What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs
"Thank you Frederick and Bob,
I've kind of disappeared from the site because it wasn't productive for me really. However, perhaps I should just stay in message contact - not just for my own music, but so that I can reciprocate - where I feel it is…"
I've kind of disappeared from the site because it wasn't productive for me really. However, perhaps I should just stay in message contact - not just for my own music, but so that I can reciprocate - where I feel it is…"
"Thanks Raymond,
ironically - I don't play. But I know someone who does, and is a great composer too. We met last week and will be meeting again soon. Look him up - Julian Cochran/Mazurka No. 2 on youtube. Thanks again. Mark Nicol."
ironically - I don't play. But I know someone who does, and is a great composer too. We met last week and will be meeting again soon. Look him up - Julian Cochran/Mazurka No. 2 on youtube. Thanks again. Mark Nicol."
Obviously this one in the set owes much to the Chopin aesthetic, which fact proved very challenging.
"Well... I think you're right, in the sense that most musicians are not consciously dealing with their own politics in their music, and in any case one can't pinpoint a black-and-white right-or-left political standpoint (I mean, we can't extract…"
"Sorry, comparisons may be odious - but it invariably seems that the meek and incompetent like them the least. If one never tries to measure up, then the bar is just set low - where the meek and incompetent feel comfortable. Nothing I said was…"
"Sorry,
in this case you're just totally wrong. And there are way too many people out there who just 'decide to be composers'. They have no aptitude, nothing of significance to say - they just decide, for whatever reason, this is it. Academia is…"
in this case you're just totally wrong. And there are way too many people out there who just 'decide to be composers'. They have no aptitude, nothing of significance to say - they just decide, for whatever reason, this is it. Academia is…"
"Man she was real taste of honey. Thanks for posting that, I really like the music too. Found that there are some great versions out there - Natalie, Barbara, Sarah, Tony - even Kathleen. Raymond Kemp said:
Ok here's mine,
Herb Alpert's wife"
Ok here's mine,
Herb Alpert's wife"
"Gordon,
I would prefer to say that one creates the allusion to an emotional world, so as to entreat. In fact, the most beautiful invocation to a moral world I have encountered is contained in the first two lines of my favourite poem by Mallarme:
Ô…"
I would prefer to say that one creates the allusion to an emotional world, so as to entreat. In fact, the most beautiful invocation to a moral world I have encountered is contained in the first two lines of my favourite poem by Mallarme:
Ô…"
"Guys,
I've probably taken this thread off on a tangent again, as is my wont. So I'll try to perhaps reboot this one, and then open up another where we might discuss jazz - 'cos I've just been listening to Chris Potter and Adam Rogers for a start."
I've probably taken this thread off on a tangent again, as is my wont. So I'll try to perhaps reboot this one, and then open up another where we might discuss jazz - 'cos I've just been listening to Chris Potter and Adam Rogers for a start."
"A heck of a lot funnier that watching Rowan Atkinson. How does one write a trapezoidal vowel, or do they just pass?"
"Sometimes there is a moment in life when we finally have to 'come out'. For me, this is that moment:
I love The Sound of Music.
Yes, as a young boy I cried like a snivelling baby when I saw the film, and Rogers and Hammerstein wrung tears out of the…"
I love The Sound of Music.
Yes, as a young boy I cried like a snivelling baby when I saw the film, and Rogers and Hammerstein wrung tears out of the…"
"Hey Ray,
is that the guy they affectionately call Red?
Guess I've got some listening to do."
is that the guy they affectionately call Red?
Guess I've got some listening to do."
"Thanks for that Mike, I really mean it. Every time I get a new CD of music I love I'm like a kid with a new toy. On the other hand rappers are perfectly happy to play with one toy for the whole of their lives."
"Well this is a great subject you've opened up here Gordon. Hey, you and I couldn't be more different, but then I think we may both be a bit out there. I read several Mahler biographies when I was first at uni, and was a Mahlerphile. Yes, I forgot…"
"Yes, the piece will remain in the piano set but may have a life on harp too. How about posting some more of your music Bob. "
"Remember this is an internet forum - home of the 3-byte take. If you read just a small amount of the script you'll see that there is no way that a cursory synopsis can provide any proper insight into the analytical and projective mindset. Some very…"
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