Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion "Theme and Variation" Contest
"Good luck to all 5 of the entries .........................  maybe the next contest will allure some of the less knowledgeable pinions in this group."
Jun 8, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Peter Linn's discussion Question about copyright
"Janet Spangenberg said:
Sorry Gav, this just isn't true, and is an old urban myth! It's always been possible fake the envelope seal, and the courts never accepted it. However, now in the digital age, it's much easier to prove our copyrights without…"
May 1, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Richard Lorentz Johansen's discussion The true masters of melody? Who are they?
"I would think ................... John Williams. Almost every one of his film scores is memorable."
Mar 26, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to David Stowell's discussion Waltz (a nod to Chopin)
"I seem to remember otherwise. Before there was a midi standard, we were creating midi files and porting them into  various recorders to capture the events. It was back in the middle to late seventies when this was taking place.

But anyway, I'm…"
Mar 17, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to David Stowell's discussion Waltz (a nod to Chopin)
"OK, I have a question. When you wrote/composed this piece, did you start with a score? I mean did you put it done on paper (scoring software) first, or did you perform this on a keyboard controller and record the midi into your DAW to create a…"
Mar 17, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Super Shorts Contest: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!
"Gav Brown said:
Hi Chris - The entrants' names will be revealed

Oh crap ................"
Mar 17, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Super Shorts Contest: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!
"Gav Brown said:
Voting closes at 5 PM EST on Monday 3/18. After the vote is closed I will come back to this thread to announce the winners and the thread will be open for anyone who wishes to discuss why they voted the way they did or make any…"
Mar 17, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Tombo Rombo's discussion Kids
"You will ................. as much as I would like to say that you will find time to attend your little pleasures, you will find it quite fleeting. There will be some occasions when you will have a spare day or two, but you will probably want to…"
Mar 13, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Super Shorts Contest: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!
"Thanks Ray, and I meant no disrespect to anyone. I'm a firm believer in, "patting yourself on the back" if that's what get you all giggly. You never know ............. if I ever could be as good as some of the really great, I might be tempted to…"
Mar 9, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Super Shorts Contest: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!!!!
"I have finally cast my vote. I would like to emphasize that my criteria for voting is probably not what most of the audio educated composers on this forum would have used. I considered the sound on the mp3's only, and how they impacted me. I don't…"
Mar 9, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Super Short: DEADLINE PASSED
"Thank you Gavin for all your hard work in putting this together."
Mar 5, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Luci Holland's discussion Composition for small ensembles
"Quite superb ............. I enjoyed the music much more than the film. Thank you for sharing."
Mar 3, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Greg Brus's discussion The Journey Begins - for orchestra
"I had left the inputs on my interface turned up, from a previous project, forgot to set them back at their normal position, clicked on your link, put it on pause, left the room to go get another cocktail. Apparently my cat stepped on my keyboard and…"
Feb 26, 2013
Christopher Mracna replied to Greg Brus's discussion The Journey Begins - for orchestra
"Absolutely superb, in almost every way. You nearly blew out my sub with that wonderful tympani. I took the liberty to use SoundForge to widen the stereo image, and also separated the the panning, just a tad. It sounds incredible. I also tested it on…"
Feb 25, 2013
Christopher Mracna commented on Gavin Brown's blog post Beautiful Glass Playing
"Wow .............. I don't know if there is anything else to say."
Feb 24, 2013
Christopher Mracna commented on Ursula Jasovec's blog post Music Joke
"I think that's great, and it elevated my spirits considerably."
Feb 24, 2013
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