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3 Reasons a Composer Should Collaborate with a Non-musical Person

“Ideas for compositions come from many, many different places. In fact, it is hard to find something that couldn’t serve as an inspiration in some way for a new piece of music. Some of the more common sources of inspiration are found in nature, poetry, and visual arts. All of these areas, and more, are filled with people who have never player a note on an instrument and who are purely consumers when it comes to music.”

Composition Notebook: “Morning Birds” – the story

Last week, I wrote about forty-five seconds of new music for my composition lesson, and it was painful to do that much. This week, I’ve composed about four-to-five minutes of new music, and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon. So, what happened? Inspiration Strikes Many times in my younger years, I would wake […]