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1. The Official Copyright Thread (USA ONLY)

   By Salemosophy, August 30, 2010
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   • JP S.
   • June 14, 2025

2. Secret Santa Event - Submissions

   By Jean Szulc, March 30, 2020
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   • Tónskáld
   • May 1, 2020

3. Guidelines and FAQ

   By SSC, May 22, 2010
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   • SSC
   • May 22, 2010

4. How to be a composer?

   By musical_doctor, Wednesday at 08:23 AM
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   • musical_doctor
   • Yesterday at 10:36 AM

5. Favorite Musical Book Quotes? 1 2

   By PeterthePapercomPoser, February 22, 2024
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   • PeterthePapercomPoser
   • Yesterday at 01:01 AM

6. Add Your Own Composition-Related Maxim.

   By luderart, March 22, 2012   

   • maxim
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   • Sojar Voglar
   • Tuesday at 05:47 PM

7. Am attempting to become a "wide" composer - most genres - rather than focusing on "classical" or similar. Good idea?

   By Musi Make, January 2
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   • Sojar Voglar
   • Tuesday at 06:58 AM

8. Piano sketch or not for orchestrating and composing

   By Luis Hernández, January 19   

   • orchestration
   • composition
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • orchestration
     • composition
     • piano
     • sketch
   • 4 replies
   • 218 views
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   • Sojar Voglar
   • Tuesday at 06:56 AM

9. Behind bars vs Music notation for the 20 centuries.

   By Kvothe, January 9
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   • david toub
   • January 16

10. How do you organize your music projects/audio/recordings files?

    By Frank Normandy, January 14
    • 1 reply
    • 129 views
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    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
    • January 14

11. Realtime Arpeggiated Improvised Piano

    By Musi Make, January 12   

    • piano
    • classical
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      Tagged with:

      • piano
      • classical
      • improvisation
    • 0 replies
    • 97 views
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    • Musi Make
    • January 12

12. Are there any classical composers here?

    By Patrick Compo-Classique, December 30, 2025
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    • TristanTheTristan
    • January 10

13. Full orchestra scores of film music composers

    By JijGaat, December 3, 2009
    • 24 replies
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    • Marchetto
    • January 4

14. A charming piano channel

    By Kvothe, January 3
    • 5 replies
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    • Kvothe
    • January 3

15. Your Favorite Key! 1 2 3 4 5

    By Composer283, November 14, 2008
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    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
    • December 26, 2025

16. Be cautious of Suno

    By Kvothe, December 17, 2025
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    • Kvothe
    • December 17, 2025

17. Music Binding

    By Kvothe, December 17, 2025
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    • Kvothe
    • December 17, 2025

18. Should I start with traditional tonality?

    By mahler2009, December 14, 2025
    • 6 replies
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    • mahler2009
    • December 15, 2025

19. Where do I start?

    By Spirit, December 10, 2025
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    • Kvothe
    • December 12, 2025

20. Netflix Buys Warner Bros. — Total Doom

    By AngelCityOutlaw, December 5, 2025
    • 1 reply
    • 207 views
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    • Kvothe
    • December 5, 2025

21. Calling Oboists! Need a little guidance

    By J. Lee Graham, November 23, 2025
    • 7 replies
    • 547 views
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    • Monarcheon
    • November 27, 2025

22. Japanese Composers' Mock-Up Quality

    By AngelCityOutlaw, November 23, 2025
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    • AngelCityOutlaw
    • November 23, 2025

23. Portfolio

    By Kvothe, November 18, 2025
    • 3 replies
    • 256 views
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    • Henry Ng Tsz Kiu
    • November 18, 2025

24. Is Video Game Music Declining In Popularity?

    By AngelCityOutlaw, October 31, 2025
    • 5 replies
    • 716 views
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    • AngelCityOutlaw
    • November 17, 2025

25. performance fee

    By Kvothe, November 14, 2025
    • 6 replies
    • 396 views
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    • AngelCityOutlaw
    • November 16, 2025