The Sight Reader

I've had this idea for a long time. The first idea was to create a magazine called, "The Sight Reader". Composers could submit their works for solo instruments in order to expose their music. The people who recieve the magazine, takes it and reads the articles on improving their playing ability, learns about other composers, and sight reads the pieces for that month.

If I ever become well off, I am going to put this idea into action and start a business. Their are so many musicians that would die to have a magazine like this....it would create opportunities for everyone and is just helpful in every single aspect.

Now, until then....why don't we open a forum called The Sight Reader. Have a mini forum for strings, brass, percussion, woodwinds, etc. Anyone can post their music...other people will sight read and maybe even tell the composer what they thought about their piece.

Most of the forums are for posting large ensemble works, and this could really help out a lot. I would definately do it for both the saxophone and the piano.

Thanks for reading about my idea!

I would both contribute piece for this, and use it alot.

Why dont you make an online magazine type of thing?

It's a good idea in several ways - gets new music exposed, and obviously is great for sightreading.

Pieces would have to be screened, etc etc, im sure you know all of this anyway.

Good idea.

An interesting idea, but I don't think there's really enough demand at present judging by the poll. We might consider this idea for the future.

I would both contribute piece for this, and use it alot.

Why dont you make an online magazine type of thing?

It's a good idea in several ways - gets new music exposed, and obviously is great for sightreading.

Pieces would have to be screened, etc etc, im sure you know all of this anyway.

Good idea.

It would cost me a lot of money to do something like that. Not to meanion time I don't have.

You could do it for free, I'm sure. Altho hosting can be tricky.

But I understand the time part of it. Plus there's no incentive, but it's a good idea anyway.

An interesting idea, but I don't think there's really enough demand at present judging by the poll. We might consider this idea for the future.

You could make it one of those polls you do...like the one you are hosting now. Only so many people read this forum.

You could make it one of those polls you do...like the one you are hosting now. Only so many people read this forum.

You mean put it as an announcement in every forum? Hmm, usually we reserve those for special occasions, this is just a run of the mill poll. That actually reminds me, I need to take the current one down.

I'm an odd case, I have a hard time sight reading, although I can compose. I never had sol-fa(?) (in French it's solfége, I'm not sure how do you say it in english...) lessons or anything. I'm unable to imagine the sounds in my head when I look at a score, I have to be in front of the piano and play veeeery slowly note by note (with mistakes between notes)... Yeah, you can lapidate me now... :)

I believe that if that magazine existed it could have a "learning section" or something, because I'm sure I'm not the only one with trouble sight reading... *looks around feeling alone* Am I?...

I'm an odd case, I have a hard time sight reading, although I can compose. I never had sol-fa(?) (in French it's solfége, I'm not sure how do you say it in english...) lessons or anything. I'm unable to imagine the sounds in my head when I look at a score, I have to be in front of the piano and play veeeery slowly note by note (with mistakes between notes)... Yeah, you can lapidate me now... :)

I believe that if that magazine existed it could have a "learning section" or something, because I'm sure I'm not the only one with trouble sight reading... *looks around feeling alone* Am I?...

You are my exact opposite, Berlioz. I only have sightreading trouble when it comes to notes with lots of ledger lines. That sucks.

:w00t: Looks like we are starting to get some votes it.

You know, even if you might be a bad sight reader...that would be the purpose of this whole project....to increase your ability to sight read and improve yourself in that area.

You have to admit, sightreading is a necessity.

This is an excellent idea, but some sort of rating should go along with it, so the more 'beginner' sight-readers would know what the 'easy' piece are and the advanced players can sightread the hard pieces. Or something.

I like the idea, anyhow. :angry:

no, no. It's a bad idea. I don't undestand what this will accomplish. In my opinion, we're fluttering Young Composers with all this extra stuff we don't need. Like new networking, new subforums, now this? It's like putting too much icing on the cake.

First off nico it isn't a bad idea.

It is brilliant. This site is made for composers who are inherently for the most part musicians. The general purpose of this forum is to network and help each other grow. We are already helping eachother by discussing our music but how are we helping our musicianship? We are not. This is a good way to help people sight read music. I myself am pretty good at it because i've been doing it for so long. I would probably take any singing sight reading to help with that though. Also it is a good way to gauge your level of playing.

It is also, Nico, a great way to hear your music played by REAL PEOPLE, not by a computer that will undoubtedly play it without real expression or human mistakes and feel. This, I think, overweighs any flutter or clutter Young Composers might or might not be creating.

It's very good for us composers who don't write orchestral pieces.

It is also, Nico, a great way to hear your music played by REAL PEOPLE, not by a computer that will undoubtedly play it without real expression or human mistakes and feel. This, I think, overweighs any flutter or clutter Young Composers might or might not be creating.

It's very good for us composers who don't write orchestral pieces.

Exactly! When you think composer, you think orchestra. You don't think so much about solo works....which there are probably more composers that right for solo instruments. You see...this just helps everyone...the composer and the person playing the music.