NerotiskMy ukulele wall! These 3 instruments are my key tools, in my composing and songwriting. They are pretty different instruments in different kinds of woods (mango, acacia and hawaiian koa), which have there own (to my ears at least) beautiful characteristics.<br>
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David McMullin<p>For the harp notation question above, I should have mentioned: </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/composers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>composers</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/contemporarymusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>contemporarymusic</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/classicalmusic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p>(Please scroll back to see what I'm asking about. Thanks!)</p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/harp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harp</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/notation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>notation</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/ContemporaryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaryMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/NewMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/orchestra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchestra</span></a></p>
David McMullin<p>A thing that keeps happening with this large piece I'm <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a>: From time to time, to go forward, I need to zoom out, think about the large scale plan, and decide what harmonies, events and points of arrival I'm aiming for. So I dig out my background sketches... and discover that I already came up with a very good plan last time I did this. But I haven't been following it, and I've written sections I like that contradict it. So I make a new plan, which I'm sure I'll forget too. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/composers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>composers</span></a></span></p>
Daniel Johnson<p>Yesterday I was listening to Franck’s D minor symphony, and it struck me how easily he sneaks modulations into other keys under the listener’s nose. I decided to have a look at the score (as a piano reduction; thanks, IMSLP!) and there are more key changes than I ever realized. I plan on doing some in-depth analysis in the hope that it can make my own compositions less bland. <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://deacon.social/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a></p>
trash panda qc<p>for those who don't know, I'm open to freelance mastering, art/video creation, & composing. I would love to help get your project in the best aesthetic shape possible - get in touch!</p><p>more at: <a href="https://trashpandaqc.xyz/hire.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">trashpandaqc.xyz/hire.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freelance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freelance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/audioengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audioengineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/audioproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audioproduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musicvideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicvideo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/coverart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coverart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>getfedihired</span></a></p>
Hafdis BjarnadottirWhen I'm composing, I find meaning in the act of challenging myself, and/or to make some kind of a puzzle for myself that I have to solve in the music. Oftentimes, I make up rules for myself that I have to follow, like for example when I'm using the knitting pattern for Thordis' fichu as a basis for my compositions (I'll post one of those compositions in the comments - the Finnish Sähkökitarakvartetti playing Hyrnan IV). As you could imagine, this does not make my work simple or easy, or maybe I'm just not clever enough to be able to do this easily in a way that I would be happy with, so - hard mode it is!<br>
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When I'm composing with the knitting pattern, I do a lot of experiments and sketches, and then I choose the bits and pieces I like most, and try to make something out of those. It can be really complicated to put the sketches together in a way that makes sense for me. Therefore, while I'm working on the composition, I have to get used to everything sounding terrible before it starts to sound better, and keep chiselling away at the heap of awfulness until something I'm happy with starts emerging.<br>
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Robert Jung - Film Composer ✅<p>Waiting for Nuendo 14 to drop<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tXIYXyJG8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=f0tXIYXyJG</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.berlin/tags/nuendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuendo</span></a> <a href="https://toot.berlin/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.berlin/tags/steinberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steinberg</span></a></p>
Hafdis BjarnadottirMistakes have the potential make your art more interesting. They might also ruin everything, but sometimes - sometimes they add interest, because without them the piece might be too “slick” or too regular, or too predictable. My last creative prompt was about creating something endless. While I was working on an “endless” idea recently, I made a small mistake in the process. It resulted in making my "endless" melody much much more interesting. This tiny mistake was so delicate and fell into the tapestry of what I was making, so I let it stay there and it created endless new possibilities for my composition.<br>
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Hafdis BjarnadottirFor as long as I remember I’ve been fascinated with “endlessness” in art, and in life for that matter. Sometimes things appear to be going somewhere but in reality they are not, or maybe they are but there is no start or end to them. In music, we have things like “Shepard tone” and the “Risset rhythm”. I have played around with ideas that have the potential to be “endless”, for example in my composition “Hikk!” for flute, clarinet and bassoon (see comments for link). There I used a kind of a walking bass melody that walked endlessly, switching between walking up a major third and minor second, jumping up and down octaves where practical. The whole piece is derived from this small idea.<br>
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I wonder how you can play with similar ideas in poetry, photography, visual art, dance or other art forms. Feel free to try, and let me know in the comments what you come up with.<br>
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One more thing - I would love to get prompts and ideas from you, dear creative people of the internet. Tell me about ideas, interesting books or pieces you think I might enjoy.<br>
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MediaFaro Magazine<p>British Library acquires long-lost draft for Elgar masterpiece.</p><p>The British Library has secured previously unknown drafts of Edward Elgar’s 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', shedding new light on the composer's creative process.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250224-british-library-acquires-long-lost-draft-for-elgar-masterpiece?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250224</span><span class="invisible">-british-library-acquires-long-lost-draft-for-elgar-masterpiece?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/BritishLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EdwardElgar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardElgar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Composing</span></a></p>
Stan Stewart aka muz4now<p>I am also a human being when I am <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> - the drama in the world around can be distracting or inspiring -<br>I prefer<br>"Subtle Drama" <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <br><a href="https://muz4now.com/2023/subtle-drama-nowplaying/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40muz4now%40mastodon.world" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2023/subtle-drama-</span><span class="invisible">nowplaying/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=%40muz4now%40mastodon.world</span></a></p>
Chris Krycho<p>I know some of you prefer Spotify, so here’s our little <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/choir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choir</span></a> and congration <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/singing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singing</span></a> the Sanctus I wrote for us to sing throughout Epiphany last year: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3OwnM1D6RFiX5alF6FD3qe?si=dfb3f5133e5f449a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/track/3OwnM1D</span><span class="invisible">6RFiX5alF6FD3qe?si=dfb3f5133e5f449a</span></a></p><p>More links forthcoming as it goes live across various stores and services!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anglican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anglican</span></a></p>
Chris Krycho Music<p>I know some of you prefer Spotify, so here’s our little <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23church" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23choir" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#choir</a> and congration <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23singing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#singing</a> the Sanctus I wrote for us to sing throughout Epiphany last year: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3OwnM1D6RFiX5alF6FD3qe?si=dfb3f5133e5f449a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">open.spotify.com/track/3OwnM1...</a>
More links forthcoming as it goes live across various stores and services!
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Hafdis BjarnadottirThe creative prompt I have for you today is: “Sabotage your own artistic creation to shake things up”. It’s a fantastic way to get out of a rut! A couple of weeks ago, I had been working for hours on end on a composition. I found my results a little bit boring, so I took the whole thing and sped it ruthlessly up and put a quirky beat under the whole thing. The mood of the piece was drastically changed - now it was more weird but also more fun! It was a bit over the top and crazy, but after some adjustments I’m really happy with the results and I’m looking forward to building on top of what I made. Or - tearing it down again, who knows! It’s a process :). P.S. If you want to hear how I “sabotaged” one of my own compositions for fun to make a new piece, check my comments - I’ll put links to pieces where I did exactly this.<br>
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Chris Krycho<p>This morning’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> looked about like this. Trying to keep hammering away at this idea that popped into my head 9 days ago till I have enough of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> on paper or in Dorico that I can get back to working on the symphony without fear of losing this!</p>
Chris Krycho Music<p>This morning’s <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23composing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#composing</a> looked about like this. Trying to keep hammering away at this idea that popped into my head 9 days ago till I have enough of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> on paper or in Dorico that I can get back to working on the symphony without fear of losing this!</p>
Hafdis BjarnadottirHere is another creative prompt for you, if you're interested: Try creating something using a mistake you made. I do this all the time when I'm composing. For example I might accidentally transpose a section of my piece and it just sounds much better that way. Or for some reason there might be a random sound bite in the wrong spot in my ProTools file that happens to sound very interesting there. Improvisers know that if you play a wrong note you can make it right by emphasising it again somehow. Let me know in the comments if you try to recycle your mistakes, and what you come up with.<br>
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Chris Krycho<p>Something I have been practicing for over twenty years: getting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> out of my mind and onto the paper. So much of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> is the ability to translate an idea from our minds into sketches into a more-than-sketches, and it never gets *easy*—but with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/practice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practice</span></a> it does get *easier*. <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/nJ_mocakw3U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/nJ_mocakw3U</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Chris Krycho Music<p>Something I have been practicing for over twenty years: getting the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> out of my mind and onto the paper. So much of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23composing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#composing</a> is the ability to translate an idea from our minds into sketches into a more-than-sketches, and it never gets *easy*—but with <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23practice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#practice</a> it does get *easier*.<br><br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/nJ_mocakw3U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Out of my head, onto the page ...</a></p>
Chris Krycho<p>Let’s try something NEW: I just posted a video essay version of the January issue of my monthly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/composing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>composing</span></a> newsletter! If you’d like to watch me say the things rather than read it, as I know some of you do prefer, here you go! I’d love to hear your thoughts!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/pM2QyD_rpa4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/pM2QyD_rpa4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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