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Composers: how often do you listen to your own music, and what do you gain from it?

12:28PM Wed, May 23 2012

Image_normal @chriscatone Pittsburgh

fairly often, usually that I'm not as terrible as I think I am

12:28PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Do you intentionally listen to your own music when you have doubts about yourself?

12:31PM Wed, May 23 2012

Roologo_url_normal @roorecordsmusic London

Do you mean listening back after a long break? I like to - sometimes I cringe at the really early stuff tho

12:36PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

After a long break or not. Just going through one's body of work, or playing one's CD while washing dishes... Anytime.

12:43PM Wed, May 23 2012

Roologo_url_normal @roorecordsmusic London

Hmm - not usually then. Once it's done I often forget I've done it. Should do really. Do you?

12:44PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Yes, once in a while, when my confidence level is really low.

12:50PM Wed, May 23 2012

Roologo_url_normal @roorecordsmusic London

I found some pieces I'd forgotten I'd written last month - that was a nice surprise :)

12:55PM Wed, May 23 2012

Plorgface_normal @tomnomnomnom Where in the world are you?

Only if I'm submitting something I'm not sure of or if I've forgotten a particular technique. If it pops up in iTunes, SKIPPED.

12:56PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Interesting... I've read in "Art & Fear" that the key to one's next work is usually in the latest. Have you experienced this?

1:05PM Wed, May 23 2012

Profile_pic_f_normal @stuartr_comp

a fair amount- what do i gain? Critical thought: 1. Can I still live with it? 2. What next? 3. Did this achieve what I wanted?

1:05PM Wed, May 23 2012

Image_normal @chriscatone Pittsburgh

yes, for me it is encouraging

1:15PM Wed, May 23 2012

Plorgface_normal @tomnomnomnom Where in the world are you?

Not only experienced it but actively worked with it about 5-10 years ago. I'd use an element in one piece to create the next.

1:25PM Wed, May 23 2012

Jennipinnock__2___665x800__normal @JenniPinnock London, UK

Not too often, but normally a while after I've written it - to let me be subjective and analyse it properly!

1:34PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Wow! Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing...

1:36PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

does it ever feel like somebody else wrote the piece?

1:38PM Wed, May 23 2012

Ru31ylkcny0mnwgid1uy_normal @AWrennComposer UK

Sometimes I play my old pieces and I'm surprised how good I think they are, did I really write that at that age?

1:46PM Wed, May 23 2012

Ru31ylkcny0mnwgid1uy_normal @AWrennComposer UK

Obviously some crap too but a couple of gems pre-uni

1:47PM Wed, May 23 2012

Jennipinnock__2___665x800__normal @JenniPinnock London, UK

Sometimes. More often than not the pieces that make me feel like that are ones that I don't feel reflect 'me' as a composer

1:47PM Wed, May 23 2012

Jennipinnock__2___665x800__normal @JenniPinnock London, UK

I know what you mean - I find there's a few I still like, amongst others which I now feel weren't so successful.

1:49PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

They are really sound snapshots of younger years...

2:51PM Wed, May 23 2012

Ru31ylkcny0mnwgid1uy_normal @AWrennComposer UK

Agreed, which is why I don't want to revise earlier works. Easier to track progress this way.

2:53PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Absolutely. Write / Perform / Record / Move on...

2:56PM Wed, May 23 2012

Monkeyinahat_normal @petemaskreplica Londinium

current/recent stuff: loads. Older stuff, not so much. Helps to compare the ideas/score with how it actually sounded.

5:02PM Wed, May 23 2012

Monkeyinahat_normal @petemaskreplica Londinium

Occasionally it's interesting to listen to an old piece. I find it tends to feel like something written by someone else.

5:03PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

I totally agree. It is such a weird feeling, not being in the same place mentally, emotionally, technically, etc.

5:15PM Wed, May 23 2012

Img_8481_1blog_normal @tonalfreak New York

Thanks for sharing!

5:15PM Wed, May 23 2012

Monkeyinahat_normal @petemaskreplica Londinium

it's amazing how what I do now is utterly unlike anything the me from 10 years ago would have predicted :)

5:20PM Wed, May 23 2012

Monkeyinahat_normal @petemaskreplica Londinium

Thanks for asking the question, it's a good one!

5:21PM Wed, May 23 2012

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