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I have always been somewhat influenced by Schoenberg's "developing variation." I tend to start with a theme or set of themes, and just write from beginning to end. Not unlike Stephen King's method as described in On Writing.
On the other hand, We...
I personally don't structure it really I go with how my mind is telling me to carry on the piece.
much like I hate forms in literature (Shakespearian sonnet for example) I do not like forms like that in music. All you can change in a S.S. is the words... the rhymes must be the same and the syllables, and how many lines... same in music, all yo...
I liked AndrewG's comment. I think it's fine to nick a chord from a favorite band occasionally but when you start thinking 'I'm going to write a song driven by emotions felt by the members of that band', then you have crossed the line into unorigi...
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Choir, Orchestra, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other, film
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- all styles!
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Egham, Surrey
- About Me:
- I'm 24 and have been composing from a very early age. I have written music in lots of different genres as I like lots of different music. I now use an iMac with Logic Pro and an MBox2 as my home studio. I also sing a lot and dabble with other subjects. I am in the middle of a Music degree at Royal Holloway and hope to scrape a living from the arts!
Comment Wall (26 comments)
- At 4:01am on November 9, 2009,
Ray Kemp said… - Alex,
Loads of good stuff here both in composition and production.
Advice?....... don't sing.
Ray
- At 2:32am on November 9, 2009,
Chris Manthey said… - i like the "jumping" parts in marshland village^^
and when there is the 3/4 part of each part when you "alter" it...
and basicly its feeling =)
- At 5:40pm on November 5, 2009,
Robert "Robby" Piotrowski said… - nice music, very good made! i hear there some genesis, yes, king crimson... very good!!!
- At 7:07am on October 21, 2009,
Mario Ruiz Calle said…
- dude that Marshland village theme is a winner... its really awesome
- At 11:07am on September 26, 2009,
Jason Ward said… - Just listening to Plateaux, reminds me of the BGM from classic shooting games like Gradius, Blazing Lazers, Gate of Thunder, etc. Nice score to blow up thousand of invading aliens to. =D
- At 11:00am on September 26, 2009,
Jason Ward said…
- Hey Alex! Yes, I do use a Roland JV1080 as one of my primary tone generators. It's nice to see you drop by to listen and check up on my work. Drop by my website some time where I have posted over 20 music videos. =) http://www.jason-ward.com
- At 11:24am on September 25, 2009,
- So everything is logic studio?
- At 8:11am on September 25, 2009,
- hey Alex, one question, which softwares or libraries do you use?
- At 5:21pm on September 24, 2009,
- yep, it's been a while now, since 99 I think.
hey nice stuff you got there, sounds cool!
- At 11:31am on September 24, 2009,
- Hey Alex, thanx for the comment man, I play everything on both... oh hold on, the bass in "calor para dos" was played/arranged by a friend of mine, can take that credit.
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