Composing

When I think of my favourite American bands, at the top of my list is usually Death Cab for Cutie. I got into them because of my son, I think when he was moving out of our home and heading to Southampton for his degree in Film Studies.

When driving from Bristol to Southampton we would have Transatla...

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Here’s an essay from our friend, Maria Popova, aka The Marginalian about that creative maestro, Ludwig van Beethoven and his “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth Symphony.

Popova tells us a tale of Beethoven’s resilience and persistence:

“Day by day I am approaching the goal which I apprehend but cannot descri...

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Here’s an essay from our friend, Maria Popova, aka The Marginalian about that creative maestro, Ludwig van Beethoven and his “Ode to Joy” from his Ninth Symphony.

Popova tells us a tale of Beethoven’s resilience and persistence:

“Day by day I am approaching the goal which I apprehend but cannot describe,” Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770–March 26, 1827) wrote to his boyhood friend, rallying his own resilience as he began losing his hearing. A year later, shortly after completing his Second Symphony, he sent his brothers a stunning letter about the joy of suffering overcome, in which he resolved:

Ah! how could I possibly quit the world before bringing forth all that I felt it was my vocation to produce?

That year, he began — though he did not yet know it, as we never do — the long gestation of what would become not only his greatest creative and spiritual triumph, not only a turning point in the history of music that revolutionized the symphony and planted the seed of the pop song, but an eternal masterwork of the supreme human art: making meaning out of chaos, beauty out of sorrow.

The goal which I apprehended but cannot describe speaks of the ineffability of that initial creative spark, that we need to articulate through the medium of our cultural calling.

Beethoven’s world sounds a lot like our own, as we try to fashion ‘meaning out of chaos, beauty out of sorrow’. No matter what form the chaos and sorrow you are going through takes, may your urge to create music that stands against, resists that chaos and sighs the sweet sigh of sorrow, be stirred in your hearts and minds. May you articulate the initial ineffability of that creative moment. May you bring us joy!

https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/05/17/beethoven-ode-to-joy/?mc_cid=a...

Alexander Benra

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 days ago

I love Rick Beatos Videos - you really feel how music connects to him and makes him happy

Kerry Kennard

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 days ago

I'll have to watch a little later. Yes, thanks for posting ! KK

Pat Alexander

3 days ago

Leave AI to the DJs. Artists must create art!

Brian Gunter

4 hours ago

It’s great interview! I subscribe to both of Rick’s channels.

I’m trying so hard to avoid the streamers. There has to be a way to make a grass roots type of campaign without giving in to the juggernaut.

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- Geoff Hall
3 days ago

Such Great Heights was such a pinnacle song of my teenage years

I also remember discovering Death Cab my sophomore year of high school and one Spring Break listening to nothing but the Plans and Transatlanticism albums for a week straight, so yeah I was really in my feelings at one point back then lol

Geoff Hall

2 days ago

Pat Alexander cool, Pat. Have you caught up with the latest tour yet?

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You know I can’t say that I’m a super fan, but I do really enjoy their music. No question. I haven’t been to any live shows in probably a good ten years, but there were some shows from other bands tha...

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Maurice Vaughan

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- Geoff Hall
6 days ago

Definitely, Geoff Hall. Especially when I work on the logline, which I do right after coming up with an idea.

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- Maurice Vaughan
5 days ago

I studied a lot of Classical composers, esp. Beethoven. His form was clear - like others within the Classical period. Yes, a lot of Chaos to beauty, esp. in recapitulation section. In my Webinar with...

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- Maurice Vaughan
5 days ago

Maurice Vaughan ah, I can’t do that at the idea stage, Maurice. I have to work on the story and characters a little more and then I’ll get a feel for the possibilities. Forever tweaking it though, as...

Kerry Kennard that’s an intriguing take on the process when I think of writing a screenplay. Dissonance and resolution. Excellent.

Could you please outline the different sections in a symphony please,...

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- Maurice Vaughan
3 days ago

I personally think Beethoven should be included in every soundtrack!

Ashley Renee Smith

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

Congratulations, Alexander Benra!

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1 week ago

Nice ! The vocals sounds a little in the background - w/ effects. Is this the way you wanted it to for the release ? Was it for a certain film, etc. ? Did you use CD Baby or DistroKid for the Distribution ??

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- Maurice Vaughan
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Thank you for the feedback. I wanted it sound a bit in the backbround. I tried to redo some kind of life atmoshere of an bar (therefore the talking people at the beginning). But I agree in some parts...

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- Alexander Benra
1 week ago

I listened again … maybe bring the guitar back in mix also - when you’re finished with the video / movie. Don’t bring back too much - maybe like 20-25 % w / reverb - as to Blend with scenes, etc

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May the fourth be with you...

Sam Sokolow

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I watched a New Hope again on Saturday and it was awesome to revisit.

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- Geoff Hall
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LOVE, @Linwood Bell! Star Wars Day is my birthday and I watch at least one of the films every year. Some years I do bigger marathons, it just depends on what birthday plans are on the schedule. This y...

Linwood Bell

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- Ashley Renee Smith
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Ashley Renee Smith Shucks, I'm late to the party, but .......!!!

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Linwood Bell Thank youuuuu, my friend! =)

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- Kerry Kennard
2 weeks ago

Very cool, Kerry Kennard! Congrats to Mike!

Thanks - for him :~) He's a good source of inspiration and reality. Hope he finds Stage 32 useful someday.

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"Among the provisions secured in the new contract are protections against artificial intelligence, which SAG-AFTRA said will go into effect immediately. Those include codifying that the terms “artist,...

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Yeah - this is terrific and so glad to see SAG-AFTRA continuing to work hard for artists!

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

It’s great to see this news … only to 2026 ?? Wow / would like to see extension to 2030 at least - IMHO.

“The deal, which runs through 2026, received 97.69% yes votes. The major record labels covered...

Thank you for sharing and keeping us updated, Navid Lancaster!

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2 weeks ago

Congrats with the new name. !!

Navid Lancaster, what is Musescore Studio used for?

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