ThomasGunther.com http://www.thomasgunther.com Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:31:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Silver Bullet to Successful Song Writing http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-silver-bullet-to-successful-song-writing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-silver-bullet-to-successful-song-writing http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-silver-bullet-to-successful-song-writing/#comments Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:47:33 +0000 musicontime http://www.thomasgunther.com/?p=2368 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-silver-bullet-to-successful-song-writing/feed/ 0 Exporting Parts as Audio Files in Finale (Training Video included) http://www.thomasgunther.com/exporting-parts-as-audio-files-in-finale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exporting-parts-as-audio-files-in-finale http://www.thomasgunther.com/exporting-parts-as-audio-files-in-finale/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:23:56 +0000 musicontime http://www.thomasgunther.com/?p=1451 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/exporting-parts-as-audio-files-in-finale/feed/ 0 Why You Want to Use Finale for Playback http://www.thomasgunther.com/why-you-want-to-use-finale-for-playback/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-want-to-use-finale-for-playback http://www.thomasgunther.com/why-you-want-to-use-finale-for-playback/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:15:13 +0000 musicontime http://www.thomasgunther.com/?p=1456 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/why-you-want-to-use-finale-for-playback/feed/ 0 Do blind pianists have an advantage? http://www.thomasgunther.com/do-blind-pianists-have-an-advantage-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-blind-pianists-have-an-advantage-2 http://www.thomasgunther.com/do-blind-pianists-have-an-advantage-2/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:30:15 +0000 musicontime http://www.thomasgunther.com/?p=928   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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/do-blind-pianists-have-an-advantage-2/feed/ 0 The sustain pedal as a means to pain-free piano playing http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-sustain-pedal-as-a-means-to-pain-free-piano-playing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sustain-pedal-as-a-means-to-pain-free-piano-playing http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-sustain-pedal-as-a-means-to-pain-free-piano-playing/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:17:04 +0000 musicontime http://www.thomasgunther.com/?p=924 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/the-sustain-pedal-as-a-means-to-pain-free-piano-playing/feed/ 0 The Deadline Phenomena http://www.thomasgunther.com/being-creative-under-pressure-the-deadline-phenomena/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=being-creative-under-pressure-the-deadline-phenomena http://www.thomasgunther.com/being-creative-under-pressure-the-deadline-phenomena/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:53:45 +0000 musicontime http://localhost:8080/wordpress/?p=469 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/being-creative-under-pressure-the-deadline-phenomena/feed/ 0 Composing for money? http://www.thomasgunther.com/composing-for-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=composing-for-money http://www.thomasgunther.com/composing-for-money/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:52:05 +0000 musicontime http://localhost:8080/wordpress/?p=227 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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]]> http://www.thomasgunther.com/composing-for-money/feed/ 0 Should we compose music that might never get performed or recorded? http://www.thomasgunther.com/composing-music-that-might-never-get-performed-or-recorded/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=composing-music-that-might-never-get-performed-or-recorded http://www.thomasgunther.com/composing-music-that-might-never-get-performed-or-recorded/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:04:44 +0000 musicontime http://localhost:8080/wordpress/?p=222 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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