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3 Ways to Bring Your Music to Life and connect with others

Let’s bring your music to more than just a midi, shall we? When I began my career as a composer, I always wondered: “how could my music be on concerts?” I am one of those rare cases that enjoy listening to a good MIDI mockup, but nothing beats that moment when the piece starts coming to reality.

However, if no one is programming your music, how can you still make your music come to life? I am known to be stubborn, so I decided to find ways to make my music available to others even when choirs are not singing it!

Here are some ways:

1. Gather some friends and read through it

Choral singers are truly nice people. They are friendly, loving, supporting friends who want to sing together. They want to see you succeed! Find those people who believe in you and ask them to try your choral piece. It does not have to sound perfect.

Be sure to record so you can listen to later and, if everything goes well, maybe even upload it.

I also have to say that you don’t need to rehearse or upload the whole piece. We are living in a bitesize world and having a 15-seconds excerpt is gold.

2. Record separate voices with your phone or camera

If you cannot gather four or more people at the same time, or they have difficulty singing together, consider recording them one by one. This is a wonderful way to build a demo. I will be sure to make a post about how you can do this!

Ask them to model the piece for you, even if it is just a phrase. I asked my friends on Facebook once to record a short soprano solo and by that night I had four different examples to learn from in my email. I love that they took the time to share with me and help me build Songs of the Moon.

3. Record every part yourself. Sing what you can and edit what you can too.

I know it sounds crazy, but I do it all the time! If I cannot gather my friends to sing or record, I just do it myself! I will also make sure I make another post about how to do this, but it is as simple as singing every part one by one on the same tempo.

There are tons of software out there that can help you tweaking things and adding some effects that can improve your demo.

4. Plan a concert right in your living room (or a coffee shop)

Find those friends that help you before and plan a concert in a house, or on Facebook. Gather an audience and sing your compositions! No one needs to give you permission to do this.

Just think about it. It is as they did so many years ago, why wouldn’t we try?

If any of these sounds like to much work, then you can also check out my recording services here!