I've always wanted to be three things:
1) A composer
2) A performer (in like either a) a symphonic orchestra or b) a movie orchestra type thing)
or
3) a computer geek person (like programmer)
I guess the easiest of them all would be a computer geek but I have ALWAYS loved music, I play just about everything and i've always been good at picking up instruments and learning them to a decent level within a day or two.
But then about 5 years ago, i found out about this cool amazing wonderful thing.. called composing.
I guess i just never realized that somebody has to write all that stuff that i played. I downloaded finale (back when I ran windows) and tried to write something, i can't remember what it was now, but it sounded pretty cool to me (when i was 10)
Now 5 years later I still like composing, i'm not too good but I have some general grasp of how to write stuff. I can't really put big cool sounding chords down because I have never learned them, so what I write is mostly basic and simple sounding, mostly in minor keys 'cause i like 'em (and when you compose it's what you like, who cares what everyone else thinks? =P)
So now i'm nearing 16 and just 2 more years before college where I have to decide what I want to do for the rest of my life (or at least most of my life) and since I'm pretty good on Bassoon and piano and sax I might have a good shot at some sort of scholarship (but even if I get one I'm going to Julliard, no matter what it takes [okay maybe i was kidding, but we all gotta have dreams, right? XD])
I was pondering the question of "What do I want to be when I grow up?" the other day on our 10 hour drive to the Lake of the Ozarks, and I think that what I
really really would LOVE to do is compose. I don't care if I become the next John Williams or if I just write small short pieces for solo piano or if I write orchestrations that the Symphonic Orchestra plays, I
want to write music for a living, and, if I don't make anything from it to actually live, I'm sure I could get a job performing somewhere. (But it would be cool to be known like some of those big composers, e.g. John Williams, 'cause he will be in his late 80s I believe once I get outta college XD)
SO, after that big long life story (which will probably not turn out that long, it just looks long in this typing thingy) I come to my question: How do you make yourself known?
I'm sure I'll be a decent composer, have have a lot more knowledge at least in composing (i'll be taking music theory next year) but once I get into college, how do I make myself known to the rest of the world (or at least the state) so people might think about hiring me?
My ultimate goal is to write for some TV show, doesn't matter what I would just love writing for a tv show.
and, like I do in just about every thread i make, I have no idea how to bring it all to a close, so... i'm done
-Smart.A1ec-