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The journey of a growing multi-instrumentalist and her composing.
Well, it's here. It's been twelve whole weeks. It's crazy to think about, huh? I finished my project, maybe not in the way I wanted to, but I did it. Throughout my twelve-week project, I scrapped three pieces that I had halfway completed. I honestly regret deleting them, I could have finished those pieces but I had a hard time bringing an end to the piece. I seriously have mixed feelings about my final piece, it doesn't sound musically correct, but its a piece. I honestly burnt myself out for twelve weeks writing three different pieces, trying to find the perfect sound, I put myself down for things that sounded just fine. And in the end I settled for a piece that sounds kind of crunchy. I know that's a weird way to describe music, but I'm sure other musicians have heard that plenty of times. Its not necessarily a bad type of crunchy. I've heard plenty of pieces with some REALLY... REALLLLYY... Weird key signatures.
When I showed it to my family they said It could easily tie into some type of 80's Egyptian horror movie. And honestly, I see it. I seriously can't tell if I love it or hate it, but that's what happens when your making any type of art. Most artists, composers, have felt as if their piece was missing something, or they have a love/hate relationship with it. And that's exactly what I'm experiencing right now. I feel as If my project was a success, a crazy one, but I did it! I thought I'd never say this, but I'm seriously gonna take some time away from my instruments for a week or so. Its's exhausting spending almost every Saturday playing five different instruments for at least eight hours (not all in one sitting, but overall). If you've ever heard of crazy horror stories about these classical composers, It makes sense to me now. I wonder if they developed all these behavioral issues from sitting Infront of a book and pen all day. Throughout the twelve weeks I learned that I'm way better off just making covers, I have zero business writing music. Maybe I could, If I had more time (EX: during the Summer). I learned various techniques on several of my instruments, and I used techniques I already knew to incorporate in my piece. There was one personal goal I set for myself that wasn't in my original pitch (at least I don't think it was). And that was to compose a final piece/score using the software Musescore. Unfortunately I failed at that, I didn't make it a priority. I feel like if I wrote it down I would have stuck to it. I decided to write this AFTER I did my presentation so I could reflect on what I wanted to write.
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AuthorI'm Hannah Baldwin, I'm a sophomore in highschool and I'm apart of my high-school Symphonic Band and marching band. I play multiple instruments such as trumpet, alto saxophone, trombone and guitar. I love composing music. Archives
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