Author: adam scott neal
Strategize your catalog
From my composition teachers, I’ve heard two schools of thought regarding a composers’ catalog. You could try to have works for certain ensembles in your…
Icicle Harvest revisited
Icicle Harvest by adam scott neal Icicle Harvest is a 60-minute composition. While this might sound like it’s some kind of “magnum opus,” I think…
Reflecting on my wind band music
Wind band is a genre I grew up playing but didn’t aspire to compose for a long, long time. But my focus as a composer…
About Calls for Scores
You’ve likely had a composition teacher encourage you to submit your music to “Calls for Scores.” These are announcements by presenting organizations who seek repertoire…
About performance royalties (ASCAP & BMI)
I posted my entry about publishing on Facebook, and a friend asked a very important question: if you give your scores away for free, should…
The winding road of writing a book
I’m working on a book which I hope to self-publish by the end of the year. It’s a collection of short essays about musical instruments…
Yogis on Fire revisited
One of my “quarantine projects” was remixing my first yoga album, Yogis on Fire. I’ll back up to the beginning and then talk about what…
Publishing advice for composers
Don’t wait to “get discovered” One of my biggest pet peeves are artists talking about “getting discovered.” Obviously it’s naïve, but it’s also a passive…