I’ve recently started my blog about music. So far I’ve updated once a week, all posts being several hundred words in length or longer, with the exception of this week. I intend to keep up this frequency when I return to college next month. I started this blog at the suggestion of my college lecturer; I am using it to practice my writing skills (both academically and journalistically), and to promote my own music. I’m also hoping to use it as a forum to thrash out some ideas for my upcoming college thesis on the works of György Ligeti. (On this topic, I’d be curious to know if there are any contributors on LW who are musicologists or composers.)
I’m learning the bass guitar—I got one in January but didn’t get to put a lot of time into it until the summer. It’s coming along well. I took up bass because though I was already able to play piano and clarinet, my goal was to play popular music with my friends, and there weren’t many bassists in my group, so bass seemed liked a good choice. I also love the instrument. My long-term goals are to reach a level of technical ability and flexibility where I can play proficiently in a range of different musical styles; my short-term goals are to sort out some minor technical issues, increase my picking speed, and learn to comfortably play with a plectrum.
I have a list of pieces I intend to write over the coming months, with deadlines. A planned revision of an old piece was discarded today due to the old piece being terrible. Instead, I’m working out ideas for a piece for percussion ensemble, and spent some time this afternoon working on polyrhythms specifically; I’ve just about cracked how to beat 3:4. I wrote up this list of pieces and set deadlines because I am entering my final college year, and need to increase my compositional output.
I’ve recently started my blog about music. So far I’ve updated once a week, all posts being several hundred words in length or longer, with the exception of this week. I intend to keep up this frequency when I return to college next month. I started this blog at the suggestion of my college lecturer; I am using it to practice my writing skills (both academically and journalistically), and to promote my own music. I’m also hoping to use it as a forum to thrash out some ideas for my upcoming college thesis on the works of György Ligeti. (On this topic, I’d be curious to know if there are any contributors on LW who are musicologists or composers.)
I’m learning the bass guitar—I got one in January but didn’t get to put a lot of time into it until the summer. It’s coming along well. I took up bass because though I was already able to play piano and clarinet, my goal was to play popular music with my friends, and there weren’t many bassists in my group, so bass seemed liked a good choice. I also love the instrument. My long-term goals are to reach a level of technical ability and flexibility where I can play proficiently in a range of different musical styles; my short-term goals are to sort out some minor technical issues, increase my picking speed, and learn to comfortably play with a plectrum.
I have a list of pieces I intend to write over the coming months, with deadlines. A planned revision of an old piece was discarded today due to the old piece being terrible. Instead, I’m working out ideas for a piece for percussion ensemble, and spent some time this afternoon working on polyrhythms specifically; I’ve just about cracked how to beat 3:4. I wrote up this list of pieces and set deadlines because I am entering my final college year, and need to increase my compositional output.
Dead link. I found http://billmcgrathmusic.wordpress.com/.
Yes, that’s the one. I keep making that mistake, somehow!
Edited, and cheers for pointing it out.