First Blog

So today is my first time blogging. I don't have anything cool to write but I decided I wanted to write a blog so that when I'm composing/researching at my computer I can write down some of my thoughts.  I also misplaced my notebook last week and have not looked for it yet and don't want to take up time.  So i got a record player yesterday which I thought was cool...now I gotta get some more records, but it sounds good.  Anyway...

So I'm writing this composition for trumpet and percussion and my knowledge of percussion is rather limited.  I'm not like an expert when it comes to trumpet but I took a class and played a scale so at least I know what it feels like to some degree.  Anywho, I am just excited because this seek and you shall find thing is amazing...I keep finding articles and composers to listen to and I am really beginning to learn more about this percussion thing...some of the challenges other composers face, some ways that others have approached it...

I tend to be a see what somebody else did and then do my own thing kinda person...sometimes when I have absolutely no idea my creativity seems blocked...Maybe because I'm competitive I always want to do what somebody else did better...LOL...well not necessarily but its just easier that way...i have something to build off of...which is useful to a composer who is staring at a blank page that has to be full of notes by the time you are done...unlike arranging or something you don't have anything to work with outside of your own experiences and things you've listened to,read, or researched...Well anywho...
back to my researching and listening and writing....

I'm excited though, I don't need to be in the percussion studio to play around...All I need is a little brain silence.

BTW...i didn't have time to make this thing look pretty, the idea to blog came upon me suddenly so its not going to look cool but whatev.