Should University Music Depts. Be Theoretical and Practical? |
One of the organizations I belong to is "Society Of Composers" which is made up mostly of academic music people.
Here is an email I just received:
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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:26:15 -0500From...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:42:00 PST |
Spell Out Your Abbreviations |
(the name and organization of the sender is left out for privacy purposes)
From:Subject: ACL Fest PositionsDate: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:34:20 -0700
Please read message below from from ACL Festival Staff. ...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:35:00 PST |
Good music in many places |
I have re-affirmed in the last few days that good music / scores do not have to come soley from recent blockbuster films. Over the last two days I have watched two very different films. On...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:47:00 PST |
Be REAL careful about jumping to assumptions |
Especially in business -- its better to let the other party confirm your assumptions than you put a SHOE in your mouth which may be difficult to undo. I have personally done it myself some numbe...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:58:00 PST |
Composers - We Are Our Own Worst Critics |
Here is the email I just sent to a Myspace songwriting friend who expressed concern she did not like the song she had recently written.
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Date: 7/24/08 12:22:08 A.M.
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Posted by Joel Irwin on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:35:00 PST |
So many Online Options... What to Do? |
An email I recently recieved:
Wow, I am going to follow as much of your advice as I can figure out.I am an 18 year old college student, but not as technologicallysophisticated as I obviously n...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:57:00 PST |
Our Artform Was Not Created Yesterday |
Sometimes I wonder if the people here ever get out of the house? lolOne of the crucial things when you go into any profession, aside from being very talented, working hard and a few other things is 'k...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST |
Should A New Song Share A Title With Another Unrelated Song? |
Now that is an interesting debatable question. There are definately cases in Billboard pop chart history where not only can too different songs with the same name do well - put even very well an...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:02:00 PST |
Free And Legal Music |
Below is an email exchange I had yesterday and today.
From: "Randy"To:Subject: MusicDate: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:31:46 -0500
Here is a great pages of links I’ve found http://www.tracksounds.com...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:37:00 PST |
Composers Passion |
Writing an essay for something I ’wanted’ has always been ’interesting’ -- ever since my teenage years when I had to write essays as part of my college applications.
Well today...
Posted by Joel Irwin on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST |
