I don’t know if anyone of you have already heard of the Vienna Symphonic Library–it’s a voice library for composers. The musical voices are actual recorded voices from different instruments. Many composers use these voices these days for recording—because for one, the sound can be pretty ok and two, for them, it’s cheaper.
I want you [...]
I have an assignment for you for the weekend. I want you to find and listen to as many variations of the song, “Fields of Gold” as is possible. You can find this song all over the internet. What I want you to observe–are the musical arrangements of each piece.
I have heard it said, [...]
I believe that all of us experience at least one difficult moment in our lives. That moment normally can be described as shocking and earth shaking. The thought, “I never thought this would happen to me….never.”
I started having to deal with painful events and life shock at the early age of eight. [...]
And yes, my students and blog followers—I am talking about you. What if you are it? What? What if you ARE the next John Williams, Michael W. Smith, or Karl Jenkins? Pretty cool thought. Interested? If you take up music composition–or music arrangement, you need to know first, that composition is a science. Follow this [...]
True confession, gang. Even I sometimes have a hard time finding the love of music theory, but –I am a musician, I am a teacher, I am a composer, and I decidedly choose to make music theory interesting for both you and me. I know that you are thinking—”yuk”. Sometimes, I agree.
When I was growing up, [...]
