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Guitar Hero Helped Me Become a Professional Musician, Pt. 1

Guitar Hero Helped Me Become a Professional Mus...

Taran Plamondon

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...

Taran Plamondon

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?

Is MuseScore Actually Good Now?

Taran Plamondon

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?

Taran Plamondon

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 music into the world!”

Katerina Gimon: “Composers, be bold! Send your ...

Guest Contribution

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 ...

Guest Contribution

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

Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide

Taran Plamondon

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...

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Notation for Wagnertuba: The Definitive Guide

Taran Plamondon

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...

2 comments
It's Time to Let Finale Die

It's Time to Let Finale Die

Taran Plamondon

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

Taran Plamondon

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...

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

Taran Plamondon

Vivian and I are taking it easy this week, coming off the high (literally, 5000 feet elevation!) of attending the International Horn Symposium (IHS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. This was...

IHS 56: Lessons from our second conference

Taran Plamondon

Vivian and I are taking it easy this week, coming off the high (literally, 5000 feet elevation!) of attending the International Horn Symposium (IHS) in Fort Collins, Colorado. This was...