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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Songs, Other, web
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- I like it all!
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not at all.
- Where do you live?
- Oak Ridge, Tenn., U.S.A.
- About Me:
- Hello to All,
I'm Martha Maria, singer/songwriter, musician/composer and multi-instrumentalist. I write in many genres....pop, country, classical, New Age, folk/Americana, Christian, and musicals. I record as MarMelodian.
NOTE: I welcome inquiries from other artists, agencies, etc. about recording my songs or using my work.
I live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. in a little white house in the woods. That's where I write and record most of my music. When I'm not being a musician, I'm wife to Bob and mother to Joe and Walker.
I've posted a variety of music here---all female vocals are mine and nearly all instrumentals are also me. Sailing and Life is Like A Rodeo are sung by Gary Carter, Nashville, Tn. Also, Free Tibet is me singing but I had some terrific studio musicians playing with me in Nashville.
Thanks to all who have joined this site. I'm delighted to have found it and have already met some VERY TALENTED AND INTERESTING composers I would never have known otherwise. I really look forward to meeting many of you!! Thanks. Martha Maria
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Thanks so much for your most kind words, I am myself a self thought musician so you can be sure that music comes from all over, I liked very much your music, specially The Spotted Pony, Spanish ladies and Hiroshima Mon Amour, after Yourcenar I presume. How nice that you have a Mexican origin. Thanks for connecting and I'll be glad to hear any new music that you compose.
Hope to stay in touch
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It is about freedom.
The basic premise is this: By providing the source code (the lines written by developers) free from encumbrances, all humanity benefits from the lessons contained within. It does this through the General Public License. The license does not prohibit the selling of the software, it ensures that
A) The rights of the original author are always upheld.
B) That distribution is free (not of cost, of proprietary lock in)
C) Derivative works are allowed, but the original author still has full credit, while the author of the derivative has equal rights to his/her own additions/changes.
The biggest misunderstanding about Open Source is that it is free and you cannot make money from it. This is false, and there are now huge companies that work in open source (Including IBM).
It leverages the abilities of real people everywhere, while restricting the propensity of less than ethical corporations from making it their own and locking it down.
By extension, other "Open" movements sprung up. Open Standard, the Creative Commons etc.
For artists, the Creative Commons is of more interest. Like open source, it allows music to be shared, remixed etc. It does not prohibit selling or marketing the work, or derivatives (depending on the license). It just ensures that the original author is always credited.
A Creative Commons license does prohibit one thing... commercial theft. You are entitled to use and modify a work for your own purposes. Think about the fact that RIAA actually tried to prohibit us from encoding a CD to an MP3, demanding payment for the change in media - even though we hold a license for the work, not the media.
While I support many aspects of Open Source and its derivatives, it is not for everybody, and I do think their is a place for the traditional corporate style of music distribution and promotion.
My biggest concern is that todays industry strips all rights to a song from the author. The only guarantee is that the song writer will be credited on the liner notes, but remuneration is not, and the author no longer "owns" their own work.
This needs to change. The original author must always own the work. It should not be allowed to be sold, just leased (even exclusively is fine). The author should be allowed to retain ownership of the work he or she creates. To many composers have had their songs taken, and given to a "star" performer, and the company and star make the money, while the person who wrote the song, starves.
Anyway, this is a very simplistic explanation.
I am a huge huge fan of Traditional Music of this style. Am I right a lot of this is more British traditional than say Irish/Scottish?
Inspiring work. I wish I could sing with as much character and depth.
I am going through all your songs, and so far Goodnight Song is my fav, but Dancing Bear is really turning my crank too (I cannot play that fast without massive mistakes).
(Winter On, and March of the Titans sound like they are clipping - I am getting some noise and static sounds here).
Yes, I've been writing a lot---I try to get 6 hours in a day. Would like to do more but I get tired.
Was listening to Goodnight Song---GREAT! I just can't write like that---I'm envious! =)
I am so delighted to find you and your beautiful and soulful music! All of your compositions have that wonderful emotional quality that for me is essential.
You are a masterful storyteller and composer and singer. Keep Shining!:)
Thank you again for your comments. I am always trying to learn new compositional techniques definitely. I rarely find myself getting stuck in a rut. I think my approach is to line up a lot of projects in advance so I get time to ruminate over them for a few weeks. By the time I actually get to the project I usually have a fairly good idea of what I'll do.
I guess my other approach is constant stimulation: listening to as much music as possible, reading as much about music as possible, and most important of all ... talking to other musicians and composers as much as possible.
I also change genres a lot. One day I'll write epic brass music, the next a 3 minute bubblegum pop song. I also enjoy collaborating with other writers.
I hope these are all useful ideas for helping you to stay inspired! Your music is wonderful so keep writing!
Thank you so much for your wonderful compliment on "Accidental Waltz." To be compared to Glass and Bernstein (I'm not sure if you meant Leonard or Elmer, but both are great!) is truly high praise. I'm not sure if I deserve it, but I thank you just the same, and it inspires me to continue working in this vein.
Your music is wonderful. Elegant and passionate, truly. I love music inspired by and infused with faith for it truly resonates that love and passion (look no further than Bach, Vivaldi, or even Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"). I love the mixture of baroque and folk feeling in your pieces. Look forward to hearing more from you in the future!
Also, remember... The great composers for the most part, never attended formal universities really.. Debussy, was kicked out of Conservatory for making "strange and illogical harmonies"...academia has a very negative effect, in my opinion, to the creative spirit. It harnesses the imagination of the artist with too many rules... The highest order of music has always been achieved by seeking well within the soul.. And for that.. The artist must free him/herself from as many rules as possible.. Music must be ruly enough to be sufficiently coherent and unruly enough to be revolutionary. A tough balance indeed, which an artist can only learn through the process of life.. The great Beethoven upon his deathbed said ... It is a shame that I must die now.. When I was just learning to compose...
Recording process is a tad complicated.. It involves a combination of Finale notation, a Steinway grand, and Logic Pro... I am not well verse on the technical aspects of recording.. I just write it as I feel it..
Thanks again... And remember.. Keep it simple and beautiful....
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