Berklee

Hello! I agree with those before me in that the two schools you're looking at are very different. I know almost nothing of Oberlin, but I know plenty about Berklee. Berklee is an amazing school if you're looking to produce popular modern music or write for multi-media applications, (as well as teaching). I picked Berklee as my school because they offer a degree in Film Scoring, (my major). After I complete that I'll pursue my Masters in L.A. at USC in Orchestral Composition. As you already know, Berklee if failry competitive so you'll need to make sure you can play a principle instrument as well as compose. They will make you play a live audition for them. So be ready for that. And after all is said and done and you've finally been accepted there is the issue of the 40 thousand dollar tuition. Good luck. Tyler I would LOVE to hear what you have written already. You should post it. People would be happy to comment.

I've only done a solo piano arrangement, but I loved it nevertheless. Freakin awesome work. GO GERSHWIN!!!!

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Kyle, Great work! I really liked it. This is a piece I'd kill to listen to live. Are you a junior or senior at the University of Califonia? I'll be doing my masters over there (USC). Great work dude, I can't wait to hear more of your stuff. 1987, good year for composers, (same age as me). :D

Cool! Can't wait to hear the finished product. I love marching band... I can't write it... but love listening to it.

That's awesome. But what the heck does PER stand for?

I'm a pianist so of course I'm going to comment on the piano part. The left hand of the piano just... drove me crazy. I dunno man, I'm not dissing your piece. I'm just saying I wasn't very fond of those fast repeated chords in the left hand. Otherwise it was fun to listen to! I also agree with Rafn, absolutely a 12/8 composition in my eyes... at least for the majority of it.

Go with Yamaha or Rolland without question. (Korg if you have to). Don't worry about USB interface. You can buy MIDI/USB adapters for cheap and they have virtually no delay, (that we as humans can detect). M-Audio makes a wonderful adapter. It's small, extremely easy to use and inexpensive. Best quality adapter I've seen, and I know my pianos. You can also use most AD/DA converters that are USB and Firewire compatable to convert MIDI to USB or Firewire, (but dely will start to be an issue). Anywho, if you have more questions about the MIDI/USB thing please just ask. I'll hook you up. (I know my pianos). Good Luck!

FL... I think I might have to give in and buy it one of these days. Currently using Sonar. Sigh. Does sound like video game music, (mostly because of your wicked sound founts... liked the VST stuff you used). Ummmm... but yeah, one more vote against battle theme. Sorry mate, but totally can see it in a RPG regardless. What is the PER project??

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lol... please don't take this the wrong way... but listening to this through Window's midi library TOTALLY makes it sound like a song from Zelda :w00t: ... or some RPG by nintendo. If you haven't listened to it on Window's Media Player... totally do it. dang.. I'm loving this. You've inspired me to beat Zelda all over again. :D (Alright seriously :w00t: ) If this is your first piece, its good. Really good for a first composition. I think it's safe to say that you are on the right track, (talk about ambiguous). If you'd like to hear what other people's first compositions sound like, (to sorta see where your composition fits in) check out this link: http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/your-first-work-2463.html Hope to see more of you on this site! (I'm new as well).

This piano part looks like a lot of fun to play. If I knew a trombone player good enough to play this score I'd offer to lay it down for you. Sadly finding an awesome trombone player in Spokane is like trying to find a cow in L.A. But all the same, you've absolutely gained my respect as a composer.

I had the same problem when I first installed Finale 2007. The solution to my problem was very simple. I just had to click on the "reload midi driver" from the "midi" pull down menu. Yup. Hope it works for you.

Hey hey, Good work! Ummmmm... you know leaving comments on other people's compositions is a hard thing to do because music is sooo... well it's never right and never wrong. Everyone has their own idealistic styles, but who is to say that their style and approach should be yours. So nobody is ever truely qualified to tear apart your work but yourself. With that said, I have just a couple of my own thoughts: 1. Your opening totally sounded like drum core... not... well I don't know what your trailer was about. But you just might double check whether or not you want to keep those drum fonts. I will admit, they do sound pretty rad. But that isn't always the best thing when you are trying to keep with a certian theme. But hey, I liked it. 2. The theme motive idea that you had bothered me... not because it was bad or anything. But I totally heard it going someplace else than where it did, curse of a composer I suppose. 3. Now, remember, these are just my opinions..... I would have loved to hear some more chordal structure. What I mean by that is, some chords... like... stacked... at the same time playing. Would have been nice in my ears. The strings are cool... really cool... maybe switch it up with some obeo, clarinet or english horn? The strings were really kinda driving me up the wall by the end of your clip. Heck, some trumpets would have really sounded cool in this clip.. I think. 4. Voice leading... ummmm... that's probably the biggest thing I'd work on. But like I said. Great work, and who I am to tell you what you need to work on. What do you think of your clip? That's the important thing.

Hey I enjoyed this piece! Great job.