Here's my new piece, Invocation for mixed ensemble.
Stephane
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I didn't think this topic would become an issue in my composing -- after all, what could be more basic than notating accidentals? -- but recently, while working with a couple of pianists to record my pieces, it came to my attention that my notation i
Read more…Hi folks,
I haven't been very active on here in the past year; and of course, the whole site was gone there for a little while. But I thought I'd jump back in and post the link to my latest work, my Violin Concerto in C Minor. I wrote it this week a
Read more…I wrote this 90 second orchestral track this week. It's a fun little romp inspired by the image below.
Looking for feedback before I submit it!
Cheers,
John
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Read more…I once wrote on a forum that male composers tend to create epic music that gradually becomes louder and more intense until it reaches a climax, as a male orgasm translated into music. I expected to be kicked out, but surprisingly, my idea wasn't cons
Read more…I listened to your prelude in your playlist, but I didn't like it. So I looked you up and found your website, just to be sure I don't like anything you wrote. I like to be thorough. Then I heard your "Ho Chi Minh City for Ensemble". Now THAT I really
Read more…The opening fugue of the Beethoven op. 131 C#-minor quartet, played very slowly in an empty water tank in Colorado. Quite lovely!
https://roundsound.tanksounds.org/track/slow-beethoven-radio-mix-1-2
Read more…I'm sure you were all waiting to know what my favourite piece for piano is, and it's this, so you can all relax now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxlf-ZmE8JI
Read more…A year or so ago, I happened to be looking at old MIDI files and discovered something which went under the cryptic title GIT_NOCT. I have no idea why. Anyway, this turned out to be one of the first things I ever wrote and I put the badly played MIDI
Read more…I heard my teacher say that to a student who hadn't completed his assignment (a composition in Dorian mode) for the umpteenth time and this time used 'no inspiration' as an excuse. Inspiration is for amateurs.
Read more…Hey All,
I am posting an orchestration of mine here, intended mostly to initate a conversation about NPPE, which is the new software element of NotePerfomer that Arne Wallander introduced this summer with the free NP4 update.
Basically NPPE is an exten
Read more…Hi, I need your help! As you may know I completed Mendelssohn's wonderful fragmentary 6th symphony a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0dFe2nBn_s&t=148s
Now somebody else said I should do a new recording with more reverb and a better mixi
Read more…The fuguists among us are well-acquianted with the traditional fugue devices: inversion, retrograde, augmentation, diminution, etc.. Back in Sep 2018, an idea -- probably a totally insane one; y'all be the judges -- occurred to me, that suggested an
Read more…Almost 30 members. it's getting busy here. I can't possibly remember all the names, let alone the things they stand for. Maybe I should put their photos on a whiteboard, like detectives do when they're trying to solve a crime. I will make notes like
Read more…Back in 2015, a bunch of us eclectic composers from the old forum got together to do a collaborative project: a set of variations on Bach's BWV 140. Each volunteer would take the theme of BWV 140 and write one or more variations on it, in any style,
Read more…Embark on a captivating musical journey as we delve into the world of violin playing, exploring its artistry across various styles.
From classical elegance to the vibrant rhythms of folk and contemporary genres, join us in uncovering the diverse tapes
Read more…It's not exactly weird, but I used to specialise heavily in retro chiptune-esque and electronica music for games. It's the one part of my skillset and musical approach that I've completely stopped working in - I still would if hired, but to be honest
Read more…Inspired by a brief chat I had with John Driscoll (but not linked to or aimed accusingly at his own recent post), here's something I do as standard: write the range at the start of choral works. I started merely because some other scores I studied di
Read more…I don't have any. I'm starting the discussion with the hopes that others do.
I'm trying to get back to writing in earnest, and I'd like to start working more in a notation program, for the ease of editing (no erasure smudges, you know the ones) and p
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