I have written a lot of music over the years and even scored two feature films, one getting a theatrical release. However, all the music I’ve ever written went directly from DAW to tape (finished audio file). One of my biggest fears is that someday s
Read more…I am taking a class in school called Inquiry Quest, which is an independent research project that takes an entire semester. Because of the freedom to choose any topic I could think of, and because I had been planning for a while to compose for orches
Read more…Hello Everyone, It has been a long time since i have been active on this forum. Since then I have completed several pieces, but would like to dive into orchestration and theory more. does anyone have any advice or feedback regarding this piece, Anc
Read more…I'm composing this piece for a clarinet octet, but I think it may sound better with a french horn, flute, and the rest clarinets. What do you think? I don't have much experience orchestrating and arranging. For a comparison, I attached the origina
Read more…Hey, everyone. He is the orchestrated version of my String Quartet no. 1. Let me know what you think.
Read more…The chat room has seemed rather baron recently so I'm hoping someone could catch this post soon. I was invited to supply a quote for a full length album of a female vocalist and inquiring about fees if I score an entire album with backing music. Pro
Read more…I'm sure I could figure this out by trial and error, but maybe someone already has a handle on this....
It seems there must be certain key signatures that work best for different styles/moods/textures. For instance, if I want something dramatic, I wo
This seems like a great forum to discuss composition techniques so I wonder if I can raise a discussion on composing for a small number of instruments.
What do you think are the advantages and limitations of writing for small groups? How best can y
Read more…Hello, I've been watching the Composers Forum for quite some time now, and after hearing a lot of great pieces, I finally had the guts to actually join the community and post an original piece for critique! I would love to hear what everybody's got t
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I have Orchestrated my theme from yesterday. let me know what you think!
sounds are rubbish a it is from Sibelius 6
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This is the theme i made today. There is no articulation or dynamics i just wanted to focus on the theme. I have used a string quartet to get down the basic ideas and am now ready to orchestrate the piece. I'd like to have the hor
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