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Post by king2b on Jan 2, 2018 14:46:58 GMT
Can you send me something to look at Mike?
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Post by Mike Hewer on Jan 2, 2018 14:47:55 GMT
ok, give me a few days......
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Post by king2b on Jan 2, 2018 14:56:24 GMT
Shame as I am on holiday and could get a lot done before I return to work next week!
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Post by driscollmusick on Jan 2, 2018 16:00:14 GMT
Ok, I'm gonna re-rail this one a little bit, guys. In addition to writing lots of music (duh), one of my musical goals for 2018 is to explore providing a service of high-quality MIDI mockups. Does that sound to you like a viable business model (supplemental income, of course)?
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Post by king2b on Jan 2, 2018 16:04:23 GMT
Sounds like a good idea sir. I am sure that if you get the word out there, along with samples, you should get good interest,
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Post by Bob Porter on Jan 3, 2018 20:11:59 GMT
I would like to write some works that are more "serious". Trouble is, I write for the fun of it. And while I take seriously what I write, I don't usually take myself seriously. Anyway, I'd like to write something a little longer. Not multiple movements, as such. Just something a bit more involved. Problem is, I start out with an idea in mind, but about three measures in the original idea gets scrapped because what I now have is better than the original. Classic case of the music going where it wants. I do have an unfinished symphony that didn't get very good reviews on Ning a while back.
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Post by fuguestate on Jan 5, 2018 15:44:02 GMT
My musical goal for 2018, at least sometime before the second half of the year, is to get back to composing and finish up my two WIPs: a fractal fugue in F (that I'm still unsure how to continue), and another fugue in Phrygian dominant (that I'm currently not entirely happy with -- might need some serious reworking). Only problem is, I'm currently busy with other (non-music) projects.
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Post by fuguestate on Jan 5, 2018 15:48:06 GMT
Bob Porter: My pieces almost never go where I originally intended. Well, sometimes they do go roughly in the general direction, but by "roughly" I mean anywhere a grain of sand could end up in a football field. Nowadays, I've learned to let a particular raw idea work itself out in my subconscious first, until it takes sufficient form that I can begin to discern where it might be able to go, before I even think about larger-scale structures.
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Post by Bob Porter on Jan 6, 2018 15:38:12 GMT
Bob Porter : My pieces almost never go where I originally intended. Well, sometimes they do go roughly in the general direction, but by "roughly" I mean anywhere a grain of sand could end up in a football field. Nowadays, I've learned to let a particular raw idea work itself out in my subconscious first, until it takes sufficient form that I can begin to discern where it might be able to go, before I even think about larger-scale structures. And then there's this. Yesterday I had a great idea. So I sat down at a piano ( I never do that) and worked it out. Chords, melody, general movement. Since I don't play piano, I was distracted by the mechanics. In the end, it occurred to me that Beethoven beat me to my idea. That guy can be frustrating.
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Post by fuguestate on Jan 6, 2018 17:08:36 GMT
I see that in two different ways. You could say that since Beethoven thought of the idea hundreds of years before you did, it's a stale idea and you might as well throw it out. But you could also see it as confirming that your idea was on-track, and the fact that you were able to independently come up with something a genius like Beethoven did, should be an encouragement rather than a discouragement.
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Post by Bob Porter on Jan 7, 2018 14:35:37 GMT
I see that in two different ways. You could say that since Beethoven thought of the idea hundreds of years before you did, it's a stale idea and you might as well throw it out. But you could also see it as confirming that your idea was on-track, and the fact that you were able to independently come up with something a genius like Beethoven did, should be an encouragement rather than a discouragement. Oh, I'll still use it, some how. Too good not to. On the other hand, I'm also sure I'll muck it up enough so as to not be too obvious.
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Post by Tim Marko on Jan 11, 2018 23:17:36 GMT
I'm planning on going back to my roots a bit and spend more time writing for concert band/wind ensemble as well as more works for brass.
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Post by Bob Porter on Jan 13, 2018 5:00:39 GMT
I'm planning on going back to my roots a bit and spend more time writing for concert band/wind ensemble as well as more works for brass. You go. Some of the best music I played in college was that for concert band. But there wasn't very much of it.
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Post by king2b on Jan 20, 2018 13:59:19 GMT
I beg to differ on the quantity and quality of concert band music Bob. There is much out there.
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Post by Bob Porter on Jan 20, 2018 14:43:21 GMT
That was almost 50 years ago. Fortunately, things are different now. Back then, we played mostly transcriptions. Kevin, my comments were in no way meant as a put down of band music. It seemed to me that much of the good band music I played or heard since then was newer music. Just a casual observation on my part.
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