Enjoy this little ditty. I arranged this back in college, and I always wanted to take it caroling. I once went caroling using a caroling book from the high school band. Needless to say, the …
Beethoven Following My Lead
Well... maybe I am just following his. I stumbled across this little ditty on youtube. Is someone doing a little 30 minute composing session... I like to think so. http://youtu.be/FeRZokkMNy4 …
30 Minute Composition #7: Prelude in E Major
I wanted to write something a little bit faster and chromatic. I think it turned out pretty well. …
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Your Composing Does Not Equal Your Worth
I just wanted to take an opportunity to come out and say... you are not your compositions. Sometimes it may feel like you are. This can be when the composition turns out well, or especially when it …
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Comment from an Art of Composing Reader
I received this letter today from a reader of the blog named Wes Bain. It was meant to be a comment to an article I wrote entitled, "Composing Music by Hand vs Software", but. I found this to be very …
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30 Minute Composition #5: Prelude in Eb Major
In my last post, I talked about how I was going to get back into composing short pieces in 30 minutes or less. So here, I am putting my money where my mouth is. This was composed 10 December, in 29 …
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