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Wesley Rogers posted a discussion
Just letting those of you who may be interested know that the first installment of my Orchestration In Depth series is now available on the Apple Books bookstore, this volume being focused entirely on Timpani. It is optimized for the Apple Books…
Jun 6
Wesley Rogers replied to Saul Gefen's discussion Fantasy In D flat major for Solo Piano
"Well, this is beautiful and outstanding!
Wesley"
May 11
Wesley Rogers posted a discussion
Has anyone here by chance read a book called Blink: How to Think without Thinking? Joel McNeely said it helped him get faster in churning it out. Of course that doesn't mean it will work for everyone, and I'm kinda busy to be taking on a new book,…
May 10
Wesley Rogers replied to John Driscoll's discussion Udio AI - Short Opera Scene in the Style of Richard Strauss
"I hope you're right, but AI seems to be progressing like a California forest fire during El Niño. And just this morning someone on Reddit, who was joking, but still, said that I must have used AI to write my 572 book on timpani scoring. Like I said,…"
May 10
Wesley Rogers replied to HS Teoh's discussion "Standard" paper sizes for orchestral (conductor's) score?
"I use 11 x 17 for a full orchestra conductor's score. If it's a small enough group I'll use 10.5 x 14.  And if it's an even smaller group I'll use 9 x 12.
But what I won't do is use tiny staff sizes. I use big enough paper to prevent that.
Wesley"
May 8
Wesley Rogers replied to John Driscoll's discussion Udio AI - Short Opera Scene in the Style of Richard Strauss
"I think it inevitable that within five years you will have "composers" passing off AI "music" as their own work. And I also think that this will cast real doubt on the music of real composers as being entirely not AI. Yep.
Wesley"
May 8
Wesley Rogers posted a discussion
I typeset my own scores and always will, but I hate doing parts, though I know how to do them properly. I'm wondering what people around here do? Do you do everything, or hire out for parts and do your own score, or hire out for parts as well as…
May 8
Wesley Rogers is now a member of composersforum
May 8