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The Silver Bullet to Successful Song Writing

Is there a Silver Bullet to Successful Song Writing? You want to become a song writer, and a successful one at that. Unfortunately there is no silver bullet to successful song writing, no one method that would guarantee you that. … Continue reading

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Exporting Parts as Audio Files in Finale (Training Video included)

In this video I demonstrate how to export Finale parts as audio files. Once you exported them as audio files you can import them into your favorite DWS program for further manipulation. Why would one want to export the parts … Continue reading

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Why You Want to Use Finale for Playback

Finale’s unique Human Playback Engine Many Finale users are unaware that Finale has a very sophisticated and unique audio engine called Human Playback. It functions very differently from an ordinary midi sequencer interpreting music in a musical way similarly to … Continue reading

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Do blind pianists have an advantage?

  Call me crazy, but I am convinced that blind pianists to some degree have an advantage over the rest of us. Let me explain. “We do not play with our eyes. We play with our touch, ears, and imagination”. … Continue reading

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The sustain pedal as a means to pain-free piano playing

The sustain pedal is one of the most overlooked factors when it comes to ergonomic, pain-free piano playing. The function of the sustain pedal is to keep notes ringing without the need of holding down the key. This allows us … Continue reading

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The Deadline Phenomena

Being Creative Under Pressure Working on a musical project usually comes with a deadline attached to it. You may not think that most creative musicians actually benefit from a deadline. Not only that, they prefer it, because it focuses the … Continue reading

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Composing for money?

Should we do it for the money? We are artists, and we are composers. Naturally, we have an urgent drive to follow our passion when ever creativity strikes us. It’s what makes us happy, whether we get payed for it … Continue reading

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Should we compose music that might never get performed or recorded?

Composing and writing songs is one of my favorite things to do. However, I have composed a lot of music that, unfortunately, has not yet been performed or recorded. It just sits on my computer hard drive waiting for its … Continue reading

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