Month: July 2009
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Teaching composition and the affect of technology
At the moment I’m really enjoying reading (and commenting on!) another composer’s blog. The composer in question is Kenneth Froelich and his blog is at http://electricsemiquaver.blogspot.com/. I think the topic of Froelich’s blog, how to compose with notation software like Sibelius and Finale, and what pitfalls to avoid, is a really important one. It’s also…
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Why give all this music and these resources away for free?
Well, I’ve been Tweeting regularly for several months now, and keeping a ‘latest news’ list on the front page of my website, www.composerhome.com, but that doesn’t allow me to talk much about what I’m sharing with the world there. So now a blog. At composerhome I share dozens of pieces of music that I’ve written,…
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