Jaap
Senior Member
I like to work with different hats. I have my commercial composing and sound design and doing that already for a long time. I started doing this after my study of classical composition and when I realised in order to "survive" financially I need to or take a completely different job or change the course of my music. I tried for 2 years another job and that became only a motivator to not settle for that road. Please know btw these roads are completely different for each and every one of us. What works for me can be a nightmare for someone else.
That said, I changed my work method and started composing and producing in different fields. From this I can live and sustain myself, but there is also still the "classical composer" in me who wants to write symphonies, opera's, all kinds of experimental stuff etc and I do that now in my free time. I don't have to worry about any financial stuff regarding that and I love the freedom with that.
VI control (where I hang out already for 11 years) has been a community where you can actually find both. There have been great talks about the industry, and yes that can be depressing, demotivating, nerf wracking etc, but it also shows on many levels how this industry works from beginners till the pro's like Hans, Charlie, John and many more posting here.
Since it is a community with a foundation in virtual instruments it's maybe logical that you find less about the classical art here, but still there is a lot of talk and input from people who create for the sake of loving to create. Whether it is from a very enthousiastic synth lover or programmer or composer, there are still so many gems posted here about our love for our craft.
I think we have a fairly unique community regarding this where you can find input on so many levels.
That said, I changed my work method and started composing and producing in different fields. From this I can live and sustain myself, but there is also still the "classical composer" in me who wants to write symphonies, opera's, all kinds of experimental stuff etc and I do that now in my free time. I don't have to worry about any financial stuff regarding that and I love the freedom with that.
VI control (where I hang out already for 11 years) has been a community where you can actually find both. There have been great talks about the industry, and yes that can be depressing, demotivating, nerf wracking etc, but it also shows on many levels how this industry works from beginners till the pro's like Hans, Charlie, John and many more posting here.
Since it is a community with a foundation in virtual instruments it's maybe logical that you find less about the classical art here, but still there is a lot of talk and input from people who create for the sake of loving to create. Whether it is from a very enthousiastic synth lover or programmer or composer, there are still so many gems posted here about our love for our craft.
I think we have a fairly unique community regarding this where you can find input on so many levels.