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Transcribing Morricone, Fistful of Dollars
I get excited to learn new things, musically at least, so I will regularly try new instruments, learn new songs, compose in different styles, and things like that. This is challenging and tiring at times, but life gets too mundane for me staying within the same set of parameters for too long. One of myContinue reading “Transcribing Morricone, Fistful of Dollars”
Career Building
I’ve been playing, writing, recording music for quite a while. 3 decades or so. I haven’t been a full time musician for hardly any of that time though. I am going to change that now by heading recklessly into every musical ambition I can pursue. One of my primary areas of focus at the veryContinue reading “Career Building”
Orchestration Journey 3 – Strings – Elgar’s Nimrod
The string section is the most used groups in the orchestra. For one thing, they don’t need to rest an embouchure, and the expressive quality of the strings is versatile so they get a lot of play time. If the look of 20 staves on a page all at once feels daunting to you thenContinue reading “Orchestration Journey 3 – Strings – Elgar’s Nimrod”
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