skyy38

I can "borrow" ALL I want to from John Williams-it doesn't mean that I'm going to *sound* like him though.... https://soundcloud.com/skyy38/launch-capsule-final Mr. Moderator. I know that you don't want "music uploads" in this section of the forums, but I DID notice that one of your many posters DO provide *links* to their work, in the "signature section". The above is just a *link* to the piece in question, but if it is still "against the rules" I'll understand if you delete it...

One time, I wrote a short spec piece called "March Of The Penguins". Not terribly complicated at all, and I thought I had come up with the perfect "motif" for the penguins- a sort of plodding yet playful piece of music, like penguins themselves. Basically I was right-I could hear and see the perfect match between visuals of penguins and the music I came up with. I thought to myself "well played sir!" The next day though, I found myself watching an episode of a certain, dysfunctional, animated family show. As usual, the main titles blasted out in that "old time", break-neck speed, cartoon frenzy- business as usual EXCEPT a tiny alarm went off in my brain about the main titles. I watched the show then fired up my keyboard to investigate the cause of that "alarm". It turns out that I had changed the theme to "The Simpsons" to suit my own purposes,even though I hadn't been aware of it , at the time. Now,when I say "changed", that doesn't mean I changed the basic tones of it-BUT I did change the rhythmic notation, tempo AND my orchestration of it was certainly going to be different from "The Simpsons". Instead of discarding this, I decided to keep it! If John Williams can "lift" from Stravinsky (STAR WARS) and Danny Elfman can lift from Christopher Young (HELLRAISER 2 for BATMAN-main title theme) with NO dire consequence whatsoever, then I'm keeping my "March..." :)

Very true! This means you're putting more energy into worry, rather than into composing...

Avail yourself of this too: http://www.songwritingplace.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/howard.pdf

I was just wondering what you thought of the orchestral instruments In Presence and if you could direct me to something orchestral that you did in same, or an example somewhere else on the web?

This online course is *free* and has audio examples as well! http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration-On-line

You mean like taking "Composing 101"? No. Ear training, theory, rhythmic notation and orchestration: These are the things to develop and study. These are the disciplines that will help you become a composer. But finding your own voice as a composer is entirely up to you. Listening to everything that you can get your hands on doesn't hurt either! Don't put too much worry about developing a certain "style" or "having an identity", in terms of composing. Style is something that is inherent in you already-it's simply the way you approach or do things-that's your style, which will naturally carry over into your music. Study as much as you can, listen often and ask questions. And when anything starts coming into your head, write it down! Believe it or not, these opportunities don't hit you 7 days a week!

What is a "leavers song" if I may be so bold?

Imagine paying for an orchestra with your own money and finding out that the results are less than what you'd thought it would be....

Albert Einstein was not a composer...per se, but..... "Imagination is more important than knowledge"........ wow, just imagine.....

If you haven't seen it already: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=9262 Enjoy

I write because I NEED to. Doesn't make a difference if I "make it" or not, I need to write. There are far too many things around me that influence and inspire me to write music and it's something that you just don't "turn off". ______________________________________________ www.soundcloud.com/skyy38

Screenplay writing software merely puts your words into screenwriting form. You still have to come up with the words......

VERY cool site! Thanks a lot! Only complaint is that some of the javascript examples fail to launch. Just as a lark, I decided to try this. This is me(pay attention to the first three measures only.): http://soundcloud.com/skyy38/ras-al-ghul My results on musipedia: http://www.musipedia.org/result.html?sourceid=flash&tx_mpsearch_pi1[submit_button]=Search&tx_mpsearch_pi1[pc]=hum+00-92-100%2F2488-99-100%2F3741-97-100%2F4765-99-100%2F7356-97-100%2F8329-99-100%2F10768-100-100%2F11981-97-100%2F14256-96-100%2F16127-93-100%2F17112-92-100&coll=m&rvp=0.5&filtertext=&onlymatchfrom=0&ofs=0 I think I'm safe! :)

Let's see-one post...."PM Me..." vague details on WHAT kind of music...wants that music for free... Does anyone else smell something?