January 2018 - Composer's Toolbox

Prelude to February 2018

DanLisMusic Posted on January 24, 2018

Upcoming posts and news on Composer’s Toolbox for February 2018.

Just for fun

#composercat sleeps in

DanLisMusic Posted on January 21, 2018

After a long night of sleeping, #composercat needs to rest, so she is taking a nap.

Advocacy Issues Opinion Psychology of Music Tools for Composers

Dealing with Interruptions

DanLisMusic Posted on January 20, 2018

How does one deal with interruptions? We need to get our work in. We still have our own deadlines. And we do need to interrupt others, too, because that is how life happens.

Instrumentation Orchestration Tools for Composers

Composing for the Organ: the Basics

Frederick Frahm Posted on January 17, 2018

Piano music depends on how you hit the keys;
Organ music depends on how you let go of them.

Issues Mental Illness Opinion Psychology of Music Tools for Composers

Mental Illness as a Musician: None of your failures matter.

DanLisMusic Posted on January 17, 2018October 17, 2018

We will all be forgotten long after we pass. And that is precisely why you have every reason to live the life that will make you the most fulfilled.

Analysis Listen to this Opinion Reviews

Cullyn D. Murphy – “Agony”

DanLisMusic Posted on January 16, 2018

Cullyn D. Murphy’s “Agony” is a riveting, fast-paced work that fuses spoken word, percussion, mixed media, and theatrical elements to push the idea of what musical organization is, and what music is.

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New Video – “does water kill”

DanLisMusic Posted on January 13, 2018

This work is an exploration of a Zoroastrian text from The Zend Avesta, Part I, translated by James Darmesteter in1880.