tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post4031169960030252956..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Working, HabituallyDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-1809518958369878712009-01-07T17:53:00.000+01:002009-01-07T17:53:00.000+01:00They say Ben Franklin would carry a conversation w...They say Ben Franklin would carry a conversation while instantaneously composing articles for newspapers on the printing press - upside-down and backwards! Varying the focus of attention and working in peripheral has been a new experiment for me...<BR/><BR/>I had to take a job arranging popular music to pay the bills, but it turned out to be a fantastic interval of distraction between long periods of concentrating on my recent composition. Alternating between the creativity required for both types of projects kept each one fresh - and I found that many of my best ideas would bubble up for one project while I was working on the other. The method worked this time, I just hope it can be repeated in the future.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00199861777032860441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-90299109079985457652009-01-07T05:27:00.000+01:002009-01-07T05:27:00.000+01:00Another pencil person here. But i go for the learn...Another pencil person here. But i go for the learners pencil. Yes those big fat ones that one might have seen when one was 5. i like them cause you don't have to sharpen them very often and you can even put it in your pocket and the lead desn't break. Als their size makes them easy to find. Erv Wilson turned me on to pencils after he showed me how out of doors his labels written in pencil would last years. those in ink fade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-31856918998858079602009-01-07T01:28:00.000+01:002009-01-07T01:28:00.000+01:00I prefer the pencil, myself. A rather specific pen...I prefer the pencil, myself. A rather <A HREF="http://www.pentel.com/catalog_product.php?id=761" REL="nofollow">specific pencil</A>, at that. (I change my mind a lot).<BR/><BR/>I usually sketch larger works on drafting paper, around 11"x17" in size. Then 'transpose' my ideas to notation. Sometimes to manuscript paper, sometimes straight to the computer. (Finale as of late). <BR/><BR/>I agree with Paul, morning hours are best. Assuming I'm up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-13458243421617286372009-01-06T20:53:00.000+01:002009-01-06T20:53:00.000+01:00Uni-Ball: yessssss!Uni-Ball: yessssss!fredöspherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04213348727159536702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-6854174984545864282009-01-06T17:29:00.000+01:002009-01-06T17:29:00.000+01:00Wagner apparently felt he did his best work surrou...Wagner apparently felt he did his best work surrounded by opulance. I think I read somewhere that Bach's living quarters in Leipzig amounted to 850 sq ft - and was full of children.<BR/><BR/>I usually compose in the morning hours, when I have the most concentration and energy. Got to have quiet and privacy - no TV or other audio distractions. I work strictly on the PC, so pens, ink paper, etc are not an issue.<BR/><BR/>I think most people would be surprised by the amount of time it takes getting the score ready for performance. Creating the parts, cross checking them, transposing, etc. Even on the computer it is a major effort and involves a long session in front of a Kinko's copy machine. Lately I have been writing for just two or three voices so I just give everyone a copy of the entire score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com