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RNZ Interview: Copying scores in a digital age
This past Thursday (April 17th) I had the privilege to chat with Radio New Zealand’s Bryan Crump on their classical-focused program Three to Seven. We talked about the quirks of...
RNZ Interview: Copying scores in a digital age
This past Thursday (April 17th) I had the privilege to chat with Radio New Zealand’s Bryan Crump on their classical-focused program Three to Seven. We talked about the quirks of...
Guitar Hero Helped Me Become a Professional Mus...
The skill of pressing plastic buttons in quick succession and reading this idiosyncratic multi-coloured notation does not translate into real guitar skill. Like, at all. The real musical benefit is...
Guitar Hero Helped Me Become a Professional Mus...
The skill of pressing plastic buttons in quick succession and reading this idiosyncratic multi-coloured notation does not translate into real guitar skill. Like, at all. The real musical benefit is...
Is MuseScore Actually Good Now?
An increasingly credible case can be made that MuseScore Studio is poised to take Finale’s place among the major professional scoring apps. As such, I’m going to put away the...
Is MuseScore Actually Good Now?
An increasingly credible case can be made that MuseScore Studio is poised to take Finale’s place among the major professional scoring apps. As such, I’m going to put away the...
Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your ...
As a composer, there are so many grants, commissions, opportunities, and other things that you just won’t get. The vast majority, in fact. It's just inevitable! But just know that...
Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your ...
As a composer, there are so many grants, commissions, opportunities, and other things that you just won’t get. The vast majority, in fact. It's just inevitable! But just know that...
Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide
You have been handed a bizarre, oblong brass instrument and some music in an unusual transposition. Playing it feels oddly familiar yet also alien and strange - the sound is...
Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide
You have been handed a bizarre, oblong brass instrument and some music in an unusual transposition. Playing it feels oddly familiar yet also alien and strange - the sound is...
It's Time to Let Finale Die
The software life cycle, compared with the entire history of music, is terrifyingly fast. Finale, the backbone of the musical theatre industry, still used by hundreds of thousands of composers...
It's Time to Let Finale Die
The software life cycle, compared with the entire history of music, is terrifyingly fast. Finale, the backbone of the musical theatre industry, still used by hundreds of thousands of composers...