exercise – Page 17 – a hundred quirky legs

Composition Exercise #174

Write, release and promote an album of children’s songs about endangered animal and plant species.

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Create a text score in the form of an email auto-reply.

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Erase half the notes in every voice in your piece, including percussion.

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Tag a friend in your score.

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Transcribe your heartbeat and learn it by heart.

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Write a text score disguised as a grant application.

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Compose a synth piece with one pitch, where the only parameter you change are synth presets.

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Fuck (with) the system.

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Release a podcast on vinyl or cassette.

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Use a tectonic plate reverb.

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