(Composition FINAL Entry #7) A Peace Of The Mountain Has Formed

(Composition Entry #6) Record, Record, Record!

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We’re now up to my favourite part – Recording with performers!

(Composition Entry #5) This Is Becoming Bigger Than I What I Had Planned

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At this stage, I’d say I’m nearing the end of extending instrumentation and delving head first into reviewing, refining my musical ideas.

For this blog post, we will be looking at two drafts today, each with small minuscule changes that seem small, but have big effects.

(Composition Entry #4) Exploring and Adding Instruments!

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As I’ve concreted my melodies and sections, it’s now time to focus on adding instrument layers and recording in my instruments.

(Composition Entry #3) More And More Experiments!

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For today’s entry, we will be looking at a smashing 4 ‘draft’ phases for A Peace Of The Mountain! Woo! As we progress through these 4 draft stages, you will begin to see what the  composition process of ‘A Way of Composition’ looks like in finer detail, and for certain decisions, why I made the choices I made from a composer’s point of view.

(Composition Entry #2) Experimentation

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I did my homework and went away listening to some inspiring Gaelic, Irish and Celtic music.

The first song that struck out to me was a surprise.

(Composition Entry #1) Getting Started!

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For the next couple of weeks, I will blogging in entries about one particular composition which I will be working on based on a model I created as discussed on ‘A Way To Composition‘.