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This is the title song from my musical by the same name, the second half of the video explains the context of the song. The song is meant to be a fifth lower, accompanied by string orchestra, and sung by a tenor. I'd appreciate feedback both on the video and the music- not the performance, I'm a professional violinist, not a singer! Cash

Hello everyone, I'm new here. I stumbled on this amazing website today and I am excited to become a part of it. Normally I write classical music or religious arrangements, but the piece I attached below is a bit different. It is a result of a game I was playing with my sister, who is also a amateur composer, where we spun a wheel with every instrument on musescore. I got the combination of Flute, Violin, Piano, Contrabass, and Drumset. I made a lighthearted catchy piece that has hints of lofi and sounds like some sort of background music. I intentionally made it simple, something that I struggle with my normal compositions. Any feedback is appreciated! https://musescore.com/user/58186651/scores/13774444

Hiiiii. I've been working on a piece i will submit for my access test. I used and old piece and wrote it for a trio ensemble. 😀❤️😀 Trio pour clarinete, alto et piano.mp3 Trio pour clarinete, alto et piano.pdf (don't mind the last viola bars, i was playing with a joe hisaishi theme and i forgot to remove it)

Obviously, our pursuit of meaning through music is based on our desires, but even desires take time to cultivate. Some desires, we may decide in hindsight, were adolescent and immature while others developed us. For me desires started with listening to music and finding things I liked. That didn't always lead me "on the right path" so to speak. I think I've definitely cultivated an aversion to numbering my compositions (Sonata No.1, Symphony No. that, Prelude No.3 ... seems so dull). I also seem to have an aversion (or maybe inability) to write movements that belong together although I hope that in the future that might change. Or even just writing a set of pieces in different keys for a single instrument (like Chopins Nocturnes etc.) is difficult for me. I am at the moment in the midst of abandoning just such a project that I couldn't manage to keep alive because it just seems so totally dull and boring to me that I can't keep interested enough to continue it. I guess I could say that in order to keep my own interest in music I must always be seeking novelty of some kind. How do you find meaning through music composition?

Hi everyone this is my first post here, and I would like to share a piece I finished composing for a small performance in my Uni, dedication is to a friend of mine, and yea please tell me what you think! https://musescore.com/user/2760916/scores/13427143 theres like 4 bars where the audio and music dont play the exact notes, but theyre similar, I'll find a way to fix it one day...

hello this is for the yt channel wishing yall a merry christmas (2024) and hope all is well

Only 3 good answers for me : FOR SURE, this is so emotional to me. Actually, the most emotional and sad music, in my opinion, are in a major key. In solo piano pieces : I find this piece heartbreaking, like the memory of someone we just lost.

Yeah often as musicians we ignore the sound production / mastering part of our work. But I would say this is a critical aspect of music since this is what the audience is listening to. There's so many things to take into account, and I am by no means an expert at sound engineering, but these are the basics: Noise gates (these can help reduce your breaths in between words) Background music to vocal DB ratios (I don't know the ratio for singing against music, but for youtube, I set background music anywhere from -40db to -35db against my voice which is usually -3db to - 6db EQing your vocals or music (bringing up the bass and trebles make for a decent output, in my opinion. Your voice may require different types of eqing) limiter (making sure your peaks don't surpass a certain threshold (that red limit where you hear tearing, or distortion) normalization: For youtube, I normalize my voice. When I talk lightly or have a voice inflection, I want the same db levels. For music, this may not necessarily be the case though...this is a judgement call. I'm sure there's a ton more but these are the basics for some good audio output.

I think this is good as it is.

I love how inspired this is despite the fact that the instruments were chosen randomly. It sounds like a fun game to play - I'm assuming you used some kind of website app where you can create a wheel to be spun to randomly pick out of a set of choices? Would you mind sharing that website app or describe more about how you did this? I'd love to try this myself in a future piece! I like how you end on the subdominant - that's a favorite device of mine as well! Thanks for sharing and welcome to the forum!

This is great! It sounds like it could be in a Pixar movie or something, as to me it paints a great picture. It's easily digestible, and wonderfully catchy. Nothing wrong with being simple. Is Fur Elise not one of Beethoven's most famous compositions? Only thing I'd say is watch that flute register; sometimes the notes get drowned out. The flute has a soft low register. Thanks for sharing!

Oh stop it! As someone who says that more than you, you need to have more faith in yourself. Your voice is lovely, and you bring gobs of emotion to your execution. I admit, musicals are far from my inspirations and style, but I always like to stumble upon something that catches my ear when it's not my normal jam. I'm really happy to have heard this, and welcome to the forum. It's always refreshing to hear more music from female composers, and guess what...there are some great female composers here, check them out! They'd love to hear from you, and I'm sure you would them. Here are some I can think of off the top of my head: @pateceramics @Nadin @Gwendolyn Przyjazna Of course there's more, these just stick out to me. Thanks for sharing, and well done on a fantastic performance of your music 🙂

The worldwide famous @Left Unexplained is back! Just under a minute you fully display your understanding of orchestral timbre and sudden modulation. The opening basssoon melody is great, as well as the brassy passages later, and the ending is freakingly beautiful. Your usage of orchestra is so original and un-clichetic! Thx for sharing! Henry

Hello @Atlantis_, Welcome to the forum! It's hard to determine whether the music is chaotic with just 20 seconds of music, but base on what I heard I think it's not too chaotic and reminds me of Stravinsky. Thx for joining and sharing! Henry

Hello @Musical, Welcome to the forum! I really enjoy this one. It's jazzy and the swing is great! The combination of the instruments is refreshing with the flute's tone colour. For the scoring maybe you can put the violin just under the flute. Also you may add some improvisatory passages for the pianists too! Thx for sharing your music and joining us! Henry

The song I posted here is actually one I'd like played at my funeral, because I love the idea of asking the attendees of my funeral if they believe in ghosts, from beyond the grave. I would also like to have Shostakovich's string quartet 8. I have a certain love for Shosty that is unrivaled by any other composer. Lastly, death and the maiden. I played it last summer, and it was transcendent, though it's been my favorite chamber work for years. I actually have this all dictated in my will, is that weird?

Would it be possible to post the sheet music? I find it rather hard to follow with just the audio. Perhaps the sensation of dryness comes from the instrumentation you are using. Or more likely, the sounds. What are you trying to make? Where are you planning to go with it? These are just some questions I have. Other than that, there is an idea in there, so keep refining it. That's how all music starts.