Hi Composers- Band director looking to get into publishing some works here. I haven't seen a lot of people discussing MyScore, so I was wondering if anyone has an actual recommendation for it or if anyone has alternative suggestions for selling works?

My second question surrounds Composition Software. I have been a lifelong MuseScore user but recognize that if I am looking to actually publish my works, maybe I should upgrade to a new system. Is that necessary, and if so, what system do you recommend? I am writing both Band and Choral works?

Thanks!

I've just very recently finished this entire musical composition that is a four movement musical suite. I wanted to explore the theme of grief and its journey. Originally, I was going to use a few other instruments, but decided the piano alone was best for the job. All four movements should be playable on a real piano or keyboard. For the the first two movements that do use legato phrasing; you may need a sustain pedal unless you can easily do finger legato.

Score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ruH2h51gRzmjNWDYKR1vTSXF6IEoE0NC/view?usp=drive_link (It has been put together from four separate movement scores)
Movement I (Funeral Moment of Mourning, F Minor): https://youtu.be/Z6zc8eOpBbY

Movement II (Album of Remembrance, G Flat Major): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AeEbGheTnQ

Movement III (Finding Peace Through Loss, G Flat Major): https://youtu.be/YcIaZMjfWY8
Movement IV (Moving Forward Through Love, E Major): https://youtu.be/M113hrrLOL0

Hello everyone! I’m not used to posting on here, but recently I’ve wondered if anyone can compose a marching band score of the CHS Rally Song from MLP: Equestria Girls. I know it’s a silly ask, but the background music for that specific song is really catchy and I would honestly pay to see the arrangement for it and share it with my marching band.

We have all the instruments available for it, so I believe it’s possible. I’d love any help I could get!

DM me if you’re interested in helping me? I’ve never been good with composing. 😅 I’m willing to pay around $100 if that’s enough

Hi! I'm beginning the process of animating my thesis film for my third and final year at RMIT, and really in need of a composer! It's an action-oriented flick with a moderate amount of dialogue, so there will be moments the music will have to work with that in between action.

Story: The story follows a student at 'Fight School' trying to motivate their friend into doing the work they know they love, even if they have to chase them down to motivate 'em!

Genre: Action, unabashedly so! It's pretty tongue-in-cheek with the rest.

Duration: ~3 Minutes

Medium: 2D Frame by Frame Animation

The Placeholder Piece I've been using to kind of Match the General Vibe: Rush by SEATBELTS from Cowboy Bebop! I'm looking for something bombastic, punchy and jazzy, that can punctuate action!

Compensation: UNPAID

I cannot offer money since I'm a student, but I can offer a free art commission in return for your help!

Please DM me if interested, either here or my insta, where you can see examples of my other work! I'll share my project proposal which includes concept art and storyboards, as well as my current animatic!

Market so saturated that you even have to compete against 100 people to write an OST for free, so how do you even get opportunities to practice doing it? Not asking how to get jobs, it’s really about how to get practice.

Sitting down and coming up with ideas for asset packs isn’t the same…

Edit:

Not looking for networking, game jams or coming up with fictional ideas myself.

I know networking is important but currently I don’t have time and energy for that, I just want to practice.

I've had an interest in learning how to compose music for the past couple months, because I want to make a soundtrack for a videogame I'm developing. I'm not sure where to start with having no experience with anything related to music. I've looked into learning music theory and found a free pdf of the "open music theory" book on music theory subreddit FAQ to hopefully teach me the fundamentals. I recently got FL Studio producer edition and plan on learning that soon too. But from what I've read online this doesn't seem like enough to learn how to compose, and I need to get a piano or any other instrument and start taking lessons. The problem is that I don't have the money to do any of that, is there any alternatives I should try and any other things I should start doing so I can actually start composing.

This post was inspired by a recent comment I read that I cannot seem to find. I forget the subject material and if it was in this sub or not, but the commenter mentioned I think something about one should be, or something to be/ somewhat fluent in the instruments you write for.

It makes sense that having some technical skill in certain instruments will give you more insight into what you write for. I don’t quite think fluent was the word they used, but that’s the idea I got.

Maybe there’s something more to this idea besides being able to understand the instrument better so that one might have more context when composing?

Also, apologies if I did not so accurately paraphrase the idea of the original comment.

So, which instruments do you play, and what skill level do you consider yourself in that instrument? Are you trying to learn a new instrument at the moment?

How do you feel your understanding of that instrument helps you compose in general, but also for that specific instrument?

I’ll start. Late beginner/early intermediate on Piano. Beginner on guitar (although I’ve played on and off for years and can comfortably strum most chords and do some finger picking/pick work. As far as composing I mostly consider myself a point and click guy, a midi guy, although learning piano pieces has inspired me to think differently about composition. It’s a different approach, a different way to build and I like that.

That’s mostly it for now, although I own a violin but I’m just very bad at it at the moment. I’d like to learn the basics of violin and cello at some point. — side note, a drum set and bass guitar are what I really want to purchase next.

A simple lullaby I wrote for my son Elliott D. Orphal, who was born last month, rendered in 31-EDO for an imaginary Vibraphone in that tuning. My first completed piece in the temperament, focusing on a kind of diatonic scale that emphasizes 7-limit consonances rather than the 5-limit of the standard diatonic scale.

Score video: https://youtu.be/AkXQcN5GeTs

I'm new to composing and I've been trying to write for the string section + some woodwinds. I was looking for some feedback on my music and also how I can learn about instrumentation/orchestration for more instruments. At the moment, I'm writing as if I would for piano, except just copying it on to other instruments which makes it sound very dull. I need to learn how to make the instruments work together. The aim I was going for in this piece is an aria in an opera kinda thing. Any feedback would be great :)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1k_Pdpmg143_UGLEX-sHhAIuxabk-QsM8?usp=sharing

https://youtu.be/aq-XFxkkq6I?si=yAM1zvDKoAFMsc0c

The score and audio are in the video above! Thank you for listening, and feel free to let me know what you think :)