tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post7214379816272067955..comments2024-03-04T09:44:11.172+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Now that it's so easyDaniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-27791649610066716342008-09-09T00:16:00.000+02:002008-09-09T00:16:00.000+02:00As a trumpet player who volunteers in a university...As a trumpet player who volunteers in a university orchestra I often re-copy my part to transpose it into B flat (I'm not one of those who can transpose and play at the same time...) If I have a hand cramp at the end of the piece I know I am dealing with the Romantic style, whenever the piece may have been written. We once played Sibelius #1 and I don't think he left a single phrase unmarked by dynamic changes, tempo change or some other notation. It was worse than Mahler...<BR/><BR/>As for finding repertoire, I am in the process of trying to widen my listening of post-minimalists. So I download everything I can that seems to be in that category. I also listen to CounterStream Radio, so the whole Internet royalty issue is a big one in my opinion. I have also been trying to widen my historical listening, but mp3s of Feldmen or Carter can be elusive. Classification and reviewing of mp3s is what is needed and it will be a thankless task to organize all the free stuff out there. Internet radio has a part to play here.<BR/><BR/>Back when you had to buy a CD or LP I think there was a bigger investment by the individual in the music. I once waited 12 weeks for a John Handy album when I was a teenager - it seemed like a lifetime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-60585922129340504672008-09-07T20:04:00.000+02:002008-09-07T20:04:00.000+02:00To comment on hand-copying a score:When I began co...To comment on hand-copying a score:<BR/><BR/>When I began composing, I had no computer software to assist me, so I began writing the music by hand, and still do to this day before ever inputting it into Finale. I find that when I'm writing a piece by hand it turns out far better than if I used a computer in any way to help in notating a piece before its completion. I know the piece better, and I feel more connected to it, much like how an author must feeling when writing a book in longhand. Not to mention that it's an incredible feeling to step back and look at a score written entirely by hand and sense its existence.Justin Friellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830899873767395419noreply@blogger.com