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Started this discussion. Last reply by Russell Bell Oct 25, 2010. 49 Replies 0 Likes
This one should be posted under the "why don't we just all...get along?" category. I had a running debate with a good friend, phenomenal guitar player, who was very anti-music theory. He would point to great guitar players like Wes Montgomery and…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nigel Keay Dec 17, 2010. 43 Replies 0 Likes
My first music program was something called MED for the Amiga computer, back in 1990 or 91. It could play up to four parts, using vertical columns for the parts with 64 rows for rhythms. You could assign whatever value you wanted to the rows (say…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jon Brantingham Mar 15, 2012. 16 Replies 0 Likes
I started thinking about this today. Successful song writing partnerships stretch back to Lennon/McCartney and I'm sure much further (Rodgers/Hammerstein comes to mind) but I can't think of any composing partnerships. For instance, Mozart and…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by SEDstar Aug 25, 2011. 14 Replies 0 Likes
Its been 7 months or so since I have written a lick of music. I have some good opportunities to receive performances if I could just write something but...nope. Every idea seems like "been there done that" or "well whoop-dee-freakin-doo another…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by SEDstar Oct 4, 2010. 13 Replies 0 Likes
I have always been skeptical about Schenker's urlinie. It seems as though you can fudge the data to get any line you want (3-2-1, 5-4-3-2-1). One of my old proffesors told me, with a far away look in his eye, that he used to think the same as I do…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Beth Patterson Jan 10, 2011. 11 Replies 0 Likes
I used to write for an ancient website called "epinions". It actually still exists but became irrelevant once social networking really took off. My username was Fartzarellah for any who are interested. Anyways, many of the music reviews written…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Oct 6, 2011. 10 Replies 1 Like
A good friend from my high school days has a sound cloud page that gets plenty of "likes". In thinking about why, I decided it is because he uses hip hop beats. So, my thinking was, put a beat to anything and people will like it. I was wrong ;…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Simon Godden Oct 8, 2010. 10 Replies 0 Likes
This is an article I wrote a few years back on how inspiration is over rated. The Bottom Line The hell with inspiration! I have been "writing" songs (the earliest were not written down, thus the scare quotes) most of my life (about 23 of my 28…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ondib Olmnilnlolm May 3, 2012. 9 Replies 0 Likes
This one's a work in progress, the recap needs to be reworked and I'm not very happy with the middle section yet, but the A section is pretty much in place. It's for piano trio. It does stuff and goes places. My plan was to write something…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by George Butterley Mar 12, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
A thread to discuss bad composing habits. Excessive passive listening is a huge bugaboo for me. I will write a little bit of music then listen admiringly over and over. Nothing wrong with enjoying your creations a little bit but yikes! it can…Continue
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Thats rather "witty", yes. I noticced in your desription you mention "witty".
Particularly when it says if your about to commit suicide from hearing this, please turn it off and consult a physician...LMAO... Your prolly "amenable" to my constant idea to do a project JUST for humor... kind of a super high brow "humorous classical piece"
the guy wants "more textures" in the development area. LMAO, you did hear the last sonata attempt I made? I'm kinda already eating an apple and shitting a fruit salad, LMAO... but I can dig that, just if i can pull that off. I'll work on that...... and work on an ending... thanks for the listen...
ps - how do i tak OFF a song on that same player? liek when I wanna update this sonata attempt with the new version?
Many topics get recycled on this and other music forums. "Your three favorite composers", "Is Avant Garde trash?", "Where do you get inspiration?", and so on and so forth, blah, blah, blah.
I've got to give you credit for originality. I've never before now seen the topic "Sausage Party" on any board. Kudos!
-smart IIIrd Mvt. Bernstein might have done that. "Neat Boys" reminded me of a modern Martin Denny. "Fartzarellah" - Spike Jones. You might really like the Mason Williams Phonograph Record (which had the single "Classical Gas").
I skipped to "Capa(Casa?)blanca [sic] vs. Prok. 1914. I like it. peace
Some of your songs make Zappa sound like nursery tunes! A fertile imagination for sure!
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