"Dovetailing is about interleaving pairs (or more) of instruments. The idea is to produce a better blend of sound.
Like, if you have a common chord, say, g4 b d g5 and two flutes and oboes, you could lay it out in ascending order Ob Fl Ob Fl.…"
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String Quartet 1 - 1st movement. Allegretto vivace
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An attempt to compose a formal 3 movement work, this being the first. Composed February/ March this year. It was another attempt to broaden out from more familiar impressionist territory, aiming to…Continue
Haiku setting (1'15")
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Written for a chamber orchestra, the voice is represented by an alto flute at this stage. If it seems ok, I'll persuade a contralto to sing the voice part. A bit whimsical - I don't often write music…Continue
Concerto for String Orchestra. 1st movement. 2'50"
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Chromatic rather than atonal but with some intended discords.Concerto for String Orchestra. 1st movement. StrepitosoWell, it started out as that but I’m not sure it’s demanding enough to call it…Continue
Desert. Twilight.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dane Aubrun May 10. 17 Replies 0 Likes
Hello all,An impressionist piece inspired by some storyboard sketches. Just to say there are sensual implications – the sequence involved two people informing without words their growing fondness for…Continue
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"Incidentally, I see you live in southern England (why I thought you were American I really don't know). I live in Hampshire, where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
You are very encouraging with your comments about others' work…"
"Hi Dane,
I see from one of the threads that you compose on paper and don't know how to produce PDFs. If it helps, my printer has the facility to copy and save as a PDF - the printer itself wasn't expensive (around $100) but the ink refills…"
"Excellent work. I had a look at the score and presume you didn’t transpose the transposing instruments – fine by me LOL it make things that little bit easier!
I had a few small comments to make thanks to you presenting a score, hope…"
"Hi, Matt,
Thank you for listening and your kind comment. Most appreciated.
One of the reasons behind these recent compositions is trying to break away from an impressionist, "through composed" style. Melodies of sorts are there, sometimes…"
"Many thanks, Ingo.
I suppose it could be extended but it seemed to end naturally as it did although I considered pruning out a few bars here and there. But anyway, thank you for your comment. Most encouraging. I'll put the next movement up in a…"
"I had trouble latching on to a melody--but it was put together well enough that my brain always knew there WAS a cohesive melody, even though I couldn't pin it down. Very interesting! On a technical note, the first thing I noticed in the…"
"To me it means putting together a rendering on a DAW (or recording device(s) to sound as close as possible to live performance of a composition (or at least a more polished performance of an electronic / electro-acoustic work)..
For an example…"
"Sounds great Dane, I like it! I can hear your development work with a casual listen which is a good thing I think. You probably agree that this could be extended much longer, perhaps you're being considerate of our busy schedules?
I like…"
"Yes, most pleasant though I'm not able to say whether it's Russian or not. The Volga Boatman is about the only tradition Russian tune I know and your work does have that dark-ish solemnity about it - kind-of hopes for better…"
"Consoling and thank you for the assurances. I've had a USB stick go defunct and got obsessive about back-ups. I do 2 of the DAW and Vienna samples. As it is, I can do a software license with EW but have no free slots for a drive to hold the…"
"I'm inclined to agree with Gav. - exciting and SF but unvarying in intensity so the excitement wears thin after a few minutes. I couldn't relate it to the lyrics (on Soundcloud).
If you intend is to adapt it in, say, smaller chunks…"
String Quartet 1 - 1st movement. Allegretto vivace
An attempt to compose a formal 3 movement work, this being the first. Composed February/ March this year. It was another attempt to broaden out from more familiar impressionist territory, aiming to develop motifs in a more formal and coherent way.Although the quartet is complete I’m offering up just the first movement at this point.Any comment good or bad would be truly appreciated and thank you for listening. Such feedback would be most valuable in approaching a second quartet or perhaps…See More
"Stephen, what a fascinating and interesting career. It comes as no surprise though given your accomplishments. Your work, Perdition, has inspired me to a) have a try at brass writing – something I’ve tended to avoid – and b) a…"
"That Vienna key comes with a helluvan overhead. If you lose it or break it during the guarantee period you have to buy your licenses again at 20 Euros per license. It's only guaranteed against failure. To avoid re-buying the licenses, Vienna…"
"I've wondered what the difference is between "cinematic" and symphonic sample libraries - though I suppose "cinematic" has a better selling pitch. There must be lots of wannabe cinema composers out there. Well, they aspire…"
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Multimedia, Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- impressionist
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Southern England
- About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.
- As an amateur violist I've used membership of local ensembles and orchestras as a way of getting pieces performed. I tend to an impressionistic style but never write off the chance to break away and do something "contemporary" or light or even 'pop'. My music education put me off serial techniques well and truly and probably did more harm than good. As for composing I still sketch on paper - no notation software is fast enough nor allows me to spread different tries on the table to edit. I then do mock-ups on Reaper relying heavily on its midi editor. I hope to comment and bring some pieces to the site if things work out. I tend to limit my things to around 5 minutes as I've found people are often happy to afford that time or less - and it's easier to get them played: local groups seem more willing to fill in spare moments of their gigs with the work of local composers. That's me!
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- At 2:59pm on May 23, 2019,
Stephen Lines said…
Incidentally, I see you live in southern England (why I thought you were American I really don't know). I live in Hampshire, where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
You are very encouraging with your comments about others' work (including mine) - I wish I had the same facility as sometimes I think I come across as somewhat unsympathetically critical.
Best regards,
Stephen
- At 2:52pm on May 23, 2019,
Hi Dane,
I see from one of the threads that you compose on paper and don't know how to produce PDFs. If it helps, my printer has the facility to copy and save as a PDF - the printer itself wasn't expensive (around $100) but the ink refills admittedly cost a small fortune. You might consider shopping around and buying something similar.
All the best,
Stephen
- At 8:56am on January 4, 2019,
Gav Brown said…
Welcome Dane!
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