https://youtu.be/kj5c6jgUkMM?si=Q7aAPQ4H3IevfFD1

The business and practical aspects of how to build a career were never discussed in my music program – I wish there had been some focus on these elements as I began my studies.

Whether you’ve been a professional for a while, or are seeing your first signs of a budding career – with all the technology, tools, and platforms available today, is networking and ‘who you know’ still important to building a successful career as a composer?

How are you building and maintaining those connections today? What is working for you and what isn’t working?

For those who are willing, I would love your feedback on networking in this survey as well (Google Form): https://forms.gle/P9VfSeEsrPuQLobV7 (received mod approval to post)

Here is a discord server for contemporary classical composers : https://discord.gg/meaWkvcNEB

So far there are around 100 members who are mostly composers. You can share your pieces/pieces you’re working on for advice, and participate in our miniature composition event.

I'm looking to make my own piano music on FL Studio's All Plugins Edition.

However, I don't think I can make quality music sound quality wise on FL Keys or some free piano VSTs. Is this really true?

Also, I want to know, if I get a paid piano VST, do I need a MIDI keyboard to use it or can I just use the piano roll for the VST and draw in the notes?

Another thing is, do I need studio monitors or a audio interface, room treatment etc to make solo piano music?

I'm just starting out now but have dreams to make a career out of this as I like solo piano music a lot

I am curious to understand the themes and variation form at a deeper level as the internet only gave me a basic run down of it instead of a thourough explaination on how to expand and write different variations based off a theme; to be more specific i am intrested in the concept of fantasy variations( in a wind band context) where the theme is streched to its limit and is played with freely and each variation contrast each other greatly

Refrences; Fantasy Variations on a theme of paganini

Carmen Fantasy

Rhapsody on a theme of paganini

Young persons guide to the orchestra

Hi yall! I am a current MFA student in playwriting and I would like to gain the skills necessary to write my own music for musicals. I am currently taking the songwriting specialization through coursera and I'm learning a lot but I am wondering where else I can gain experience. I would like something more on the composition of things. I have a music background being a classically trained pianist and vocalist.

Hey! So lately l've been really interested in classical dance and ballet music composition but can't find much insight on it. Anyone know any books or online courses or anything to learn how to compose with a choreographer correctly and compose the dance music itself? Thanks.

I’m currently a freshman music student at a smaller college in Georgia. While I am on a Classical Music Performance track—piano primary—at this school, I want to focus on a Composition Track. Unfortunately, my current school does not offer a composition track. I am currently considering options that lie on the East Coast and within the wider SouthEast Region (as far as Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas is where I am considering). As my financial situation is stable enough to consider options outside of my state, what schools would be a good fit for a transfer? I should also add that I have a double major in English as well, which adds to my schooling consideration.

Hey so I’m an aspiring composer and I’m wondering if going to college is worth my time to become a composer. I’ve thought about attending my nearby community college (and with in state scholarships it’s free) and then transferring to a four year to finish for a bachelors. Is this worth my time and money to become a composer? I know I lack some knowledge but I’ve learned lots from YouTube and such. Also at these colleges I would get private piano lessons and composition lessons as well.

Hello so I’m an aspiring composer and clearly lack the funds to actually go to record my compositions with a big fancy orchestra. I’m wondering if I can make an album using spitfire audios Symphony Orchestra that they just released. I’m looking at terms and conditions and I’m so confused and I just don’t want to get in trouble or something with rights and such. Any tips or anything y’all could share for a noob like me about such a topic?

My cousin just can’t seem to get into a PhD program. They already have an MA degree in the field, have solid letters of Rec. he does have some interesting notation styles he works with at times. I’m an educated musician and believe his work is quite good. He tried tier one schools a while ago and got no interviews. He’s now tried non-top-tier schools and is still not getting interviews. Im on the musicology side of things and have gotten a decent amount of interviews and offers. I know you havent heard his music or read his letter or have any idea how strong of a candidate he is. My question is… is composition considerably more competitive than theory or musicology? My guess is yes but I’d love to hear what you all think

I've been doing research if a degree in music is needed. I've looked on reddit and some websites that have suggestions. I plan on composing classical music because I've been inspired by some composers. Currently I'm year 5 in music school. So is a degree in music or something else needed to become one?

A brief original piano piece recorded live to MIDI, played back using Pianoteq and the Dexed and Surge XT software synths.

https://youtu.be/GPATue9lv0g?feature=shared

I have been struggling with this issue on and off since I have started to publish my pieces - which was last year march. I have always been meticulous and thorough in checking through what I want in my pieces and the correctness and accuracy of my notation before I publish. Thankfully I am much better now in dealing with this.

I have been using Musescore. I used to generate the video and, very impatiently, just publish, only to delete and regenerate and re-upload it later. Now, I first publish in Musescore ( where there can be further edits ) , and after multiple plays of the video score and finalizations before I really am generating and uploading them to other platforms. This approach has been working ok at least for now. I'm not deleting things I've published.

I just don't know exactly why I do find errors ( that I miss out in creating the score itself ) in playing the video scores. I mean I do find error and in score itself and rectify them straight yes, but I don't know why some little things I just simply fail to notice in the score itself become glaringly obvious in the video score. Thankfully this has been much less common with more experience in composing and publishing, more understanding of oneself through abovementioned process, and feedbacks from many from various forums ( including y'all from reddit : )

Is this something common? Do y'all sometimes also find very tiny /unwanted errors or stuff to be edited in scores only when you play it in video form?

Hi I’m Uri Zafrir, I’m a pianist and I like to write music. This is a little composition I wrote in 2013, and finally decided to show it with a score I made. I’ll be happy to hear any thoughts and comments, hope you’ll enjoy:) 🤍

https://youtu.be/SrpTU-3hzc4

I'm currently amazed that Metropolis Ark 5 is now also available for Kontakt, precisely because this library was originally released for SINE. Apparently the Kontakt version is available exclusively from Native Instruments. I had assumed that there would never be another Orchestral Tools library for Kontakt, apart from those created in collaboration with NI, but I was wrong! I only came across it because I was bored clicking through the Native Instruments website.

What do you think about it?

Hi all! Through my internship with National Sawdust, a new music venue in NYC, my piece "Vexatious Tango" for pierrot ensemble will be be performed there tomorrow! This was definitely challenging to write since I'm unfamiliar with this ensemble but I had a fun time working on it.