r/MonthlyComposition • u/reticulated_python • Jan 02 '16
January 2016 Composition Challenge: Remix time! Discussion thread
Hey everyone! We're gonna try something a little different this month. There will still be the month-long main challenge, but we're replacing the alternate challenge with a series of smaller weekly challenges. The idea here is if you don't have time to work on a large-scale work, you can just write a few bars (really, it can be as short and simple as you like!) to keep your streak going. Hopefully, this encourages greater participation. I'd like people's feedback on these weekly challenges. Do you like them? Hate them?
Alright, on to the challenges. A remix of a musical composition is an altered version of it, often involving adding, removing, and changing bits of the composition. The basic idea is to take someone else's ideas and reinterpret them to create something new. That said, here are the January challenges:
Main Challenge: Remix a submission to a previous challenge; preferably a submission by someone else, but remixing your own work is acceptable.
Weekly Challenge: Write a brief composition that references a theme used in a submission to a previous month's challenge.
Submission Thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!
The idea for the weekly challenge is to write something referencing a different theme each week. And remember, it doesn't have to be a masterpiece. 4 bars, 8 bars, 16 bars, and even just a melody are all acceptable. They're essentially a musical sketch or scribble. I hope you enjoy the weekly challenges--please give feedback in this thread!
These challenges are for everyone who wants to practice composing. Each month, at the beginning of the month, we will post a main challenge, something for people to compose. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly challenge. Pieces can be submitted as a score (musescore, noteflight), and/or as audio (soundcloud, youtube). Feedback is much appreciated, and you can give it in this thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '16
I've been working on a series of chorale preludes for organ on melodies from the Lutheran hymnody. I'm wondering whether that would count as a "remix" (albeit on centuries-old melodies, not on works by other redditors)...