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How to Understand Your Compositional Process - Advice for Young Composers

Every single composition masterclass I’ve ever been to, someone has to ask: What is your process? And usually, we don’t actually ever get into what the process is. We usually talk about everyone’s interesting quirk, like the type of pencil they use, or drinking a certain tea, or whatever. And that is all fine! We all have different ways of getting into the work. But, I do think there is a process of sorts. These are some of the things that I have learned about the Process of Writing Music. First is Dreaming. This isn’t even the beginning, it is more of a prelude. I think of the Dreaming Stage as a rough awareness of the project. For example, I know that a reed quintet is coming to school and that I am going to write them a piece. But, this opportunity isn’t the next thing on my docket, it is a month or so away and I am still working on another piece. I’m aware that a project is coming, but it is on the back burner, it isn’t the priority. During this time, I use my listening to get the sound of the ensemble in my ear. Or if there is a concept that I want to explore, I might tailor my listening to that (exploring timbre, intonation, etc.). Dreaming is fun because the piece is just a possibility, it could be anything. Second is Discovery. The work begins. You are finding the building blocks of the piece you are going to make. You are finding the ingredients to the dish you are going to cook. You haven’t quite started piece it all together but you are finding the identity of the piece. Discovery is messy. You aren’t going to find the ideas in a logical fashion or order. You won’t necessarily know how all of the ideas fit together, you won’t be able to see the full sequence. This is okay. The piece is elemental at this time, it isn’t supposed to have everything mapped out crystal clear. But, you should find around 3-5 ideas (probably more) that are going to become the cornerstone of the work. Even though you have started the work, there is still going to be a lot that you don’t know about it. Embrace the not knowing. Third is Drafting. This where you will spend the grand majority of your time. Drafting is where you start to put the sequence together. Drafting is the work of connecting the dots and putting all of threads together. Keep in mind that you may not have discovered all of the threads yet. This is okay. A first draft is supposed to be a first draft. It is supposed to be rough around the edges. It supposed to be missing some details. Works of music are complicated. And sometimes you need to see the whole thing before you find the next layer. The more times you get to work through the piece the better. You may surprise yourself with some of the amazing ideas that you find in a second draft, ideas that might seem so integral to the work that you can’t believe they weren’t there from the beginning. Again, making music is not logical, it makes no sense. The ideas come when they do and drafting is the art of putting them in sequence. This will be the most variable part of the journey. To read the full article: https://www.davidvessmusic.com/post/h... Would you like to work with me? Reach out at my website: https://www.davidvessmusic.com/contact If you are interested in learning with me, please follow the link to my online teaching platform. I teach composition, film scoring, orchestration, music theory, conducting for composers and notation. If you would like your score reviewed, career advice, or someone to bounce musical ideas off of, I can help. Looking forward to working with you. Best of luck! - Dave Just follow the link: https://is.gd/PUC3Tm /// FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM and TIKTOK   / musicwithdave     / musicwithdave   https://linktr.ee/musicwithdave /// VIDEO ARTISTS https://pixabay.com/users/coverr-free... https://pixabay.com/users/distillvide... https://pixabay.com/users/vimeo-free-... https://pixabay.com/users/helena1962-... https://pixabay.com/users/gam-ol-2829... https://pixabay.com/users/athree23-61... /// ABOUT ME Hello, I'm Dave, I'm a composer and teacher. I make YouTube videos that give the advice I wish I had when I was first starting out writing music. I also post score videos and performances of my music. I love collaborating and creating music. I love helping younger composers find their voice and I've been fortunate to have taught for several years. Reach out any time I can be helpful, I'd be thrilled to hear from you. Cheers, -Dave https://www.davidvessmusic.com