making music

mickey said:

Hi, guys. I haven't logged on in a while. For a catchup see my thread in the new members forum.

This thread is about making music using MuseScore (or another similar software, but all I've seen except Muse Score cost money, and MuseScore is open source and free of charge). I find putting notes down on "paper" to be a much more intuitive and functional and enjoyable experience than trying to perform on an actual instrument.

I'm new to this composing stuff but have released four pieces so far, here:

MIckey

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TheSkaFish said:

mickey said:

Hi, guys. I haven't logged on in a while. For a catchup see my thread in the new members forum.

This thread is about making music using MuseScore (or another similar software, but all I've seen except Muse Score cost money, and MuseScore is open source and free of charge). I find putting notes down on "paper" to be a much more intuitive and functional and enjoyable experience than trying to perform on an actual instrument.

I'm new to this composing stuff but have released four pieces so far, here:

MIckey

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Hey, nice to see you seem to be doing well and are working on a creative outlet. That's really cool. I'm also trying to learn music - trying to teach myself some guitar. Anyway, keep up the good work!

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mickey said:

So both of us are trying to learn music! I'm still working on my grasp of theory so I can continue to get better.

If you have a SoundCloud or other sharing account, please let me know what it is.

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TheSkaFish said:

mickey said:

So both of us are trying to learn music! I'm still working on my grasp of theory so I can continue to get better.

If you have a SoundCloud or other sharing account, please let me know what it is.

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I learned some theory back when I took a basic guitar class to fulfill an elective requirement in college. It was pretty informative. I feel like I should spend some more time on theory myself so I can better understand exactly what it is I'm doing and what direction to go.

I don't have a SoundCloud yet, or any recording equipment to get things on SoundCloud in the first place. Perhaps one day, though. I'd have to get much better before I'd be comfortable with that.

Thanks for asking in any case, and best of luck to you on your endeavors

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Wayfarer said:

I'd like to learn too, however my knowledge about theory is probably close to 0. I'm just a listener ^^;;

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mickey said:

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Wayfarer said:

I'd like to learn too, however my knowledge about theory is probably close to 0. I'm just a listener ^^;;

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Google "music theory pdf" and you'll find tons of downloadable totally free of charge material. That's how I got the book I'm reading right now.

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