What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble
What is your favorite genre or style of music?
late Romantic
Is music your main income source?
No - Not at all.
About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.
always a music lover, I stated composing almost 30 years ago, partly as I was frustrated about the direction serious music had been taking in recent years. In general I prefer the standard classical forms such as symphony or string quartet but have written a few works for choir or voice(s), mostly poetry or fairytale arrangements and a couple of sacred works. I'm encouraged by the recent improvements in the quality of large-scale VST mockup possibilities as for most composers in my situation, the possibility of live performance or recording by a good professional orchestra is very low unless you have deep pockets! I compose almost exclusively using Dorico.
Comments
Thanks, David. This is valuable information. I am not a novice when it comes to composing (I've been at it for 25+ years), but in terms of the current technology available for performance simulation, I'm a bit uninformed. I spent many years with an early 21st-century version of Cakewalk and the basic MIDI sounds it offered, content to fill in the limitations with my imagination. I eventually upgraded to Finale and Garritan, though as I've learned, Garritan is also now quite dated.
Much as I like NotePerformer, I have found the piano and winds to be a little weak -- though I suspect I'm probably not doing something right in terms of the notation or the sound mixing. I'm going to try to get all this locked down before I submit any works here for consideration.