Entries relating to class business – reminders of deadlines, concert congratulations, order of class presentation, etc. – are not included because they are likely boring to anyone who wasn't in the classes to which they were targeted.
The listed blogs below, however, are intended to be relevant to students of music composition or others interested in composition.
→ Inspiration ←
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Daring to Dream Big
Bob Ross, Empowering the Masses, and Fear of Failure
On Musical Genius
Music is Everywhere; How can Composers Benefit?
Inspiration, Perspiration, and Perspicacity
Taking your inspiration from where you find it
Even Great Composers Can Write Flops
Ambition, Talent, and Ego Too! (about The Beatles)
Daring to Dream Big
Bob Ross, Empowering the Masses, and Fear of Failure
On Musical Genius
Music is Everywhere; How can Composers Benefit?
Inspiration, Perspiration, and Perspicacity
Taking your inspiration from where you find it
Even Great Composers Can Write Flops
Ambition, Talent, and Ego Too! (about The Beatles)
→ Exploring the Creative Process; Struggles and Solutions ←
Strike While the Iron is Hot! (includes section on "writer's block")
→ Planning ←
I Love it When a Plan Comes Together!
The Value of a Plan
The Potentially Hubristic Folly of Planning
Josh Donaldson, and the "Get it Done League"
The Value of a Plan
The Potentially Hubristic Folly of Planning
Josh Donaldson, and the "Get it Done League"
→ Playing With Expectations; Musical Dichotomies ←
→ Composition Techniques (General) ←
Post-Tonal Harmony Ideas (1)
Post-Tonal Harmony Ideas (2)
Post-Tonal Harmony Ideas (3)
A Sampling of Post-1900 Materials of Music; See Anything You Like?
Post-Tonal Harmony Ideas (2)
Post-Tonal Harmony Ideas (3)
A Sampling of Post-1900 Materials of Music; See Anything You Like?
→ Composition Techniques Associated with Specific Composers ←
Ostinatos – Making a Lot from a Little: 2. The Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)
Ostinatos – Making a Lot from a Little: 1. Boléro (Ravel)
Sacred Minimalism (1) – Fratres, by Arvo Pärt (also mentions "Tintinnabuli")
Sacred Minimalism (2.1) — Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, by Henryk Górecki; The Best-Selling Classical Recording of All Time!
Sacred Minimalism (2.2) – Three Pieces in Old Style, by Henryk Górecki
Sacred Minimalism (3) – Two Works by John Tavener
Spectralism (Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail)
Ostinatos – Making a Lot from a Little: 1. Boléro (Ravel)
Sacred Minimalism (1) – Fratres, by Arvo Pärt (also mentions "Tintinnabuli")
Sacred Minimalism (2.1) — Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, by Henryk Górecki; The Best-Selling Classical Recording of All Time!
Sacred Minimalism (2.2) – Three Pieces in Old Style, by Henryk Górecki
Sacred Minimalism (3) – Two Works by John Tavener
Spectralism (Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail)
→ Nuts and Bolts; Score Details, Notation Software Issues ←
What is a "Fair Copy?"
Composition #1 – Pre-Submission Checklist
Music Notation Software: Pros and Cons for Composers
Composition #1 – Pre-Submission Checklist
Music Notation Software: Pros and Cons for Composers
→ Writing Idiomatically for Piano, Wind Band, etc. ←
Talent? Skill? What's the Difference?
How to Become a More-Skilled Composer, in 10Painful Backbreaking E-Z Steps!
How to Become a More-Skilled Composer, in 10
→ On Composition (Miscellaneous Topics) ←
No Great Women Composers? (1)
No Great Women Composers? (2)
How Much Theory do You Have to Know to be a Composer?
No Great Women Composers? (2)
How Much Theory do You Have to Know to be a Composer?
→ Form in Post-Tonal Music ←
→ Atonality; What's in a Name? ←
→ Originality in Art ←
→ Musical Influences ←
→ Kandinsky's Theories on Art ←
→ Winning and Losing; Judging and Being Judged; Reference Letter Do's and Don'ts ←
→ Audience Response to Contemporary Classical Music and Marketing ←
→ Composition Issues (10-part series that started this blog) ←
1.1. The quality of ideas may not matter very much in assessing compositions that emerge from them; and
1.2. The degree to which these ideas are original may not matter very much.
2.1. Study the music of others.
2.2. Compose as much as you can.
2.3. Invite criticism from others.
3.1. Live with it for a while.
3.2. What is it about?
3.3. Does it change character?
3.4. What is its function within the context of the piece?
3.5. Structural Analysis.
3.6. Harmonic (or Pitch, Scale, etc.) Analysis.
5. How to Extend or Develop Musical Materials; Specific Suggestions
7.1. Less is more / More is more
7.2. Always leave them wanting more / Give them what they want
7.3. Don't treat the listener like an idiot / There's a sucker born every minute
7.4. There can be too much of a good thing / If you have a good idea, then stick with it!
7.5. The George Costanza approach.
8.1. Three models for the role of a composer
8.2. Mastery or Mystery?
8.3. The value of a plan
8.4. Getting stuck, and possible workarounds
8.5. Don't obsess
8.6. Challenges = Opportunities
→ Composition Projects ←
Project 7: Writing for Chamber Ensemble
Project 8: Music With No Melody (1 - What is Melody?)
Project 8: Music With No Melody (2 - Examples, and Project Description)
Project 8: Music With No Melody (1 - What is Melody?)
Project 8: Music With No Melody (2 - Examples, and Project Description)
→ Course and Blog Information ←
→ Opportunities ←
→ Newfound Music Festivals (and Other Concerts) ←
→ My Music ←
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