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AMELius Lum AYANA
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How to go about your composing? Do you hum and record... or do it on paper?
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I had a film-scoring professor (Jack Smalley, wonderful veteran of the trade) who once gave me a great piece of advice: "the WORST way to begin a piece is by writing the first note."
What he meant was that by the time the first notes are written,...
Interresting to hear how different we create music...
I can hardly compose when I want to, I'll get empty in the head. The ideas comes when I'm doing something else, often while driving. I always have more ideas than time to arrange it, so I don'...
I record the process whilst playing my instrument. I spend more time and efforts developing the instrument than playing it. Today I have about dozen 2-keyboard setups, which allow me playing simultaneously 5-6 or more instruments. Unfortunately, I...
I always work at a keyboard. I love the live sound, it stirs what little I have by way of creativity. I initially write in the old style, notes on manuscript paper.. by hand. Very rarely will i write something directly on the computer. If I think ...
I can guarantee that when my head hits the pillow at night, then a fully blown, symphonic orchestra will take the melody that i've been humming and run with it. It's then a mad dash up to my studio to get the bugger down before i forget.
Sometimes I just sit at the computer, and put down whatever come to mind. Other times I write the theme on staff paper after humming it, or fiddling around on my viola. Then I put that in the computer, and write the rest from there.
Simon - Great...
I mostly just hear a melody, but sometimes, it comes into my head all at once - melody, harmony, countermelody, chords, style, etc. I think I churn out my best works when I hear everything at the same time.
Sometimes, I'll skip the instruments, a...
I usually have a tape recorder around to record any melody that might come up. If it is something i cannot play in a certain instrument i figure it out on the guitar, put in in midi and my good friend Mr. VST plays it for me.
Over the time i´ve c...
Profile Information
- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- film, television, multimedia, Other
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Belgium
- About Me:
- I shine my light to transmute the mundane and usual into divinity.
- Website:
- http://book.drupalfun.com
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:42am on August 19, 2009,
Ann Williams said… - let me know when you upload more music!
- At 8:21am on April 24, 2009,
Ray Kemp said… - 'I am a bit busy at the moment, will upload music soon!'
A year goes by and here and still no music just a reference to a maths app that will produce what? music?
Ray
- At 8:38am on April 14, 2008,
AMELius Lum AYANA said… - I am a bit busy at the moment, will upload music soon!
- At 9:00am on April 9, 2008,
Chris Alpiar said…
- Welcome Dorax, post some samples of your music :)
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