Tag: composition

Composition Exercise #110

Composition Overgrowth

Write a piece in which the performer is allowed to change or completely overwrite one original bar before every performance.

If another musician plays the piece she is to continue where the previous player left off, changing another bar.

The final performance is to take place when every bar has been changed and a completely new piece has emerged.

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Composition Exercise #108

Take the lyrics from a popular song and sort the words alphabetically.

Now write new lyrics, using those words in alphabetical order as much as possible while adding what’s necessary.

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Compensation Exercises #106

#106.01 Ask for a higher salary next time you play.

#106.02 Pay more the next time someone helps you out for less than it’s worth.

#106.03 Do things for free when there’s no money but you think they’re important.

#106.4 Stop worrying about money for a while.

#106.5 Just buy that piece of gear, for once.

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