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Making an Asset Out of Your eSelf
It's never been easier to build fan bases and generate income from our work; your enpixelated interface with the world is where your income generation will often begin.
By Alex Shapiro
Published: 4/9/2008
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All The Things You Are: Five Suggestions for Composing Your Happiness
A rewarding music career begins with three distinctly non-musical concepts: positive vision, abundant thinking, and a sense of self-worth.
By Alex Shapiro
Published: 11/14/2007
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Turn the Radio Up
Notes on music recordings for broadcast media.
By Alexandra Gardner
Published: 9/26/2007
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Honey, We Need To Talk...
New music itself tends to be complicated; but the relationship between composers and performers doesn't need to be.
By Brian Sacawa
Published: 7/5/2007
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On Babes and Angels
The harp is to the orchestra what the bosomy babe is to the spy thriller: sensuous, indispensable, and almost invariably ornamental. But if the babe is a real actor, shouldn't she have a real role?
By Mark Adamo
Published: 5/23/2007
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The Voices in Your Head: Some Thoughts on Choral Music
There's always room for new good literature in any genre, but composing for chorus can be particularly rewarding. Shouldn't your composing diet include choral music?
By Mark Winges
Published: 4/18/2007
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Your Administrative Muse: Task-Management Strategies for Composers
I don't have The Answer. But I have had many of the problems, and I am discovering ways—through experimentation and desperation—to navigate through many of these challenges more effectively.
By Lisa Bielawa
Published: 2/21/2007
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Escaping the Nutcracker Suite: Composing for the 21st Century's Piccolo Player
Composers must now look past the stereotypes and treat the piccolo with the same versatility as the flute, with dramatic, passionate, flashy, earthy and beautiful facets.
By Lois B. Herbine
Published: 12/21/2006
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Deal or No Deal, a Grand Rights Primer
If a performance of your music also involves a couple of dancers, or costumes, sets, and maybe even a dramatic scenario, you may have just entered the mysterious realm of "grand rights."
By Jack Vees
Published: 11/10/2006
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Questions for Three Composer Managers
If you're a non-performing composer, what can a manager do for you? How do you know when you need one? Three pros offer this look into what they have to offer.
By Molly Sheridan
Published: 10/11/2006
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