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Symphony No. 2 mv 1 "In the Womb"
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Symphony No. 2 mv 1 "In the Womb"
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- web, Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- classical -- multiple styles within that genre
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
- About Me:
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I was a software engineer for 14 years and hold an MS in Computer Information Systems and a BA in English Literature. I have been writing songs and/or singing in choruses off and on since age 10. I started writing serious classical music in earnest around April 2006, and love to share music and ideas with other composers. I also love to sing and am a classically trained soprano. For my music work, I use Finale with Garritan Personal Orchestra -- these changed my musical life! Other interests include reading and writing poetry, painting, contemplative practice, cooking for friends, other cultures, good stories, good wine, and good conversation. :-)
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- http://www.soundclick.com/kepeaceusa
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Hi everyone,
I have put some of my music up on this site for your convenience, but if you could listen to it on "soundclick", my main site ( www.soundclick.com/kepeaceusa ), I'd appreciate it. There you can stream all songs by chart or by composer, and hey, it helps my rating, which is always nice because being on the charts gets more people to hear one's music.
Thanks,
Karen
Posted on July 12, 2007 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment
Equipment and Systems
System 1 (composition):
- Finale 2006 running on windows XP on a Dell computer
- 250 GB backup, CD-ROM and DVD/CD read-write drive, DSL internet connection
- Garritan Personal Orchestra (as bundled with Finale)
System 2 (digital audio recording):
- ProTools running on windows XP o
Posted on June 27, 2007 at 4:32am —
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I am tickled to death to learn that your wonderful music is getting some of the recognition it deserves. Please keep us up to date on any other performances / recordings and especially new work you are doing.. Its Very Very good work.
Happiest of Holidays to you and yours.
Hope to hear more of your music soon!
Best
Bon
Fantastic writing!
I was thinking about building a new system, with 8GB of RAM - the motherboard, processor, memory, and power supply I priced out through Newegg amount to about 600 bucks - pretty cheap. that includes a Windows 64 bit OS, which I believe is necessary to utilize more than 4GB RAM. If I'm wrong, tell me. You're a techie. I built my current system, but only put in 2GB, thinking that was all I'd ever utilize.
Great to meet you and please keep in touch!
Ronnie
Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
As for me, I don’t know the specifics of how I compose. I think it may have something to do with a sense of, compositionally, what ought to come next, but what it is, specifically that informs me of what I think should come next, I am not sure. It’s probably some mix of nature/nurture. I am a white male born in the 20th century so I expect that carries its own set of pre-conceived expectations and notions of what is right or at least inevitable.
More frightening still are the questions about why one composes. I strongly suspect you are right, viewed rationally; the urge to compose is a form of insanity. There is no market for what is produced, the effort is stupendous and the outcome more often than not, dismal.
Is it that the “Composer” is so divorced from reality that he /she/it needs to have the throbbing of drums and the blaring of horns accompany their every step, even if the sound is imaginary? Do we do it because we are convinced that we have something to say? If so, what arrogance. Do we do it because we think our music will somehow make us, or at least our names, immortal? Is it a way of saying “I’m here world, pay attention to me”? And if it is, is that healthy?
As I grow ever older but apparently no wiser, it has become increasingly important to me to try to write with some kind of honesty or integrity. I don’t feel any need to shock anyone or prove versatile or skill though I would not avoid these concepts if I was convinced it contributed to what I was trying to compose.
Honesty, there’s the bugaboo.
I am now in a spot where if I listen to something I’ve done and I start to think, "that’s not bad"… I get a big head and the arrogance of the notion prevents me from getting down to reality. Believe me, when I do that the concept of honesty is on vacation, out to lunch for 6 weeks.
What an improbably task it is to write music or at least music that has some pretense of integrity. One must look at a blank page and try to fill it with things one has made up, but for it to work, the made up things must be real.
Well, sorry for dragging on like this, but it is a topic of interest.
Fred
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