https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLED8fIu5y9jw

Five movements totaling approximately 1 hour and 12 minutes (if you have the time). I have decided to put out the entire symphony to reddit instead of my usual practice of a few movements at a time. This is my most "integrated" symphony with themes appearing in more than one movement. Our busy lives make it difficult to find the time to enjoy entire symphonies, but, of all my symphonies, this is the one where I feel a special exception is in order. Although each movement can be enjoyed alone, the progression from the darkness of the first movement to the joy of the fifth has been my goal here.

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What are some good things to keep in mind or keep an eye out for while studying pieces, to get something from them as a composition student? What are interesting ways to apply them?

I just don't want to wrtie the notes and after that change every note do diffrent chanel. I want to do it mid writing.

Hey there all, prepare for a little story here, if you will, however, just for those who don't have the time, there's a TL;DR at the bottom.

I'm fairly new to the broad global community of musicians in the aspect of orchestral work, and I'm looking for help.

I tend to write symphonic metal a lot and to date, I've only ever really used Spitfire's Abbey Road One to produce the sounds I wanted, and it's... okay, but, obviously, my ever-loving appreciation for musicianship, the whole reason that I love that style of music, is what brings me on this new sort of side adventure/journey here.

I have a new band (I'm newer, the band isn't new lol), one which uses a lot of synth elements for backing sounds and melodies. Now, this band... we've been on an uptick lately; we've toured 6 times in 1 to 3 week intervals this year in the US plus multiple shows here in Canada, where we're from.

I'm trying to propose a SMALL shift in sound and it seems that a couple of the members are open to what I've been showing them ideas for - which would be to have some symphonic elements. Originally, the band leader was a bit of a stick in the mud about it, but I don't know, maybe I composed the right music for him. Seems I may be getting what I'm wishing for. I wrote one new track recently for the first time in 4 years and he liked it. Albeit, it was a little lighter on the symphonic work, akin to something Lorna Shore would write in a song such as Glenwood or Unbreakable, but present nonetheless.

He asked if I could write another song... so I have begun the process.

Turns out, I got bit by the symphony bug a little harder in this second round, I wrote an intro track which is about 2.5 minutes long (the "intro" portion would break off at about 1:45 or so and then the 'real' track starts and continues until its current written point at 2:26).

I haven't shown anyone in the band this piece of music yet... but I was hoping to really sell this idea to them, which finally brings me here.

I'm curious if there would be any musicians out there interested in learning, playing, and recording my current piece in its... rather shorter length... in an attempt to push idea to the band with something that sounds much more lively and professional.

As far as commission goes - I can admit to... asking for free labour (of love). I'm... admittedly broke right now. I won't be surprised if I see any comments that want to strike me down for it, I don't blame you, musicians do deserve their hard-earned pay for their amazing craft. I wish I could offer something right now on anything but credit for doing it, but I just figured I'd shoot my shot because it's what I've got! Let me know in the comments or DM me if there's anyone who has any interest in it.

You can find the link to the work in progress score in my drive here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBVomchzeqSOaHKOyIueAQBxUiyf68Tf/view?usp=drive_link

It's in midi format right now.

What I would need:

Pianist, Violinist, Cellist. If anyone has access to a Celesta they could record, that would be sick, too!

Again - let me know!

TL;DR - If anyone wants to help me record violin, cello, piano, and a celesta part for a short intro track to a metal song I'm writing, DM me. I'm working on it as a demo to present to my band! :) See link above.

Thank you so much for your time and consideration, you're all amazing people, we all love music together, happy to be here and share in this with all of you.

-J

https://musescore.com/user/99475183/scores/39651053?share=copy_link

So I am not an Expert, neither a beginner at making musics, not so long ago, i finished this piece. I will do a follow up, but if you can rate it out of a 10, that would be great!

YouTube Link to Sheet Music

Spent most of the last five days studying over 20 of Chopin’s nocturnes, learning all about typical 8-Bar chord progressions and motifs, studying tonal harmony. And also just practicing playing the piano

Learned a lot and all the comments on my first nocturne helped guide my study a lot to learn more about the music theory behind nocturnes—even though I still have a lot to learn

I think this one sounds kinda robotic and don’t even know if it’s an improvement, but I leaned a lot. So that’s good!

I’m also realizing it’s going to take years to become a good composer and there is so much to learn, but I’m enjoying the journey!

I am currently making a fighting game with a planned 5k budget for music. I can afford more but I figured that would be a reasonable start for a small game. I really want an OST similar to 2XKO in terms of style and was wondering what the best path is here to get music.

I have read here and other places that libraries and diy composing tend to be the way to go for low budget titles like mine. I would really like to do the music right though.

A few months ago, I completed this concertino for alto saxophone and symphony orchestra. The process was a rewarding experience, and I was pleased to see it culminate in the piece’s premiere, performed by the orchestra at the university where I study, with one of the saxophone students as the soloist.

I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on the piece.

Unfortunately, I do not have a complete recording of the premiere; I have only a few brief excerpts, each lasting no more than a couple of seconds. I expect to receive the auditorium’s ambient-microphone recording soon. For now, the audio in the video is a mock-up created with NotePerformer 5.

https://youtu.be/KsL3Qo7C3IE?si=qbsbYWwjW_Gfyq9u

If no why, if yes why… I am a beginner composer.

Here is the Free Full Score: https://musescore.com/user/98567428/scores/39608771?share=copy_link

This is the first piano piece where i tried to not put random ideas/motifs into a score (see some of my previous works), but instead to structure everything like a story, to use music theory and to shape the music in interesting ways… I hope I composed something decent!

Do comment. https://musescore.com/user/127761431/scores/39678833?share=copy_link

Dies ist ein Repost, von meinem gestrigen Post.

Ich besuche dieses Semester im Rahmen meines Studiums das Seminar "Historische Satzlehre". Als erste Hausaufgabe haben wir vor zwei Wochen auf heute aufbekommen eine Kyrie zu schreiben und in dieser Kadenzierungen der Sopran- und Tenorklausel zu benutzen. Also uns mit den theoretischen "Basics" vertraut zu machen. Da ich mit diesen aber schon vertraut bin, habe ich mich dazu entschlossen ein etwas längeres Stück zu schreiben.

Heute haben wir die Werke besprochen und ich konnte mit meinem Dozenten nochmal Rücksprache halten. Er war durchweg mit meinem Stück zufrieden. Dennoch war ich nicht mit der Textverteilung zufrieden, also habe ich mich eben nochmal drangesetzt und diese etwas verbessert und auch dem Notenbild etwas mehr Klarheit verschafft.

Dies ist die finale Fassung und auch wenn es eine Hausaufgabe war, finde ich dieses kleine Stück sehr schön und gut gelungen. Sehe es daher als selbstständiges Stück an. Vielleicht benutze ich es ja in Zukunft als Vorlage, für eine etwas "modernere" Komposition. Dadurch dass es auch dreistimmig ist, ist die Chance auch höher es mal aufführen zu lassen. Ich halte euch auf dem Laufenden.

Zur Musik:

Dieses Stück ist dreiteilig, weil es dem Kyrie-Text (Kyrie-Christe-Kyrie) unterliegt. Daher habe ich mich auch dazu entschlossen, passend für drei Stimmen zu schreiben. Der erste A-Teil steht im 3. Modus und endet auf d. Der B-Teil steht im 6. Modus und endet ebenfalls auf d. Der Bass imitiert hier in T. 11-13 die falsche Synkope vom Sopran aus dem A-Teil. Der zweite A-Teil steht wieder im 3. Modus und schließt dieses Mal auf a, als geschlossene Geste zur Endung des Stücks. Alle drei Teile sind 7 Takte lang. Dies ist bewusst gewählt, denn die Quersumme aus 21 ergibt 3. Und das fand ich toll und passend.

Nun aber viel Spaß beim Anhören und -schauen meiner Musik!

Bei Fragen stehe ich euch gerne zur Verfügung.

Musik: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmEeu2iu3tUaI8czdJj2f4DyvEdaLYKX/view?usp=drivesdk

Partitur: https://drive.google.com/file/d/149-r0HsT2Dgo_6D22qGx8W0NjbwrHaUK/view?usp=drivesdk

I started composing around 16 years ago, and due to bad timing with my undergrad orchestra director leaving, COVID-19 killing reading, and lack of opportunities post-masters I've never had the chance to write for orchestra. This year I finally got the chance to write a work for full orchestra.

I ended up writing this piece, Great Beams of Steel and Shadow, for a friend's Master's conducting recital, and I'm so grateful that I had the chance to write it.

Don't give up hope that your orchestra stuff will be played!

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko7w5AkDSJ8

drive score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X5Rtga537822svzAGhuUqUiob3Ib60bM/view?usp=sharing