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Music  is  about  your  life  experiences,  dreams  &  love  for  people



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Being  active  in  the  music communityperforming  &  collaborating 


with  music artists





Your  Songwriting   tells  stories  that  change  our  lives!




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Your  music  helps  us  understand  the  drama  in  our  personal  lives.



And,  oh yes,  thanks  for  the  great tunes  we  sing  to  ourselves  all  day!








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Pulling  us  into  dimensions  of  sound  experience



Probing  our  capacity  for  beautyspiritual depth  &  the 


interplay  of  competing  music  ideas





Your  Music  Improvisations   leave  us  spellbound



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You  have  a  real-life  grasp  of  music theory  in  your  mind  and  fingers.
 


You  make  it  all  sound  so  easy
 

Your  musical  ideas  seem  to  flow  endlessly  out  of  you 


Musical  form   evolving  as  you  play.
Able  to  interpret  your  audience 


with  the  finesse  of  a  magician.
 
 

You  collaborate  with  other  musicians,   each  listening  to  the  others


co-creating , waiting  for  your  turn  to  shine





You are the ultimate musician!




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Elements  of  pre-composition ,  performance  &  musicianship  at  the 


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You  amaze  us  in  the  moment  -  and  professionals  admire  your 


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Composers New Pencil


A site made by composers for composers of any level or genre. On our site you will find information about software, books, scores,  schools, competitions and the music tools of today.  Our blog features insightful articles, interviews, tips and reviews related to music composition.  Join our forum!





Composition Today

Offers a huge range resources exclusively for composers  |  Articles  |  Interviews  |  Sound Bank  |  Reviews  |  Concert Listings  |  Competitions  |  Jobs & Opps  |  Workshops  |  Composer Database  |  Show Case  |  Forums  | 





Songwriting Tips & Tools - The Muse's Muse

Links Directory  | CD Reviews  | Songwriting Message Board  | Artist Spotlights  | Radio Muse  | For Beginners  | For Pros  | For Singers  | For Guitarists  | Songwriter's Store  | Press Releases  | Featured Tool  | Featured Education  | Songwriter's Toolkit  | Site Tips  | Voice Overs & Vocals (by Jodi)  | 





Vocalist.org.uk

"Vocalist the singers resource contains free online singing lessons, learn to sing with articles on voice / auditions / performing or working in the music industry"  |   Acts & Bands  |  Articles Index |  Awards |  Books & Audio Books  |  Careers & Jobs  |  Databases  |  Downloads  |  Equipment  |  Fun & Freebies  |  Gifts & Goodies  |  Gig Guide  |  Interact   |  Material  |  Resources  |  Teachers & Coaches  |  Vocal Health  |  Vocal Software  |  Voice  Training  | 





Music Improvisation  @  Wikipedia

Musical improvisation is the spontaneous creative process of making music while it is being performed. Improvisation exists in almost all music, but is closely associated with particular genres such as blues, jazz, bluegrass, the Taqsim of Arabic and Turkish music, Indonesian gamelan, and Indian classical music. To use a linguistic analogy, improvisation is like speaking or having a conversation as opposed to reciting a written text. Among jazz musicians there is an adage, "improvisation is composition speeded up," and vice versa, "composition is improvisation slowed down."





Musiclosophy

Jazz improvisation, piano improvising, music harmony & theory





Artistopia: Music Directory

"Welcome to the fastest growing music directory on the web!"  |  Bands and Artists  -  Business  -  Buy  -  Charts  -  Education  -  Events  -  Genres  -  News  -  Online  -  Radio  -  Venues  |   Each of the preceding directory topics leads to many sub-topic pages!  |  This is it!  Explore and Learn  |  Each music genre artist has music clips  | 





BandRadio

The Unsigned Band Resource





Tonal Resources for the Creative Musician

jacmuse.com  |  "Welcome to the "cyber text" of American popular music. Where interactive hypertext redefines our explorations of the "tonal resources" that create the musical sounds we love. From folk song to the blues, towards jazz and into pop, rock and classical, the cybertext creates a "3d" learning environment, inclusive of all the sounds we dig. Exploring from the organic sources of sound and pitch to the brightest creative musical stars in our musical universe who shape them, our cyber text allows for a wholeness of learning directed by our own interests, passions and curiosities of the music we love." 





Tom  Pankhurst's  TonalityGuide

A series of music theory tutorials,  very useful for creative musicianship





Digital Music  @  About.com

Articles & Tutorials





SoundJunction

Use the interactive tools in SoundJunction to create music yourself. The links on this page guide you through the creative process and give ideas for some of the sounds you could create.  Or visit the Composer forum to listen to the music other users have created on SoundJunction





DavidNevue

How To Compose Piano Music   -   Start with the melody   -   What is your song about?   -   Want an intro?   -   Follow the Muse   -   Repeat with style   -   Build slowly, but build something   Mistakes count   -   Change is good   -   Let time have its way   -   Get a tape recorder





Noteflight

An online application that lets you display, edit, print and play back music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. You can work on a musical score from any computer on the Internet, share it with other users, and embed it in your own pages. And it's free for individual use   |   The Online Notation Software That;s Re-inventing Music On The Web  | 





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"Songwriting Tips, News & Information For Songwriters"





Piano Improvisation Techniques

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Books & Articles  -   General reference, instruments & orchestration, composers & their art,  notation, twentieth century music theory & history  |  Internet sites  -   Links to music publishers, search engines, music resources and more  |  Recordings -   Trends in twentieth century music: historical background, composers & recent works (including WWW links)  |  Music Composition FAQ  -   Getting started, motivation & dry spells, creative principles, helping factors, miscellaneous concerns  | 





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Tips to memorize piano music   |   Improvisation Tips





ComposersCollaborative

Formed to promote new music through productions, seminars,  and workshops  | 





Composer Tools.com

Tools  |   20th Century Music Theory  |  Listening Guide  |  Dictionary  | 










Bjorn Lynne's music composition and production tips

Welcome to my page of "hints, tricks and tips" when composing and producing your own music.  This page is simply a result of "public demand", as a lot of people write to me and ask for tips about writing their own music  |  It's actually quite strange that I should write this kind of stuff - as I have no formal music education, neither in composition nor in production. So the cynics out there may perhaps say that I haven't got a clue what I'm talking about. And they are right!"  | 





ComposersOnline.org

An independent web magazine for composers  | 





Classical music Navigator

Info on 444 classical music composers





Classical Composers Database

Upcoming concerts  |   Composer calendar   |   Composer timeline   |   American composers   |  Brazilian composers   |   British composers   |   Czech composers   |   Dutch composers   |  French composers   |   German composers   |   Italian composers   |   Norwegian composers   |  Russian composers   |   more countries   |  





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ASCAP Resource Center

Career Development  |  ASCAP Corner  |  Cue Sheet Corner  |  Feature Articles  |  Keen On Music Publishing  |  Murphy's Laws of Songwriting  |  Music And Money  |  Music, Money, Success & Movies  |  Zen and the Art of A&R  |  Collabarator Corner  |  Events Calandar  |  "I Create Music" EXPO  |  Resource Guide  |  Showcases  |  Workshops  | 





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Buzz Out Loud  |  MP3 Insider Lounge  |  Digital Music  |  Home Audio & Video  |  MP3 Players  | 





Bjorn Lynne's music composition and production tips

Phrase your solos   |   Audio advice offered   |   Finish your songs  





AllExperts

Musical Composition, Theory, Songwriting and Singing / Experts   |  





The Mutopia Project: Free Sheet Music For Everyone

"Offers sheet music editions of classical music for free download. These are based on editions in the public domain, and include works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many others. A team of volunteers are involved in typesetting the music by computer using the LilyPond software."





Yahoo Directory

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A Practical Guide to Musical Composition

Contents of the book by Alan Belkin





JacMuse

"Cyber Text"  for the Theory of American Music   |   "It looks at the popular musical resources of our collective past and present and examines common ways in which these elements are combined in creating the various popular American styles of music we love"





SynthZone  -  Featured Links

Electronic Keyboards   |   Music & Audio Software   |   Synth Related Resources   |   Suggested Starting Points   |   Other Music Resources   | 





Kosmix.com Page

Music Topics Explored   -   Deepen Your Understanding Of Music  - 
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Explore & Learn!   Here are some sample keyword pages  from Kosmix.com  

More Websites That Help You Understand The Many Worlds Of Music





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Income Streams For Musicians  

FutureO MusicBook.com   -   avid Kusek


"Every artist wants to know how they can make music, make money and survive to write and play another day.  Here, in no particular order, is a list of possible income streams."  

Check out the 10 helpful articles under  Related Posts 







Will Recorded Music Survive The 2010s?


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Will Symphonic Orchestras Survive?


ComposersForum   -   Andrew G







How Will Musicians Get Paid In The 21st Century?


By John Cadell   -   FutureLab.net 

"I find myself wondering how all the bands I like can possibly make a living in the post-CD music world"







Dear Musicians  -  Please Be Brilliant Or Get Out Of The Way


Towards A New Business Model And The New Thinking That Is required 

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Learn  About  Songwriting  From  The  Pros





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Great Songwriters not only have great mastery of the elements of music and musicianship
  They have the gift of creating a magic world of storytelling through the art of music


Articles By:   John Braheny, Jason Blume, Jai Josefs, Peter & Pat Luboff,  Ralph Murphy (ASCAP),  Ken Hill    (MusicBizAcademy), Mara  (MusicBizAcademy), Songwriter Resource Network, Christopher Knab,






Songwriting Tips From the Pros
Ten Tips for Building Stronger Songs



21 Songwriting Tips
How To Write A Song



18 More Songwriting Tips
Visualizing a Hit



Writing Lyrics : Song Titles
Writing Lyrics - Keeping it Simple



Rewriting Lyrics
The Song As A Script



Write Really Great Lyrics
The Basic Forms



Choosing a Form
Developing Successful Song Stuctures



Song Construction:  Repetition
Song Dynamics: Getting Their Attention



Hooks
Song Construction: Hooks



Drawing Maximum Attention To Your Hook
Song: Chorus Construction



Chorus Construction
Pre-Choruses & Bridges



Song: Chorus Construction
The Importance of Contrast



A Good Melody is Like Sex
Top Songs of the 20th Century



Rewriting: Your Essential Tool Kit
Clichés



Alan & Marylin Bergman On Songwriting: Part 1
Overcoming "Writer's Assumption



The 7:00 A.M. Rule
Know Your Own Strengths



The Checklist
Coping with Stage Fright



What Publishers Really Want
Writing For Specialty Markets



Writing on Assignment
Thoughts for the Aspiring Musician



What You Should Know About Your Fans
Stairway to Your First Cut



The Mighty Pronoun: The Little Big Word
Your Demos: Dress Them for Success



Your First Recording Session
Having Two Ears



Mastering Your Music
Cutting a 'Hot' CD



Top Ten Graphic Tips for Designing CDs
Take Control of Your Career Now



Sell Your CDs Online
How to Write a Press Release



Copyright and Songwriting Basics
7 Steps to a Successful Audition



So You Want to Quit Your Day Job?
Great American Song Contest



How to Write an Artist Biography: A Bio Made Simple
Income & Expenses In Music Career



10 Reasons Why Most Demos are Rejected
The "Creative" You and the "Business" You



Performance Contracts
Guerrilla Marketing Tips



Tax Tips for Musicians
Finding A Manager



Music Business Article Index
Ten Tips for Developing Musicians



Are You Ready? Are You *Really* Ready?




10 Essential Tips for Making a Living with Your Music

How and Why Major Labels and Independent Labels Work Together

35 Tips for Self-Management as a Musician

25 Things to Remember About Record Distribution

Planning Your Music Career: Part 1

10 'Reality Sandwiches' For The Independent Musician

Set Goals: Your Rockstardom Wasn't Built in a Day

Re-Thinking Your Image: Creating a Signature Style

Stop Burning Bridges... or Your Career Might Go Up in Flames

Your Speaking Skills Can Make You a Better Performer

Co-Writing w Established Songwriters

Getting Heard In A "No Unsolicited Material" World

10 Things to Do Before You Release Your Album

Becoming A 'Priority' At A Record Label

How to Help the Music Industry Take You Seriously

The X Factor: What is it and do YOU have "IT"?

Music Business Internships Do's and Don'ts

How to Reduce Your CD Manufacturing Costs

An Introduction to the FourFront Music Marketing Concept
  




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    Resolutions For 2010



    It's time to renew your spirit,  develop a seeking mind  &  learn new skills!





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    What's  In  YOUR  Future?







    "A New Year's resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The name comes from the fact that these commitments normally go into effect from New Year's Day."








    New Year's Resolutions For Musicians   -   BostonExaminer


    1.Tune up your instruments
    2.Improve your knowledge
    3.Go to the next level
    4.Get out and see more shows
    5.Go to a few open Mic sessions
    6.Write more songs
    7.Keep informed on new technology
    8.Practice!






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    Five New Years Resolutions For Independant Musicians

    1. Give back to your fans.
    2. Be creative.
    3. Create a bank account for your music career.
    4. Embrace technology.
    5. Have fun!







    By Espie Estrella   -   About.com Guide to Music Education


    "I resolve to read on the lives of famous composers/musicians to keep me inspired." 

    "I resolve to practice my music instrument everyday for at least 30 minutes."







    Goal Setting For The New Year   -   musicmarketing.com    -    General Guidance


    Free Music Publicity Via Google   |    Music Marketing 101 







    2009 Songwriting Resolutions. What Are Yours?   -   BloggingMuses


    Here are some suggestions from BloggingMuses


    I will write at least four songs per month in their entirety and record them
    February Album Writing Month
    Record Songwriting Demos
    Collaborate
    Play out live more
    Host a SongPull
    Enter a songwriting contest
    Selling songs
    Set up your songs on iTunes


    Be sure to check outthe many music resources available on this website












    Kenny Lerner: My New Year's Resolutions   -   Inside Songwriting  -  TAXI.com


    An offbeat rant to push yourself dramatically make things happen







    Resolution '09   -   riverfronttimes.com


    Don't Pay To Play
    Promote Yourself
    Write New Music Constantly
    Don't Play Out So Much
    Fix Your Websites
    Promote Your Shows






    In Search Of Jazz With Maximum Risk   -   Boston.com   -    By Siddhartha Mitter


    Vijay shakes things up with unusual duets, new creative tools, "explores identity in an age of media overload"






















       





         


           

      








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