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Dave Dexter replied to Guy Shahar's discussion Dealing with Criticism as a Composer
"Could you quote some of the abuse you've had, or criticism you felt was abusive?"
Saturday
Dave Dexter replied to Guy Shahar's discussion Are these double stops playable?
"A quick method to check, since you play guitar iirc, is to tune it to the right intervals and then fret the shapes yourself. If they're awkward to you, they will be to the string player. Fifths, for example, are very playable. Outside that, there…"
Jan 4
Dave Dexter replied to Guy Shahar's discussion Invitation to "Intuitive Composers" (& resources coming soon)
"Guy, I implore you not to rigorously follow Rowy's advice: "Harmony should result from voice-leading, not the other way around. Never start with harmony or a chord progression. Instead, go with the flow and let the voices guide you."





It's a…"
Dec 4, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Stephen Ferre's discussion String Quartet No 3 and my Dorico journey
"Always heartening to read that Most Composers Suck At Engraving. It's a surprise to me, despite the awful scores and parts I've seen on here (and contributed to myself, if that makes anyone feel less insulted) but my focus has always been to be able…"
Sep 27, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Stephen Ferre's discussion String Quartet No 3 and my Dorico journey
"It happened because the technology to create a fairly realistic audio sample improved dramatically and quickly enough that there is really no reason *not* to include one, especially for new or little-known works. "
Sep 27, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Dave Dexter's discussion Ahmed Khan
"I remember. I said it just to vex you. You DISGUST me! Stick to purely tonal music like the lord our god intended! "
Aug 30, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Dave Dexter's discussion Ahmed Khan
"The friend request message was something like "I urgently need to talk to you, here is my email address" but now I can't see it. 100% bot or spam. Or into microtonal music or something equally foul ;)"
Aug 29, 2024
Dave Dexter posted a discussion
Someone in the upper echelons should probably check out Ahmed Khan, whose friend request message veers several miles into "spam bot" territory. I accepted purely to see was in their profile.
Aug 28, 2024
Dave Dexter and Ahmed Khan are now friends
Aug 28, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Dave Dexter's discussion I'm on the radio soon. Bonzer!
"I hadn't forgotten. I can only post replies on my phone, which puts me off doing so in many situations. I appreciate you listening - I had my piece "Hiraeth" played on KUSC in 2021 and I got back in touch late last year with the presenter regarding…"
May 9, 2024
Dave Dexter posted a discussion
My piece Callisto is being played on the Californian classical music station Classical KUSC on Friday 3rd, around 8am PDT on Jennifer Miller Hammel's morning show (4pm GMT for UK people, and google will sort it out for anyone else). If there's…
May 1, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to John Driscoll's discussion Udio AI - Short Opera Scene in the Style of Richard Strauss
"Music libraries, and media using them, goes back some time. It's not a modern facet of the industry at all, and the difference is still that a human created those pieces. You can play devil's advocate along the lines of "modern composers regurgitate…"
Apr 22, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to John Driscoll's discussion Udio AI - Short Opera Scene in the Style of Richard Strauss
"It being low effort to you isn't really the point. The most banal filler score to a third-tier TV series has still been composed by someone, possibly even orchestrated and recorded rather than just using samples. Sure, I could shit out that stuff…"
Apr 21, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to John Driscoll's discussion Udio AI - Short Opera Scene in the Style of Richard Strauss
"Clients can like and approve whatever shitty music they please. That's right. If the music has been trained on that of other unwitting or unwilling composers, and especially if it's not a composer getting the job but some prompt enthusiast, I'd say…"
Apr 21, 2024
Dave Dexter posted a discussion
I'll start posting the full movements on here eventually, but I've finished (in the protracted finalising of parts and scores now) a large symphonic suite of four tone poems written for the Galilean moons of Jupiter. In a fit of inventiveness I…
Apr 16, 2024
Dave Dexter replied to Ivor's discussion Is a score submission appreciated or even necessary
"My feeling is that creating a playable score - thus forcing yourself to work, theoretically, within the natural constraints of instruments and their human operators - confers an advantage on the music's realism and quality. Unless your knowledge is…"
Apr 16, 2024
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  • Stella - I'm extremely excited about the imminent vital disclosure. But I trust everyone here, and anything you wish to express to me can by typed publicly without fear. God bless you,

    Dave
  • Welcome back Dave. Good to see you again.
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