This year I have set myself the (perhaps ambitious) goal to write a new film music style cue and a big band chart each week. I'm keeping this blog as a kind of practice diary (except for composition) - I'm treating these weekly compositions as exercises to some extent, trying to explore and further my knowledge of the various compositional techniques used in this idioms (whilst still trying to create 'good' music)
For some reason I work well with structure and deadlines - but without them I languish around procrastinating and watching hours of TV/DVDs (In the last few weeks I think I've gotten through nearly 4 seasons of Boston Legal) , so setting a weekly goal hopefully will keep me on track.
I'm have just made the leap into doing orchestral and big band mock-ups using sample libraries, so I'm hoping the quality of my recordings and mock-ups will also improve throughout the year.
If I've missed a weekly update it probably means I'm just working on something big... If it's two weeks it must be really epic... if its three I'm probably just actually watching too much television. Please post a comment and tell me to get off my ass and do something productive.
Enjoy, and please feel free to leave comments/criticism!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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