Amazing, I aspire to be a music educator rather than a composer but your videos are so inspiring. Listening to you gives me a lot of ideas of what path to follow this year that is about to begin with lots of hardships for everyone in order to keep learning and making music. Artistic excelency is an ethical premise especially when one lives in the middle of a bloody war. Thanks a lot for the inspiration. Greets from Mexico City. Happy new year!!!!
@maxalaintwo3578
4 жыл бұрын
You and me both buddy. I wanna know what the hell I'm talking about by the time I teach
@ZappaIrl
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks Thomas, loved the way this video showed how many little goals make the bigger goal seem not so distant.
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
Good for you, Wes! You've got to live a meaningful life as your first concern in all things. I hope that your musical aspirations and rhythm of life get more and more in sync, so that you don't feel the conflicts as much as the confirmations.
@eFlatin1
11 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos very much, keep them coming! I am currently in the second year in my music degree, with composition as main module. It is great to have a big department of talented performers to collaborate with. The experience of working with people playing all kinds of instruments is so valuable, learning performance issues, strengths&weaknesses. Although Sibelius play your music back to you, I feel nothing can truly replace hearing the music from the actual instrument
@kromus77
10 жыл бұрын
Truly enjoying your videos Thomas! how come I didn´t see them before?-- it´s been VERY inspiring to learn insights from your career experience. Thank you! indeed
@gblaney
11 жыл бұрын
A lot of information --- I'll have to watch it several times to internalize it all. I can't wait for part 9, as I've got a real need for it. As always, Good work.
@ringchamp6543
7 жыл бұрын
Just found this channel, amazing! Exactly what I am looking for and exactly what I am starting. A lot of time put into this video so thank you Sir, subscribed and will go back to your other vids - hope you're still teaching!
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
Sure - sorry if I sounded a bit intense. Just trying to keep everyone on track in this particular set of videos.
@DanielRojasPianistComposer
9 жыл бұрын
Purely and simply, excellent and inspirational! Thank you! D
@OrchestraUnderGround3000
3 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos very informative & inspiring. Thanks for sharing...
@nathaliegampert
11 жыл бұрын
Same situation! I wish I could see Thomas 's videos, and this last video in particular 20 years ago!
@ladkins90
3 жыл бұрын
I'm super late to this comment party, but as an addendum to developing the "Expertise w/ program" pro resource, I'd sincerely suggest spending a bit of time as a music librarian. You will learn SO quickly all of the things NOT to do!
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
An A# at the bottom of the oboe's range, scored as part of a quick, agile passage. That would sound like a duck being attacked with a knitting needle. I wasn't thinking when I wrote that, and found it later to my extreme annoyance (actually, a conductor who read my first draft before proofreading found it, that was embarrassing). I gave the line to the other clarinetist in the end..actually, that was probably what I intended from the start, but I'd put the line up there while working things out.
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
Not sure - this year has suddenly become intensely, unrelentingly busy. But there have been many requests for Intro #9, so I might do it in a month or so.
@maxtofone
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Thomas for yet another very well done and useful video! Keep them coming;-)
@LoneStarTone
11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thoughtful & practicle advice. It's only missing the magic words to make it all work.
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
Ok, disregard my previous reply. Yes, it takes extraordinary effort to make a DAW sound convincing, but it is possible. In my view, perfecting such simulations is a trap - the time it takes might be better spent in developing your career, like learning about score preparation, developing your ear, reaching out to your community of fellow musicians, and so on. It's nice to have a reference that feels right - but finessing endlessly robs your inner ear of development. It's all outside.
@hayden5846
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks a bunch for your videos! These videos are helping me a lot! Could I request some score reading videos though? I'm really not receiving any knowledge on how to take things from reading scores at school yet. But every semester I look back at scores again, and realize tons of things I missed. It would be so helpful for a master orchestrator to point out the things that I would likely miss! If you're too busy, that is fine, of course. Just wanted to make a suggestion. Thank you!
@grofinet
11 жыл бұрын
Totally excellent mr Goss!
@neilwalsh3977
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant advice at 9:30 on
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
We have to look at the purpose of notation software - which is to notate music for live performers. Maybe Sib7 has better sounds now, and you can even hook up VSL to it - but the point is the notation, not the playback. How many hours will be spent tweaking the strings sound - and how few editing the parts? In the past two years, I've notated over four hrs of orchestral music - about 800 or so pages of full score. There's no way I could have got that done if I were always tweaking the playback.
@chen2600
11 жыл бұрын
First , thanks . you hit the spot with the intro videos. Second, could you say when part 9 is coming out ? Cheers man, Chen
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
So if you are going to be a professional orchestral composer - that is, you make money from work that orchestras perform - you may need to have a different set of priorities. Even if you are more film-focused, and much of your work is simulations, you will still need to have a firm grasp on the craft of orchestration to get work with a major film or television composer (the most common breakthrough job - score preparation, parts, and tidying up). So find a balance, that would be my warning.
@nathaliegampert
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Ha ha!!!! I almost forget that! Ha ha ha!!!! But still, I have to improve that too!!!
@2047Musicvisions
9 жыл бұрын
Just a few words " THANK YOU SO MUCH !! for your knowings, your time and your good tricks - I´m agree all !!
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
Did you see the orchestration lessons on Lili Boulanger? Or the Weekly Video Tips? Check 'em out and get back to me.
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
I sure did - yes, I know it's workstation, but my brain doesn't like stations - I've been in too many of the wrong kind! So it puts the word "shop" in where it shouldn't, because a shop is a nicer place to work...
@guitars2112
11 жыл бұрын
Maybe I picked the wrong video to posit this question, since my interests in creating music at this point are amateur. I get where you're coming from though. I've also had some of my works played by orchestra, enough to know that the score is not the musical work/performance and we shouldn't mislead ourselves into thinking that. Given my present situation though I am just interested in how close I can get to recreating my compositional intentions without necessitating live performers.
@MrInitialMan
3 жыл бұрын
What if you see yourself as never being anything beyond an arranger?
@brucewayne-cave
11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful !
@thomassimpson9200
11 жыл бұрын
I've really enjoyed your video series! But, um, so Thomas. Question. Will you ever be showing some actual scoring? Like where you write out a part? I would think after EIGHT videos titled "Intro to Orchestration" there, at some point, would be something that was an actual orchestration. Nice hair btw.
@Eduaro2U
11 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for the inspiring, informative and knowledgeable series. How did you know my skull is thick?¿?
@neilwalsh3977
3 жыл бұрын
My one problem with notation software is when to leave out certain markings - eg a > or . over a note - when the sound is interpreted by the software without enough nuance. How do you deal with playback versus full notation in a draft software publication?
@Jwellsuhhuh
Жыл бұрын
You should ideally use articulation markings wherever appropriate. Don’t let the sound of the software influence your writing decisions. If it’s still too annoying, there’s ways to disable or customize the effect of a articulation symbol, for example in MuseScore when you select a staccato you can uncheck the “play” box or change the time stretch paremeter
@wesmartin4743
11 жыл бұрын
Thomas, this is great stuff.....but.....to be honest I do struggle to find time in my day for regular, consistent, quality study. Having a job, two kids and a wife that wants a relationship - fancy that! - takes time. I realize that your audience may be younger than me and at a different stage in life. Still, I soldier on
@nuqleo
11 жыл бұрын
muchas gracias
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
So you say, Jacqueline Pastorius! ;-)
@accipiterignitus5123
5 жыл бұрын
Thomas you need a new microphone. You will see the audio quality going up
@OrchestrationOnline
5 жыл бұрын
I DO have a new microphone. :) Note the release date of this video and compare the audio to my latest releases. The past year I've been using a cheaper knockoff of the old Neumann broadcasting mics of long ago, but I may upgrade even more later this year. The audio here is an old Peavey USB mic - ok, but nothing to write home about.
@accipiterignitus5123
5 жыл бұрын
Now I see. I'm sorry about my criticism
@ScoringStageEu
11 жыл бұрын
like your long hair photo :-)))))
@ilkinond
11 жыл бұрын
petrushka means parsley in Russian, you know.
@felixburghelea
10 жыл бұрын
When is no.9 coming?Looking forward for that!Thanks!
@EpicUnderscoreStudio
9 жыл бұрын
7:49 'WTF!?' lol
@cubanbach
5 жыл бұрын
Thom, you're a fine teacher and motivator.
@abhishekshukla4135
9 жыл бұрын
Sir plz share any info about part 9 :)
@aarrow9047
4 жыл бұрын
Still relevant, still valuable. Thanks
@guitars2112
11 жыл бұрын
What are some good DAWs? I've been using Sib7 audio but like you said in your other videos, those sounds aren't anything spectacular. When I hear certain film scores based on samples it's easy to be convinced a real orchestra is being used. Is it possible to recreate such an effect without a huge amount of effort? i.e. does such a means exist where I could convert typical orchestral instrument MIDI into convincing audio?
@nathaliegampert
11 жыл бұрын
Tahnk you Thomas! As we go on life, there's more and more things to do! And everything is important! Difficult to choose.... :)
@OrchestrationOnline
11 жыл бұрын
And I wish I could play bass half as good as you!
@keepingalowprofile
11 жыл бұрын
The most valuable tutorial series I've ever since on youtube since Internet.
@kachangputeh8697
11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! looking forward for more great videos in this series...
@ScoringStageEu
11 жыл бұрын
what's the score problem @ 7:52 ?
@thevisi0naryy
6 жыл бұрын
Great series, thank you.
@TeamFlamingStones
9 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry if I seem hypocritical, commenting negatively on a previous video in this series, then watching this and doing the exact same. I just want to understand your school of thought, or milieu, as I so strongly disagree with most of these points. I can't believe that you honestly think your career was formed in such a structured way, or that of any other composer. People skills? True for most composers, yes. But you can't call it a basic principle unless that's true all the time. Same goes for notation skills, certainly knowing the tools of your trade, musical aptitude, and creative impulse. Although if I were to name examples of the latter, they would be heavily subjective. I know it's annoying that people get lucky, or find another way around things, when one has spent all this time studying and practising. Yet music as a field has only one basic principle that's true no matter what: Combine frequencies that are interpreted by our brain, and give us an impression. Some of your reasoning makes sense, if isolated. Heck, my composition teacher says almost the exact same thing! And I listen to that, and apply it to my own music. Yet he doesn't state that it's universally true, or at least keeps it open enough for me to always be aware of why and when to use rules: Only if you have a specific goal. You can't make your videos have more than an inspirational impact that motivates people to learn certain things, make certain choices. You can't tell them how to succeed, only what you think will make them succeed. So please, accept that and communicate it through your videoes.
@OrchestrationOnline
9 жыл бұрын
TeamFlamingStones Thanks for your feedback. I can only be the person that circumstance has made me. I actually celebrate the fact that my perspective is so different from yours. That means that we both can have a different idea about what kind of advice to give people, and those who listen to us will get the benefit of more than one perspective. You obviously have many thoughts to share about this topic - I strongly encourage you to make some videos on advice for developing musicians. When you do, tell me, and I'll have a look. If it's good, I'll even share it in my 10K FB group.
@TeamFlamingStones
9 жыл бұрын
OrchestrationOnline I'm no instructor, not yet at least. I'm sorry that the other post got so negative, and it sure wasn't my intention. Thanks for staying objective.
@OrchestrationOnline
8 жыл бұрын
+TeamFlamingStones I've read over your comment again, and I respectfully disagree that my videos express what you say they do. Nowhere do I claim to tell people how to succeed, or how to do anything. I merely point out what skills and resources professionals in my field need in order to survive. There is a huge difference between that and saying "I can tell you how to make it as a pro." Furthermore, in no place do I ever claim that I myself went through a deliberate series of structured steps, or that I planned anything out. After a long career, I can look back and see how things shaped for me and my colleagues, and see the common threads that resonated in our mutual development. But once again, that is a far cry from saying that my "career was formed in such a structured way..." Finally, nowhere do I claim that what I say is "universally true." I only report on what I personally have observed. Whether that means these videos are useful only for "inspirational impact" or not, the truth is that hundreds of developing composers have sent me messages about how these videos have helped them in real, measurable ways. So I reject your analysis, but thanks for the comment.
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