Compositon - that's a good notebook

When composing a symphony, how is the creative process? I would say much like the creative processes for anything else that has to do with an art form. I have read a reading though, that describes some ways some composers compose their symphonies. I must say, the first response pissed me off a great deal that when reading the next two, I was ineffective at reading them clearly. The reason is simple, I’m an artist – but more specifically I identify as a poet.

The first person had said that the composer, like a poet, pours himself into the lyrics – the lyrics for a symphony being the sounds. He was my dude up until the next line, “the difference consists in the fact that music possess far richer means of expression—” what? Who is he to say that music is more expressive than poetry? I’ve made both and in my opinion – which is not saying I’m right but, also makes his statement erroneous – neither is more expressive. Sure in music there can be both words and instruments but, in poetry there can be performance readings, or readings that someone does on their own – which adds to the expression since their own is injected.

He opposed the second when he said that his music comes unexpectedly, while the second response was that he makes music through time and effort. Both of these processes I’ve seen before in other readings that birthed their own blogged posts. I agree with bo

th. But it’s also interesting. There is this movie, one that I have yet to see all the way through but thanks to Netflix I may, called August Rush. In that movie, a young boy uses the inspiration from everyday life and homework (the “time and effort”) to compose. I would attempt to down the scenes that show this but, I don’t believe in YouTube that much. I’ll at least attach the final piece so you can hear it – there are some explicit pieces of evidence that show where at the inspiration came from. But… yeah, inspiration tag teamed with time and effort is useful as well.

I now wonder though, how the concert I’m going to see was created. Artists have their own methods in creating their art. The person who provided the second response actually said he doesn’t like to disclose such information but he would to whoever he was talking to – and now ironically his secret method ended up in print, on the ever-accessible internet. Whatever it was, it may have just be a combination of the above. Can’t say for sure though because, I didn’t read up on other ways to create art. Like, some people know this because I posted it on Facebook, but, when I want to write poetry, I take walks at night. The reason is because of the mood. I love inspiration, and it is hard work to walk at night when you want to sleep or should be doing something else but, walking at night puts me in a mood suitable for writing.  A somewhat extreme example; with no glaring sun, the chances of getting a headache are reduced. These people never refer, or at least I did not catch them, to their mindset at the time of creation. I won’t go into detail about the exact mood I like because then, it’ll; be on the internet and people will use it, and then I’ll stop writing and change my major to something that un-excites me like a major that would lead to a job that doesn’t allow me to use creativity on the job and… I’ll stop. The point though, is that I expected that I would relate and disagree to this reading on how composers compose. It must be an artists’ thing.

P.S. I guess I should mention something that could identify the reading I was talking about... Composing a Symphony by Tchaikovsky