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The Pleasure of Digitally Distributing Your Classical Music Compositions

 

I have composed contemporary classical music. What? You have also composed beautiful contemporary classical music? No, not rock or pop or country music. Contemporary, classical music. And it sits on your computer or on scrawny hand-written music pages neatly tucked in your drawer. Maybe it has been performed. Maybe you have recorded it. You may think that this is the end of the story. Music is only to be heard in a concert hall or private functions, never to be repeated or listened to again.

Well, think again. Have you thought of putting it on the web for others to hear? What? Contemporary classical music out on the web? Who in the world is looking for classical music using the web? Aren’t all such classical music-lovers diehard technophobes, usually older folk, maybe in big cities and only in western countries? Hold on there! Such stereotypes are simply unfair. How do you know, and why, oh why, take anything for granted?

Go ahead. Try it out. See if a new breed of music lovers can be honed to your wonderful creations. Now you can introduce your music to the world –yes, your classical music! It is not the pariah that you think it is. There can actually be a real audience and following for the exact sound that you have produced, the sound and musical message that certain segments of society are actually searching for. So why not try the digital route? What do you have to lose?

Okay, so you have thought about it. You decide to take up my challenge. After all, you have by now Googled my name – Shaunie Shammass – and have actually have seen the diversity of sites where my classical music can be seen and heard. And now you want to know how to actually put up your own music on the web, right? Well, it is actually easier than you think. The magic words are “digital distribution”. And the steps to take are really rather easy. Ready?

First, you need to have a recording of your work. Don’t have one? Get some friends together to play it, but you must make a professional or near-professional recording of the performance. Second, take it to a professional for digital mastering, unless you know how to do it yourself. The end-result is just so much better. Third, find a website that does digital distribution. You can search for the words “digital distribution” and several sites pop up immediately. Make sure that the site you choose reformats your audio files and that it distributes to major music sites such as iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, etc. Finally, follow the instructions on your chosen site. Check the previews of your music that they provide carefully before approving your tracks for final distribution.

Voila! Your music is now online for everyone to take note of. So, go ahead Google your name. And feel the pleasure that I have of digitally distributing your classical music online for all to hear!

 

 

My first musical performance was at age 3 – in front of an old age group at the community center, where I dutifully played a Yiddish tune that I was able to pick out with one finger on the piano. They loved it – I hated it. The old folks surrounded me after the concert, showering me with slobbered kisses and pinching my poor little cheeks. I have had stage fright ever since.

I nevertheless studied piano, going through the yearly exams of the Toronto Conservatory of Music for 10 years. And then I dropped music for other passions – linguistics, phonetics, the sounds and languages of people.

Fast forward. I meet my future husband, born in Shiraz Iran. He sings me Persian songs, and woos me with a stack full of Persian-style music that he has collected over the years on grainy cassettes. I fall in love with him, and this music.

Fast forward again. I’m now married, 2 kids, and teaching at a university. I look into taking university courses that lecturers can audit, and come across a composition class, but I am told that not everyone is accepted – I have to have something to show the professor. I have written a piano piece, classical but based on Persian songs, and show it to him. He allows me into the class. Andre Hajdu. A remarkable teacher, opening the door to a remarkable journey that I am still taking. Encouraging the nascent musicality that has lain dormant for so many years, and unleashing my creativity as only a true teacher can.

I am still trying to find my musical voice, entwining east and west, in the language of classical music. Only time will tell if I succeed.

 

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Custom Music Creation Lets You Produce Innovative Compositions

“If Music is the food of love” – Shakespeare.

Music is the reason of an artist’s living. Music is the source of life for an artist. A lot of people make mix tapes on various cassettes and gift them to their families or friends. Thanks should be conveyed to technology, with the help of which, you can presently make your own music compact discs using your computer and CD burners. If you have the proper software in your computer, you can compose your own songs and generate professional looking CDs. It is this technology that independent artists make use of and customize their own music CD.

Nowadays many artists are taking birth every day. They do not depend on music production houses and agencies, and want to create music of their own. It is this music that is the source of their income and they gradually gain popularity.

For the purpose of custom music creation, you need to use your own computer and the required software. You can automatically personalize your own musical CDs and compose your own songs. In this article, you are provided with the steps or procedure by which you can make your own compact disc.

Instructions for making a personalized CD

Independent artists can make their own musical CDs using their desktops or laptop. After that, licensing should be done from a musical company. Following are the instructions given to you to create your own music CD.
At first, you need to check whether your computer possesses a CD burner. Your computer needs to burn CDs from various blank discs you have. With a CD drive in your computer, you can burn a CD for custom music creation. Without a CD burner it is not possible, and if you don’t have it, you must purchase an external CD or DVD drive for your desktop or laptop and it is connected to the machine through a USB port.
The next thing you should do is, to install a music playing software into your computer that has the capability to create a CD or a DVD. This allows you to create your own audio tracks.
Compile and select the list of your own composed songs. The independent artists usually need to determine their order of songs in this manner and thus the grouping is done.
Then the final part is done by placing the compact disc into the CD drive and finally the burning is done. You get your self-composed CD and now you need to design a definite label for your CD. You will get a CD- label print paper at any store and thereby you can personalize the CD according to your wish.

Criss Evan, Software Developer by profession is also a passionate music lover. So he has good knowledge on independent artists.For more formation on custom music creation , he recommends to visit http://www.musicdealers.com/.

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Music Library ? Catalog of Unique Musical Compositions

Music is the heart and soul of any entertainment product. Either it is a movie, TV commercial, a video game, website, or any other product prepared with an aim of entertainment would be unsuccessful if there is no suitable music placed within. To help the producers and the film makers find a suitable musical piece for their creation, online music library is available that is very often visited by the producers and film makers from time to time. A background music to any entertainment product strikes the strings of the heart of audiences and this is the main reason that drives the producers towards such unique creations.

A music library acts as an efficient platform for publishing unique and original creation of the budding artists. In spite of organizing so many talent hunt shows, several individuals with immense abilities are left behind. The reason behind this might be their incapability to reach such big platforms. The loss, in such a case, is not only theirs’, but it is a big loss for the entertainment industry too as it misses such immensely talented individuals. The struggling artists create their own symphonies and the music licensing agencies publish them to the music library so that their creations are noticed by the film makers and other producers sooner.

Prior to publishing their original musical piece on the music library, the budding composers and song writers must make sure that their creation is copyrighted and they possess a valid license for it. This is because without a license any second person can claim the product to be his own. Having a license gives the original artist a chance to litigate the copycat in a lawsuit and subject him to severe punishments. It will be riskier for the budding artists to publish their composition on music library if they do not possess a valid license for their product. These libraries, however, do not only contain the creations of the unknown artists, but they also publish the works of known ones.

You may wonder why the producers look for unique musical creations in the music library, in spite of having excellent music composers and songwriters in the industry. This is mainly because of the lack of originality in the present musical symphonies that are found within multiple entertainment products. Most of the opus that are placed within the entertaining products are either copied or remixed. The current group of audiences is too smart to miss and overlook these defects of the music industry. Therefore, it becomes necessary for the film makers and other producers to search for unique and original musical compositions in the music library to live up to the expectation of the music lovers.

The libraries contain a wide variety of songs as well as background music to help the producers get it placed within their creations. The producers of the entertaining products visit the music library and go through the list of compositions. They try to match them with their product sequence and accordingly select the most appropriate symphony for their creation.

Daina Smith is a music lover. She has good knowledge on background music. For more information on music library she recommends to visit http://www.musicdealers.com/.

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The Different Compositions of Famous Wedding Songs

Ever attended any wedding ceremony? All of us for sure has a chance to witness a heart warming exchanges of vows of two individuals who  promises to love one another for the rest of their lives till death do they part. But then what is this wedding all about? As defined by wikipedia.org weddings are the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution. Weddings have different style or processes,  it usually depends on the culture to which the couple belongs but just the same it all boils down to giving a blessing and making legal the union of two people who are deeply in love with one another.

Weddings are one of the unforgettable moments of each couple but not just the couple but to all the people who has the opportunity to witness it. But what really caught our attention in a wedding? Is it the beautiful bride who walks down the aisle who radiates its happiness to the entire place or is it the handsome groom who cant take away his eyes to his soon to be wife? That’s partly true, but what really charmed the people in the ceremony are the famous wedding songs played by the choir while the wedding ceremony is on going. From the moment the bride walks down the aisle a beautiful piece of music of a wedding song chosen by the couple will cast its love spell to the people watching the bride walking towards her groom. Of course who wouldn’t be? Wedding songs are as old as the ancient times but till now its still use in any wedding ceremony since it’s one of the spices why a wedding is romantic and unforgettable.

One of the famous wedding songs usually played in a weddings are Nothing Compares to You, Power of love, and How Deep Is Your Love.

These are just among the many songs played in a wedding. With these songs it usually reflects the silent words that the groom and the bride usually wants to say to each other in that very moment.

Wedding songs are not just designed though for couples, there are also wedding songs that are designed for mother and bride or mother and son, as we all know nothing beats the love of a mother to his daughter or son so with these famous songs a mother can have a variety of songs to choose to express her love to her daughter or son who is about to start a family of his or her own. Among the many famous wedding songs is wind beneath my wings, through the years, have I told you lately and forever young. But not just that, there are also songs composed for a father to his daughter or son who is about to get married, the love of a father is different to a love of a mother since all his life he protected his precious daughter or son and now it would be his moment to give it to someone who would do his or her part of protecting. These are the famous wedding songs that a father can choose to sing in a wedding like the butterfly kisses, daddy’s little girl, and daddy’s hands.

 

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Piano Compositions

Piano Compositions

If you are a pianist, then you already know that there is a vast array of literature at your disposal, from Baroque keyboard music originally composed for harpsichord to modern compositions. Most people have their favorite genres or style periods, however it can be very rewarding to expand into other areas and learn new styles. This versatility is necessary in many competitions and auditions. Even if you are just playing piano for fun, not to compete, expanding into new areas will allow you do discover new areas of interest you may not have considered before.

Baroque music is actually the closest analog from the past we have of modern jazz. Soloists were expected to improvise their own ornamentation during the performance and audiences would be displeased if the ornamentation was the same from performance to performance. Music from this period lends the pianist a great amount of artistic freedom within a set framework. Some great composers from this period included Scarlatti, Telemann, Platti, Giustini, Vivaldi, and of course, Bach.

Classical piano music is more formally stable than Baroque music. The general framework for sonata and concerto forms are solidified, though composers still worked outside of them to a degree. The music is less about the virtuosity and ability for the soloist to improvise and more about playing with tonal and formal expectations. Classical music is very plentiful. Some composers include Clementi, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, though in many ways he also fits into the Romantic period.

The Romantic era brought about a focus on sweeping melodies with colorful harmonies to support them. Classical form expanded hugely to the point that it was often unrecognizable. Traditional tonality was challenged by chromatic voice leading, modulations to unexpected keys and melodies informing harmonies instead of the other way around. Composers of the romantic era include Brahms, Chopin, Grieg, Kuhlau, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, Schubert, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and many others.

Occupying the same time period as many 20th century composers are the impressionists. These composers used compositional techniques derived from exposure to Jazz and other music in order to create an image in music. The music is characterized with syncopation and parallel chords. Debussy and Ravel were the main composers of impressionist music.

The 20th Century brought about much compositional change. Some composers removed themselves completely from tonality while others kept tonal ideas but also incorporated contemporary musical ideas. The range in style between Schoenberg’s atonal music and Prokofiev’s Neo-Classical compositions is huge and much can be gained from studying all segments of this time period. Some notable composers are Bartok, Gershwin, Khachaturian, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, and Stravinsky.

Jazz and ragtime music can be extremely fun to play. If you are interested in this, explore the compositions of Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, James Scott, Duke Ellington, and Thelonious Monk. This music is stylized in ways completely different than the above composers. Syncopation is used heavily and, in jazz, notes are often swung. Improvisation is highly valued in jazz idioms.

If your piano literature is limited to only a few genres, consider trying some music from one of these areas which you usually don’t choose or haven’t tried before. You may find that it’s not for you, however you may also find a new genre that you love. Expand your repertoire and challenge yourself by learning and mastering music which is new to you. You will be glad you did.

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