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FUCK IT......... @Nick Batzdorf , @Mike Greene Please, please, please lock me out. Close my profile/account. I will not be able to let this go other wise.. I need handcuffs, lock me up, or else I'll titer-toter back to rage....... How I fucking hate letting this slide. If you let me...

Off topic for a minute..... Once I had a student who was the head of the Phoenix SWAT team. He called me one day and asked if I wanted to see the Phoenix Suns play the Bucks. (this was 20 years ago so the Bucks were the team all season ticket holders gave away) Anyhow, at halftime I see a...

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A light chamber work for Debussy Trio: Harp, Alto Flute*, Viola. (*Debussy normally used regular flute.) @Rob if you have any suggestions for improvement I would be all ears. This is just Noteperformer playback

Thanks !! Too kind.

A piece of mine from a few years back. I actually was in the front yard of my parents house when I saw these fly over head. Let's not make the event too significant (did it make me more money, or better looking ?) but I will say it was VERY UNUSUAL. Doug Gibson does not write music about...

Cool piece ! I love Note-performer. It's all I use now. My only wish would be a slightly expanded sound range/flexibility. For example: Vibes have both a mallet and bow sound. But you can't switch between them in a piece. (?) I really want to be able to keep the notation in tack. Also...

Seems like the framework could be defined better. All notation programs use "Virtual Instruments" as does as any music software. I don't think virtual instruments are composition tools. In my mind they are production tools. Closely related, but also vastly different. The prior training of...

Your the AZ guy right ? If so, I'll help you. Yes there is. However, this is not the same musical result. I won't go on a lecture why this is musically not correct. What you want to use is the "Renotate Performance" button in the note imput menu...

This is an old piece of mine. I changed the tuning of the string quintet. The Cello and Viola are C-G-C-G, and Violins are G-C-G-C Bass - E - A- C - G It took some begging, but once the string players played it, they liked it. For notation, you have to treat each string like a transposing...

Sure, but you are from NYC. I grew up with that stuff. It's sort of like saying "You know why New Yorkers are so depressed ? Because the light at the end of the tunnel is New Jersey"

Nice. I was from Phoenix originally. Where in AZ are you ? Both ASU, and UofA have respectable music programs.

Thank you so much !

That's very funny. The Dinosaur song is not mine. It is for a series of books to teach kids Chinese and English. The composer can be found here: https://julianejonesmusic.com/ I've begun the "clean out" of the family videos. To be clear, I have never worked with Mike Verta. (Which is...

Thank you so much ! Very kind of you to say. Made my day.

Hi Joe ! What a nice comment. Thank you very much for your words, and thank you for listening. Wishing you all the best Doug

It's been awhile since I have posted anything on here. Please find attached my Concerto for Bass Clarinet and the score. With best wishes Doug

Hey Robin ! Great to hear your music again ! That's your bag. Way to go. Sounds great. I watched the clip: I couldn't make out exactly what the film was about, but it is very impressive they were able to get Steve Bannon to drive the black car. Hope you are doing great ! Doug

You know the trailer is actually perfect. Before I clicked on it, based on your previous posts I thought to myself "This is probably a guy who likes to masturbate looking at himself in the mirror" and well....... what do we get ? Go away. Get over it. Grow up would you. Putting other members...

In another topic, it seemed a number of people are big fans of Sergei Prokofiev. I am a fan too, and about a year ago I gave myself a little assignment for study. I tried to intentionally imitate his style. I would welcome any comments, or feedback on your listening experience. The setting is...

PM has been sent !

It would be a long drawn out answer to be complete about this, but all the mediant harmonic moves are octatonic "flavored". The Russian's had a interesting view on these scales as has been mentioned. What you mentioned is true, (whole half etc.) but that is just like a cliff note version of the...

Of course. Nothing else needs to be said. Much respect to you my friend, and best wishes. I don't have the post anymore, but I outlined why I felt this is one of the worst things that could be possibly said. I don't the time or energy right now to re-type out the points again. One of the...

I can't speak at all for the moderator, and please don't think I don't hear what you are saying. I have no horse in this race. I posted because it seems you have not been communicated too, and know radio silence can be frustrating. I agree, that can leave a person "hanging" and wondering. Also...

I just wanted to post what I received back from my free trial. Quick turn-around and was updated in a very speedy fashion that the files were received, update on the completion, and in the end 3 piano renderings. (For some reason when I uploaded to soundcloud little pops appear. 1:30. This is...

Hey re-peat. I tried sending you a message, but it seems you have a lock on who can send messages. I had a post erased (with my permission, and the moderator asked me if it was ok) from the thread you are referring to. I just wanted to pass along what I know from that exchange. I bet that...

It happens every year. A long tradition of this.

Sure, no problem at all. I posted one above, and there are a few others below. However, I really must caution one thing (and I am only speaking for myself and my opinion) I think "gunslinger" - I'm from Arizona- competitions are totally stupid, and go counter to the ideal ethos of this forum...

Yes, all the great composers of the past improvised. C.P.E Bach has a chapter on it in his book, and Czerny's first book was actually on improvisation. While one could debate these two as composers (I think they are very good) they both illustrate first hand knowledge of (in my opinion) the two...

That's my jam ! I need to clear my schedule, I can't stop dancing !

Sounds very nice ! As I commented on your piece in the other thread, all the material is very musical and interesting. The main reason I commented before was more about the "process" than the actual piece. I know you write well. One reason the technique of variation and motivic development is...

Well done ! I wish my first orchestration was this successful. As others have said my feeling was like listening to a overture prelude. It all sounds nice.... I think more varied repetition of ideas would do it. (Varied repetition basically means you take what you stated in the opening and...

Have you looked at https://scorecloud.com

Just kidding. I did not transcribe any Mike Verta. OK, just kidding again. I did transcribe. No drugs other than coffee was used. ;-( (my days of snorting cocaine at strip clubs are long gone. - well they never actually started) The true context of the story is my wife is due to give...

@NoamL While I think the spirit of the idea is nice, and could see it being something you make money from (a good thing !) I do not see any advantages for learning. If the entrepreneur passion is there for you, then by all means go for it ! I simply have a philosophical bias against things...

Cool, and I love the avatar name. Wish I was !

Basically Mr. Ludwin gives a very brief summary (and his own examples for application) of a book called Harmonic Materials of Modern Music by Howard Hanson It's a cool book about 400 pages. The concepts presented in the book were later expanded upon by other theorist, notably Allan Forte...