unusual instrumentation would you sacrifice t…

Started by Rodney Carlyle Money

22 Apr 5
Reply by Lawrence Aurich

Where to go from here....

Hello everyone, I've been on fiverr.com making $5 per song or from engineering sounds for clients since May 2011. I'm obviously not able t…

Started by Stef Savastio

37 Feb 11
Reply by Stef Savastio

Being a Composer: 50% Music, 50% Other Stuff?

Putting notes on the page is just one facet of being a composer. It's an important one!! But there are other skills that are often overlook…

Started by Angus Davison

3 Feb 9
Reply by Angus Davison

“Making It” as a Classical Composer?

I am interested to hear from anyone else on this Forum interested in “making it” as a classical composer" – what this means to them and the…

Started by Janet Spangenberg

36 Feb 8
Reply by Janet Spangenberg

Finding the right music publisher

Hello, all.  I'm an amateur musician and aspiring composer.  I've written a march for concert bands that we have started to rehearse in one…

Started by Jeff Abram

17 Feb 6
Reply by Gav Brown

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