I just thought I would add a little activity to this site by posting my latest rendering of an older work, my first (and so far only) string quartet, which I began as a student at Michigan in 1975 and finished, except for minor revisions, in 2020. It
I thought I'd just draw attention to my latest symphony as it's generally been well received to date in case there's anyone still here who reads this. No. 18 is among my longest but on the other hand is rather a departure from the somewhat post-roman
After getting -- for the time being at any rate -- a computer I can actually do some music on, I decided to write a short piece to use my "Christmas present" -- a curious alto library from Orchestral Tools courtesy of their voucher. It's purely exper
Hi Folks. It has been a while since I posted, but I thought some of you might enjoy listening to a new piece of mine based on the letters of my name, it being a musical cryptogram. Of course, this is a continuation of an old tradition, one of the ear
Anyone here live near Colorado State University? They're putting on a concert of British string works this Sunday and including my tone poem Hiraeth. They paid for the score and parts and everything.
This forum seems to have gone completely to sleep -- either the participants aren't writing anything (and most members are making no contribution at all) or they don't want to share what they're doing. I have yet to start on a new work but perhaps to
After reading Dave Dexter’s latest comments in the other thread, I realized I haven’t shared much of my work lately.The main reason is that I’ve been in a period of intense study and haven’t written much beyond a few 'academic exercises.' I did compl
What is your experience of receiving criticism as a composer and how has it changed over time.I’m still near the start of my journey, and have had some amazingly valuable pointers and advice from posting my music on forums and asking for feedback. B
Let's get into some engraving/notation nerdery, shall we? For context, as some of you know, I'm self-taught and have had to piece together my knowledge of engraving by querying more experienced musos and studying scores. Hence this may be plainly obv
I’m a fairly new composer (7 months in) and I’m finding that there’s one thing I’m REALLY struggling with. Adding dynamics to my music in Cubase is proving really hard for me. I don’t seem to have any aptitude for programming, and I find myself spend
6 months into my composing journey, I've finally attempted a short allegro movement for the first time. Is it normal that it's SO much more work than a slower piece?
It's the opening to my 5th String Quintet, and includes also includes double stops fo
Hi - I've just bought VSL Solo Voices, and thought that a good way to learn to write for voices might be to make an unusual cover of a well-known song. I've chosen "If I Fell" by The Beatles.
However, as the cover is so differently arranged from the
Does anyone resonate or identify with the way of composing described in this video -
If anyone would like to participate in this journey in any way (details in the video), it would be great to hear from you. If not, hopefull, we'll have more videos
