Welcome To I WRITE THE MUSIC! - Music Learning Center For Composers, Songwriters & Improvisers

What Is Your Dream?

Are you a composer?
Are great musical ideas reaching out , hoping to find expression?
Are you a songwriter?
Are powerful & beautiful melodies singing to your mind's ear , telling your story?
Are you a music improvisation artist?
Are solo & ensemble ideas developing in your creative consciousness , ready to be heard?
I Write The Music.com...feels your dreams!
Here you will find the creative music tools & professional advice you seek.
Your musicianship & music theory skills will grow with practice & study.
Explore music structure: interaction of melody, harmony, rhythm & other aspects of music.
Always reach beyond the easy understanding of music ideas. Challenge Yourself!
Professional musicians are music creation mentors. They help you feel the process.
Career Guides help you achieve financial success!
Your excellence and music artistry will someday be the model for future musicians!
I hope that this website will help you achieve your goals. Good Luck To You!
Duane Peck - Bachelor of Music Degree - Boston Conservatory of Music - E-mail

Music Composition

The Essentials

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..Music Composition @ Wikipedia , The Free Encyclopedia

...A piece of music exists in the form of a written composition in musical notation or as a single acoustic
event (a live performance or recorded track). If composed before being performed, music can be performed
from memory, through written musical notation, or through a combination of both. Compositions comprise musical elements, which vary widely from person to person and between cultures. Improvi - sation is the
act of composing immediately before or during the performance, assembling musical elements
"spontaneously and eruptedly."

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..Web definitions for Music composition | Google Define: composition - all related topics |

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..Composition Search Results

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How To Write Music	Beginner Comp	Improvisation	Melodic Comp	Chords Directory
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Rhythmic Theory	Creating Melody	Comp Articles	Music_Forums	Music_Software
Jazz / Blues / Rock	Music Projects	Film Scoring	Harmony	Chord Progressions

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Composition Directory

Composition Directory

Composers Directory

Composition Resources

Composition Techniques

Computer- Composition

Songwriting Directory

Songwriters Directory

Featured Websites

..Composers New Pencil

..A new 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!

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How Do I Become A Songwriter?

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Composition Keywords

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Publish Your Own Music

Music Publishing - It's a defining moment for a composer or songwriter. After performing and refining your work , getting a musical critique from someone you trust...The time has come to share your music with the world and especially your fans. Yes! It's time to publish! Present your music to the public!

Music Topics: Explored

Any student of music is eager to learn about the many worlds & aspects of music. This page is a guide to the broadest range of music topics. Music definitions & music articles will open new worlds of understanding for you. Enjoy The Journey!

Creating Melody | Melodic Phrases | Melodic Curve | Melodic Development |

Melodic Dissonances |

Melodic Creation Tools | Helping you understand the basic elements of melodic creation

Music Of The Olympics

2008 and video clip links (YouTube) from years past | Articles & Music News Reports (Google)

Songwriting Structures

A Song is much more tha inspired riffs and words. A well-constructed Song reveals a deep undestanding of musical structure. The craft of songwriting reveals to you the elements of music, masterfully composed and a sense of rightness and naturalness about the Song.

The above pages are the beginning of a new Composition Process Directory. Someof these pages are directed to more advanced composers. By all means , explore them all & open your creative mind.

Music Education & Educators' Resource Websites

Find music schools , music instructors , music learning resources , music reference sources

Music History | Music Resources |

Discover the many musical worlds of the past.

Composition: Athematic Serialism Resources Page

Create your ow arrangement of a song or piece of music. Use your knowledge of music instruments to
create your own unique rendition for piano , guitar or any combination of voices and instruments.

Chord Comping

Improvising a music background in appropriate styling for a singer or instrumentalist or ensemble.
It is the art of blending chords , voiceleading , voicings , bass lines in such a way as to compliment
the melody. Melodic breaks during turnarounds.

Music Photography

Music Photographers record the magic moments in the careers of creative musicians.

Music Composition Articles

Fortunately , for creative musicians , composers often have the impulse to teach. This page offers pointers to websites hosting articles abut music composition. I hope you find them helpful.
Lots of composition keywords pointing to elements of music composition.

Composers As Peformers

Composers have their own ideas about the performance of their own works. They often find themselves
performing their own works , especially if their show virtuosity or creative brilliance.

It's worth noting that composers are so busy creating music. When a gifted musician offers to perform a new work , it can be pure joy. Then, there is always that matter of interpretation. A composer might believe that his / her work explains itself by its notation. In reality , a piece of music is a virtual life .
The performer needs creative lattitude to feel the life and flow of your piece.

Mind Mapping in Music

Software and text examples creatively organizing your music thoughts.

Digital Audio Resource Page

Listening Booth

Music Artist; Interviews

Interviews_Essentials Page | Interviews_Websites | Interviews_Books |

Music Search Page

Music from all genres | Refreshed content & commentary | Alternative search engines |

Songwriting: Learning About Phrase Structure

Learn about song-form , melody , rhythm , phrases , harmony and general songwriting tips.

Songwriters Directory

Discover the creative world of songwriters. Lots of web resources for writing and selling your music.

Music Instrumentation In Composition

Gaining Intimate Knowledge of Individual Instruments Gives You Full Command Of Your Arrangement

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Music Technology | MIDI Glossary |

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Music Notation Directory - Music Notation Websites - Sheet Music

Music Notation Theory - Music Scores Online -

Music Notation Pages are being cleaned up and updated

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Comp_Computer | Composition: Schools | Pre-Composition | Composition Advice |

Planning The Elements & Structure Of Your Composition

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Music_2.0

Live, interactive music website apps - Social Music Bookmarking. - Music Skills -
Music Creation Tools

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Finding Music

Sheet Music - New Releases - Legal Music Downloads - Music Artists Directory -
Music Genres - Music Search -

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Free Music Services

Music Distribution in Music 2.0 Age

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Young Composers | Composition Advice |

Creative Tools & Music Education For Young Musicians

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Women Composers

Celebrating The Music & Creativity of Women Composers Past & Present

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Virtual Music Worlds

Music worlds that actively immerse you into a community - attend concerts - jam with musicians
attend music business trade seminars - conduct music composition seminars - Live online
music lessons

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Linux Music Software

Search Results From Wikipedia | Software Download Links From Hitsquad - Linux Music Tutorials

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What are the Elements Of Music and why should I learn them?

Music News & Articles

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A Wireless Network for Music in the Home Gets an Upgrade

NY Times   -   By STEPHEN C. MILLER

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Strange and mysterious sounds from the earth

NoiseAddicts

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Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand'

WashingtonPost | "Pandora, Other Webcasters Struggle Under High Song Fees"

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Digital Spy

Music Headlines

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The Creative Personality: Ten paradoxical traits of the creative personality.

psychologytoday.com | "Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. Most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the result of creativity." |

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Indie bands talk digital music and life without the labels

ArsTechnica - Jacqui Cheng

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Top iTunes downloads get their own radio show

ArsTechnica - Jacqui Cheng | "Tired of listening to the same Top 40 being played over and over on mainstream radio? Listen to the iTunes top 30 of the week on a new radio show instead!" |

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One Man's Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Vinyl

Wired   -   By Eliot Van Buskirk

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Vinyl May Be Final Nail in CD's Coffin

Wired   -   By Eliot Van Buskirk

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Testing Vinyl CDs: Groovy Up Top, Optical Down Below

Wired   -   By Eliot Van Buskirk

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Internet Radio - Click that dial!

guardian.co.uk   -   "Internet radio is now a global phenomenon, with stations offering a dazzling array of output. But which are the best? Pascal Wyse and Alexis Petridis pick their top spoken word and music sites" |

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Intimidated by Mozart’s Ghost? Not Anymore

NY Times   -   By STEVE SMITH | "At 11, Kaija Saariaho thought she was finished; now she is one of the world’s leading composers." |

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Summoning Afrobeat’s Rhythmic, Rebellious Force to the Stage

NY Times   -   By BEN SISARIO | "a new musical about the Nigerian bandleader and political gadfly Fela Anikulapo Kuti." |

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A Quartet Investigates a Mutant Jazz Landscape

NY Times   -   By NATE CHINEN | "The Vijay Iyer Quartet trafficks in a surging, complex, mutant strain of post-bop, steeped in portent and incident." |

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A Computer-Music Man Unplugs

NY Times   -   By DANIEL J. WAKIN | "After 35 years of composing for a machine, Paul Lansky has discovered a new thrill: writing for people and their instruments." |

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Vigorously Applying the Power of Percussion

NY Times -   By STEVE SMITH | "Made the modernist classics it played sound fresh and impulsive" |

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Great minds think alike: Tan and Wells on Olympic music

Beijing 2008, China | "Both Academy Award winner Tan Dun and world-renowned pianist Robert Wells agree: Beijing's Olympic music must have Chinese tones." |

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SHANGHAI'S City God temple in Yuyuan Garden inspired Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun to write music to be played during the Olympic Games

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"30 songs were recorded as a build-up to the Games" |

Jamaica Gleaner | "The official Beijing Olympic song, Forever Friends, was created by Chinese artistes Kong Xiangdong and Sun Nan" |

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David Byrne and Brian Eno Release New Single for FREE

EveryThingThatHappens.com

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Watch Sigur Ros' Stunning MoMA Performance

Wired - Eliot Van Buskirk</