Composed for three hours today—mostly toying with motives until some interesting new material appeared.
Writing music isn’t always glamorous. Sometimes you just have to push the boulder up that hill. Whatever your boulder is, I encourage you to exert some effort on it today.
“With ‘Onaida,’ Natascha Rogers shares a liberating folk spell that draws inspirations from Yoruba spirits, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and her Native American ancestry.” #nowplaying #emlistens
Some wonderfully spooky chamber music! Happy HalloweeEEEeeEn! #nowplaying #emlistens
Splitting theme motives into variants
I’m really struggling to merge the more academic, artsy composition process I know with (what I perceive to be) the idiom and time demands of media work. How do y’all media composers do it, and so fast?
Chopin, vigil of the window
Felt really down on myself and my work yesterday, and I had a call scheduled with a friend to talk about the piece I’m working on. I was tempted to bow out, but keeping that appointment was quite healing.
What you love is only a part of what makes you happy. The majority comes from simple things: enough food, a chat with a friend, some movement.
When you’re an artist, it’s easy to want to make art your everything. The rest can seem like a distraction from art, or a betrayal—but it’s the fuel.
A compelling and detailed interpretation of WTC Book I from Kimiko Ishizaka! Wishlisted! #nowplaying #emlistens #bach
Successful session yesterday decluttering the orchestral arrangement of this little sketch I’ve been doing. Still unsure how I’m going to build a full piece around it though.
I’m resolved to only post things of value here on micro.blog. This has led me to tamp down on many frivolous thoughts I used to post to social media, which I think is healthy.
But I’ve also curbed the little human updates: here’s what I’m doing; here’s where I am. Do these have value? I’m pondering.
[Music] more orchestration in progress 2024.09.25
Another treatment of the sketch I’ve been playing with. Trumpet-led, heroic. (Playback by NotePerformer)
People don’t bother to unfollow everyone when they jump ship. If you’re still on Twitter, you’re probably posting to a ghost town.
If you weren’t going to leave because of the safety issues, at least consider that it’s not really worth it to stay. That follower count you’re holding onto isn’t real.
Happy birthday today to Dmitri Shostakovich!!! 💜💜💜
What may be artistically obvious to you, may be quite fresh to the audience. Don’t fret too much over innovating—commit to being effective.
More jaunty Balkan music for afternoon listening #nowplaying #emlistens
Morning soundtrack #nowplaying #emlistens
[Music] sketch in progress 2024.09.22
Listen to this little snippet of music I’ve been toying with this week =)
(I’m still figuring out how to format this correctly in micro.blog so that the social media crossposts work okay)
Tried to share some music in progress today but micro.blog had trouble uploading the audio. Tomorrow maybe ;)
Take your meds and drink water today!