In my absence from reviewing music, I have played a lot of cleanup with my musical life.
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a blog for the composers and audiences of today's music.
In my absence from reviewing music, I have played a lot of cleanup with my musical life.
Read MoreThe 2019 Vienna Summer Music Festival Composers Forum is accepting applications. The Director of this program, Diogo Carvalho, has had his music featured on the blog previously.
Read MoreThe world lost a great man on Friday morning. Dr. David Macbride, music composition and theory professor at The Hartt School, but more importantly a great human, has left us.
Read MoreComposer’s Toolbox has joined SubmitHub; pop on over to submit your music for potential posting!
Read MoreHi All, I have a guest post up on the MGRMusic.com website about a basic guitar exercise that I still use day-in and day-out. Here is the link: https://mgrmusic.com/exercise-that-builds-strength-stamina-and-accuracy/ Enjoy! Dan
Read MoreHere is an intriguing article by guest contributor MM Coston. It centers on a discovery indicating that the all-important blues scales may have existed and been documented earlier than originally believed.
Read MoreHere is a PDF version of a checklist for making parts once a piece is finished.
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