How Do You Compose?

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   Finale, Logic Studio, Pencil & Paper (in extreme cases ), Final Cut Studio for video.

Edited by Trademark - January 17 2009 at 14:41

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Trademark Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 21 2006 Location: oHIo Status: Offline Points: 1009	Posted: January 17 2009 at 14:41
	Finale, Logic Studio, Pencil & Paper (in extreme cases ), Final Cut Studio for video. Edited by Trademark - January 17 2009 at 14:41

mystic fred Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 13 2006 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 4252	Posted: January 19 2009 at 08:28
	a simple easy-to-use program like Acid pro 4 is good as it allows live sources - mikes, guitars, electronic drums, keyboards and loops, samples, whatever. most musicians think up good tunes while noodling around on a guitar or piano, for writers block it is handy to carry around when out a small digital recorder as a notebook in case you think up any useful tunes and phrases - by the time you get home they are usually forgotten! Edited by mystic fred - January 19 2009 at 08:29
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JLocke Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900	Posted: January 20 2009 at 17:33
	I myself end up humming the basic tune into whatever happens to be near me at the time, whether it is my camera, or a phone, or whatever. Then, when I get home, I write it down in the Guitar Pro program. It then evolves from there as I add layers and whatnot. I like using guitar pro for the writing, because it allowes me to export the final version of my song into many different file formats. This means I can write a whole song in Guitar Pro, assign specific sextions to specific instruments, then export it all as a pdf file and print it off as sheet music that I can then take with me anywhere; the studio, a show, etc. Very conveniant.