Timeline for Sample Library: Orchestra vs Band
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| Dec 29, 2017 at 6:17 | comment | added | jjmusicnotes | @GreenPlasma This is good dialogue but will have to be my last comment here as these comments aren't intended for discussion. Some of my views might seem pessimistic, but they are colored with life experience; I live this and do it; I know the work involved and I know better than most the surprising turns a career can take. Just don't want you to be hurt b/c of inexperience. Never stop writing and never, ever apologize for your music. If you want it, work. Cut your teeth on student / low-budget films and then go from there. Work as an orchestrator / copyist. Do it everyday. | |
| Dec 29, 2017 at 2:57 | comment | added | user33976 | THAT WAS MY POINT EXACTLY!; following your passion means things can turn out differently than planned, which can be good. This is why I'll follow my desires, which DON'T include: spending lots of money on a music degree and moving to Hollywood. Thanks for the advice, but I don't agree with your pessimistic artistic views. Dreams motivate people; mine motivates me to compose with hope that my music might one day be enjoyed by other people (it isn't bad now though). I was implying in my post that film would is my preferred medium for music, not that I'll risk everything for it specifically | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 20:40 | comment | added | jjmusicnotes | @GreenPlasma I am sorry to see that your understanding of composition is so binary; there are many more types than the ones you describe. Williams scored television before film, and Bach was famous as an organist during his lifetime; all but forgotten after he passed if it wasn't for Mendelssohn. I know composers who toiled in film for decades before finding success elsewhere. Sometimes you don't have a choice. The type of ensemble doesn't matter: everything is orchestration. Orchestration is the craft, the act of doing. You will learn no matter what you do. Just make sure you hear it live. | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 17:18 | comment | added | user33976 | And btw, I knew the difference between an orchestra and concert band... What I was wondering was whether arranging music for band while studying orchestration would be confusing. | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 16:52 | comment | added | user33976 | I wan't implying that "composing in my free time" meant composing frivolously; I'll just be incorporating my dream into a reasonable lifestyle. Hans Zimmer started out in a rock band, John Williams didn't score a movie until he was 26, and Beethoven started out as an assistant organist. Hell, the Brandenburg Concertos sold for $24 dollars after Bach's death. There are two types of composers: the realists who go to music school and spend their days pointing out your counterpoint errors and the ones who compose for hours on end into the late night until they are satisfied with their work. | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 4:42 | comment | added | jjmusicnotes | Well, unless you dedicate your life to the pursuit of creation, it’s highly unlikely you’ll find yourself in a high-profile situation. Few musicians ever have the luxury of being so derelict and creating so much with so little effort. | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 2:24 | comment | added | user33976 | Also, when I said "pursuing film/video game composing as a career" I wasn't implying getting a degree and going all out on it; I'll probably end up working a day job while composing in my free time with the hope of one day composing for high profile media. | |
| Dec 28, 2017 at 2:17 | comment | added | user33976 | Thanks for the advice. Maybe, once I finish my first decent score for a full orchestra I'll have it recorded by the "$99 Dollar Orchestra". | |
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| Dec 28, 2017 at 1:51 | history | answered | jjmusicnotes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |