Potentially famous?

Who has written music that he really believes in and that he is convinced that it will become famous?

Please share :)

Fredrik

hmm, maybe one day :whistling:

It will depend on who finds it, I imagine...

I haven't really thought about it... however, it would be nice. I am not expecting it, though.

Firstly, what is this thread doing in the competitions section??

And secondly, I don't think I will ever be famous. There is just no way that my music could communicate something that good. I haven't even finished a piece for a summer camp application! :angry:

If you think youre going to be famous, youre already damning yourself to not be.

Now there's a comment! Well it's said that (and I believe it a lot) if you tell yourself something, then it shall be so. So if you say that by saying that you WILL be famous, then you WONT, then what about the ones who say they won't? Nobody would be famous! That makes no sense! :blink:

Now there's a comment! Well it's said that (and I believe it a lot) if you tell yourself something, then it shall be so. So if you say that by saying that you WILL be famous, then you WONT, then what about the ones who say they won't? Nobody would be famous! That makes no sense! :blink:

There's only one way to know you're famous, and that's if you are famous. Not the other way around.

It doesn't really take any musical talent to be a famous musician. Sure, it helps, but I can think of plenty of famous "musicians" (both performers and so-called composers) who are far less talented than many people on this forum. I know this sort of misses the point of the thread but I wanted to say it anyway.

If you think youre going to be famous, youre already damning yourself to not be.

Why? I can't see any logical reason why someone who thinks they will be famous should have any less of a chance of fame than someone who thinks they won't be.

If anything, someone who thinks they will be famous stands a better chance as they are more likely to have the drive and desire to become famous.

Simply having a famous additude helps one's attempt to become more known to the present world. I can agree with that.

I dont think I have famous pieces now. I really want and pieces I want to write when Im older, like my ballet and opera, to be famous. I really want to leave my mark on the world as a singer and composer.

mmm, well, maybe the most famous composers werent always the most talented but their music spoke the loudest?

I don't particularly perceive fame as something to strive for. The composition world already has its share of Paris Hiltons...

Recognition? Yes. Fame? Not so much.

I think that I have the tools needed to do everything I want to do, which is to be respected by those whom I respect. I think that fame might be counterproductive to that a lot of the time, but they aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. I think some moderate amount of fame would be nice, as it tends to come with money, which helps support a family, which I decided the other day that I'd like to have.

As far as if I'm going to be famous, I really don't know. I think I have the kind of disposition to go out and get my name out there, but as to whether or not it will stick or people will find me worthy, I cannot guess.

Famous? haha! Let's worry about paying the bills first as a composer! :D

Perhaps when I complete my 1st symphony......perhaps I will be famo0us a very large propsed work over 100 performers...at the least.

As a composer in the 21th century, I have already resided myself to the fact that no matter how successful I am during my life, I will never gain the immortal fame or fame of any sort really.

While they are several successful composers of the late 20th century and 21st century, their names are lost when it come to history. Half of the composers, I am currently studying in one of my modules at uni, I have not heard of. I never played their works and if it wasn't for this module, I might never have done.

In Mozart's lifetime there were probably lots of different composers in the various towns and cities - all scratching by, trying to make a living. Pretty much like today. And just like today probably all of them had a small circle (or larger depending on the composer) of people who enjoyed their work. However, they are the composers that time forgot. We remember Mozart because his wife went to the trouble to make sure we remembered him.

Today, however, the general public aren't exposed to John Cage or Philip Glass. Instead, the music culture is filled with blonde stick figures, druggie rockers that gain the mass populairty. Most of them will be forgotten in time as well but they will be those that will suvivre long after their death ... look at Elvis for example.

Fame is one thing that as composers will be very much limited to us. Take for example John Williams. Most people here will know that, besides being one of my favourite composers, he is a film composer mostly remembered for Star Wars. Recently in conversation with my violin teacher, I asked if she liked any of his work and if she would mind if I brought some along to my lesson to learn. Her response was "John Williams the Guitarist?"

John Williams is one of the more successful film composers for the modern age - he certinally is the first name I think of when I think about film music. Yet unless you actually are familar with that area of music (or Star Wars trivia) you might never know who he is. And although his work will be around after his death, he will be largely forgotten by society.

Now to be successful and respected as a composer, that is something I really can hope for as well as every other composer here. My work might be largely unheard by the general public and my name probably won't mean much to most people but if I have a career where I do get to here my work performed and can spend my life surrounded by music, then I would consider myself very lucky.

I might not be a Mozart but I am still here.

I might not be a Mozart but I am still here.

A poignant line.

Also, I expect even Mozart had no aspirations of 'fame'. Any 'famous' composer likely only wanted to live a happy life doing something they love. We've chosen a profession in which fame is rare, and often posthumous (if at all).

Anyone expecting to get famous will surely not choose 'composition' as a profession.

Well, to be fair, becoming famous (for more than a week) isn't easy in any profession. Composers aren't worse of than others in this respect.

And there are clearly more famous composers than famous plumbers! (Super Mario is the only one I'm aware of.)

A poignant line.

Also, I expect even Mozart had no aspirations of 'fame'. Any 'famous' composer likely only wanted to live a happy life doing something they love. We've chosen a profession in which fame is rare, and often posthumous (if at all).

Anyone expecting to get famous will surely not choose 'composition' as a profession.

Did Mozart have a choice though on whether he wanted to be in a musically inclined profession?

I know that history has it that his father once found him writing a keyboard work (I think) and that his father noticed that he had a talent. But Mozart was still a kid. In his home, I am sure he was surrounded by music and probably like most imitated his father and on discovering his child's talent maybe he was pushed into music.

I mean how many children these days say they want to be firemen when they grow up but end up being something totally different? How many children undertake lessons on musical instruments and then never do anything with it later on in life?

One must remember that as an early adult, his father was still in control of his son - it was him that ordered him to go to Paris with his mother for example.

Who knows what Mozart might have exactly been if his father been in a different employment?

It's an interesting point I think but not really in keeping with this thread :P

Well, many people say that fame is hard to come by because your music needs to be discovered by someone. Here is a thought though, what if instead of waiting for someone to discover you, you promote yourself? In other words, show the world your music instead of waiting for someone to find it. :thumbsup:

Do I wish I could be? Sure.

Do I think I will be? Probably not.

If you right music to be famous, it will undoubtedly start sucking. Listen to the crap on the radio now. Once someone writes a hit song, everyone else has to try and copy it.

There's not much room for originality, because it seems a lot of 'common' people can't hear two things at one time.

"What? She's singing and there's a horn riff in the background? Oh no! 7th Chords!!!!:O"

....And then they go into overload or something...

~Kal