I've had a grand time catching up with all the contributions and I was hoping Neil would chime in because his playful whimsy never disappoints. Well done so far, all you budding superstars.
Justin - can provide samples if wanted - let me know (e-mail address is in my profile)
the initial post was asking for music we can hear. But you didn't link to anything. Why should every board member interested have to e-mail you just to hear your work?
Sorry, that's an unnecessary hoop I don't feel like jumping through.
So over the last few days I've re-listened to the contributions posted thus far and I've had a grand old time with it. Along with the folks who I already knew made music of their own, there were some where I had no idea, and it was pleasantly unexpected. There are one or two members whose absence is puzzling, given how they themselves have mentioned their aspirations. Sad, but I imagine they have their reasons.
I realized the other day that it may seem odd that I started the thread but didn't post any material. The reason is simple, I don't compose or record anything. I play bass guitar (extremely non-professionally, I hasten to add), but the extent of my recording experience is having done some demos with a mate who was an actual working drummer--but this goes back about 25 years. The stuff you guys have posted here clearly leaves me in the dust.
Anyway, I thank you all for whatever you've brought to the table and encourage you to add to it whenever you feel so inclined.
You can do it. I self taught myself to use the music program. I linked to what I consider to be some of my best efforts while leaving off inferior earlier work, so of course I made myself look good.
My Music: Composers Challenge VII (Harry Potter edited clip) Unfortunately, even though I gave detailed explanations on how to line up the music, it was not aligned to the picture correctly for the contest.
It's too slow, especially if you haven't had any musical training.
I'd be one of those guys. I can't read a note. I play by ear. I've tried time and again to learn, but I guess my hemispheres just aren't wired that way. But I keep trying.
I'd be one of those guys. I can't read a note. I play by ear. I've tried time and again to learn, but I guess my hemispheres just aren't wired that way. But I keep trying.
Reading music in real time is much harder than writing it at your leisure.
Software exists for writing music, of course. I use Guitar Pro. If you can hear the notes in your head you can just move a cursor up or down the stave until you get there.
Curious. How many of you notated some of your music? By hand. B
Why would that matter? It's like asking a novelist if he wrote with a pen or a word-processor.
I notate all my music but not by hand. It's too slow, especially if you haven't had any musical training.
No disrespect intended. I am not one of those snobs who insist on notation skills. I was just curious about modern methods. I come from a time before the advent of computer notation software. Cheers! Bruce
(a) your piece can be reperformed without a performer having to laboriously transcribe (why expect other people to do it, when there's so much other stuff out there?)
(b) although most music is written in the head, or by noodling, there are constructions that can be arrived at (inversions, some variations, chordal progressions etc.) that are visual and even mathematical, and will be arrived at by seeing it.
(c) Mr. Klaatu and electronics. Too much reliance?
There comparison isn't the same. Writing music and making music on a computer aren't the same. There requisite knowledge needed to notate and skill and more knowledge that comes with actually writing music.
