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Luderart, pay them no mind. We know you meant it jokingly. Though, with the goons around, you may have issues if you "joke" too much, ya know? I'm going to say this matter is settled since Luderart has come to a fantastic conclusion about the whole incident. Since the thread has since derailed into interpreting personal attacks, I will now close it so as to prevent more mockery of the system. Start a new thread if you wish, but I'll probably just close it too, unless it has some more useful dialogue (which, honestly, this has been great! Good job everyone!)

Well, good luck then. At the moment your solitary path has reached a barrier you are unable to pass yet. I had a lot of teachers and quickly I have learned that you can refuse to follow a specific idea one of them has but it's always something that will help you accept. The best thing my teachers have learned me is how to create long composition with limited ammount of ideas. I had tons of lessons how to make chords sound well in all instrumental and vocal combinations, which tone is best to double when a triad is used in 10 instruments or large orchestral group. I was introduced to all composing techniques existing, but nobody ever forced me which to use, just use them in professional way. Don't deny the value of the teachers. You can accept only what suits you. You don't want to accept my suggestions I see. It's up to you.

Thanks. I'm happy to know that that option is available. But for now, I'm putting a hold on that decision. The advice I received from Stephen T. Buck and Austenite helped me not take it personally. In fact, I even laughed at the mocking post's humour (i.e. Form: Requiem). That was possible when I didn't take the mocking personally. Also, someone joked that I could write a novel called "To Kill a Mocking Composer" which was very clever.

Hi there! I heard a couple of your pieces, i think they had something, to tell you the truth i have heard much more lesser music by composers on this forum, who think much more highly of themself then you seem to do. As you said yourself, you are beginner, and your works give you away, which is fine, everybody have been fresh. As Sojar pointed out It would be wise to study form, counterpoint and harmony. I dont know what style you want to write, but it might be good for you to start writing in some sort of traditional style, just to get melodic phrases, structure, harmony and form in practice. composition is learning by doing, experience comes with pieces. You cant read to become experienced, you have try and fail :) that is the way we learn best. There will always be disrespectful people on a internet forum, try to look over those, and try to learn form those who review your music seriously. Good luck to you, and merry Christmas

Oh dear goodness. lolol. Here at YC, we think talking it out is better than the mod button. *disclaimer: I'm in the process of issuing like... 7 warnings... whoops...* And, in this case, mocking should be resolved by moderation. Not the magic button moderation. but, the talking it out kind. Austenite and Sojar have it taken care of in this regard. So, no, the moderators will not "change" the universe for you. Only if it breaks the existing rules. Also, does this mean you'd like your account terminated and all posts deleted? I'll be happy to take care of that for you if you PM me.

Needs moar tones.

This thread: http://www.youngcomposers.com/t32608/official-nominations-yc-awards-2012/ In short, any YC member could have sent his nominations, according to his/her own criteria about what pieces/members deserved a particular award. Thus, members were free to nominate any work in any style, as long as they deemed it as deserving the prize. Self-nominating was forbidden, though (as is self-voting now). The nomination stage ended on Dec. 15th. The nominated works/members were only revealed at the beginning of the voting stage (which will be over on Dec. 31st at midnight). So you still have plenty of time to listen to the nominated works and vote for your favorites. Good luck!

I think you have already asked this question and I have already answered in a post. I have some education in theory and solfege but essentially no training in harmony, counterpoint & form (unless you count reading some sections from books and knowing some basics). Actually having given the priority to composition, unfortunately I haven't been able to study the finest works and their techniques. Maybe I'll do so now. But still, why should any composer be judged by what they know (i.e. harmony, counterpoint, etc) and whether they have studied the works of past masters? Do you see that as a requirement? Do you judge a novelist by what novels he has read and studied before writing his own? Shouldn't you judge each work on its merits? Do you consider this English? If you mean whether I consider the works I have uploaded to have quality, then yes, I believe they have quality. I believe they have their unique appeal, perhaps not as academic examples, but as the fruits of an "aspiring amateur composer" as I have described myself. Why would I upload them if I knew they were worthless. And why should you be the judge of their value or lack thereof? If they leave a lot to be desired, then I hope to get better in the future. If one should upload only masterpieces, then that should be made clear so that everyone behaves according to that rule. But even then, I suppose to every composer what they compose would sound like a masterpiece (something which is a self-bias). Otherwise, why would one even become a composer (if one weren't to dare to compose unless one were to produce assured masterpieces). The greatest composers have already existed before one, and most probably one will never be able to approach them, let alone equal or surpass them. I think, rather, that composition is done not in order to please others but to satisfy an inner need. And so, even if one's compositions may not be masterpieces according to objective judgement, they express the composer's subjective self and are therefore an artistic product to the extent that they express his/her unique self and style, to the extent that they are original.

OK, enough of jokes. Dear luderart, you keep uploading Solilloquies and Bagatelles for a year or so and these pieces don't show any progress. No expansion of form, no logical motivic, harmonic and formal development, sudden contrasts without transition, nonsense fermatas... I know it's very nasty to play a cruel prank I presume Iforgotmypassword did, but perhaps (s)he was trying to tell you albeit in very unfriendly way to make some progress (or maybe (s)he didn't). Do you consider these pieces you upload a quality-like? What is your current education in music theory, harmony, counterpoint, composition, form studies? Have you analysed the finest works from Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, 20th century styles and techniques?

Better to look at the silver lining: you're among the first YC members (if not the first) of whom a lesser composer writes style-copies ;) .

How can you tell it's a mockery? Are you the only person who has every written an abundance of 'Soliloquies'? You seem paranoid.

I'mnot sure if you're new to the Internet or forums in general, but that's not how it works, I'm sorry. The "report" button does indeed exist, but it's meant for egregious violations such as the posting of sexually explicit content, hate speech, or graphic violence. It doesn't have anything to do with people mocking you. If by mocking you mean criticizing you and your works, and you are unable to take criticism even in a mocking sense, then I would suggest that you do not pursue composition because a.) you will never improve and b.) you will be offended by every single one of your teachers. It's possible maybe that in your culture you are brought up in such a way that you're told that you are special and that you're a musical genius, but you shouldn't expect to be coddled like that in the real world. If you're being mocked, it's for a reason. If you fix that in your music, boom, you won't be mocked anymore. Good luck!