tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567335844038066810.post3491847733598370440..comments2021-08-04T13:36:41.538-07:00Comments on Constantly Learning Composition: Hard Truths About CompositionJonathan Santorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10332561696317290442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567335844038066810.post-64138545382917454072017-03-24T08:36:50.784-07:002017-03-24T08:36:50.784-07:00Thanks so much, Ashley -- more to come!Thanks so much, Ashley -- more to come!Jonathan Santorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332561696317290442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567335844038066810.post-3091432250387680322017-03-24T08:36:29.368-07:002017-03-24T08:36:29.368-07:00I agree with both of these statements, Jon. I'...I agree with both of these statements, Jon. I've certainly found in my own work that the simplest-sounding sections/textures/etc. require the most compositional thought and planning. I'm also absolutely "text-first" in my works setting text. Thanks for reading!Jonathan Santorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332561696317290442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567335844038066810.post-10306530877315991462017-03-24T07:01:17.473-07:002017-03-24T07:01:17.473-07:00Thank you for taking the time to state this so cle...Thank you for taking the time to state this so clearly. It's a great reminder for me. As a "young" composer (but older person), I have been writing for acoustic instruments, struggling with notation software always, and I'm now learning DAWs and digital music creation. What you present here is a perfect description of what my music life feels like. Always challenging for me. Thanks! The points above are going on my wall as a reminder that what I'm feeling is normal. <br /><br />Keep blogging, please. I can't wait to read what you have to say next.Ashley H. Krafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620679052788501002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7567335844038066810.post-71704299936196541012017-03-14T18:22:12.153-07:002017-03-14T18:22:12.153-07:00Best wishes on starting a composition blog. I hop...Best wishes on starting a composition blog. I hope people will find it useful.<br /><br />As a very amateur composer (no reason to listen to me,) I offer two quotes which I've taken as basic principles for music composition:<br /><br />La musique doit humblement chercher à faire plaisir, l'extrême complication est le contraire de l'art. <br /><br /> -- Claude Debussy<br /><br />and on song writing:<br /><br />Musicologist Robert Spencer wrote of the songs of Thomas Campion that his priorities were of the order of priority "poem, melody, and lastly singer, " and Campion himself defended the deliberate simplicity of his technique thus: 'A naked Ayre without guide, or prop, or colour but his owne, is easily censured of everies eare, and requires so much the more invention to make it please.'Jon Corelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210033589206974180noreply@blogger.com