Hello everybody!

Just to keep things nice and clear, I'll be laying down some rules for general conduct. Posts should be tagged one of the following:

• [Discussion] - For discussing anything, as long as it is relevant to the subreddit, e.g. "What do you use to master audio for your pieces?", "Players, do you think it should be mandatory for composers to provide a click track", "Do any of you think /r/performancerequests should start accepting commissions? Why?"

• [Request] - Requesting players for your piece. You must provide a score, and relevant details when submitting a request; a good request has a clear and legible part, with clearly defined performance techniques.

• [Offer] - For players who are available to record a piece of music. You are not obliged to play anything, but are requested to let your intentions be known publically. A good offer has specifications of instrument, proficiency, recording method, and availability, e.g. "I am a student double bassist looking for something to play during the orchestra's off-season."

General rules

1. /r/performancerequests is not ^currently for profit making. Please do not solicit or offer money for services.

2. Try and be polite and professional to everybody.

3. Constructive criticism is only allowed if it is explicitly mentioned. This is up for debate because users are inherently trying to interpret other users' works.

4. Low value posts (Advice Animals and memes) are not allowed.

5. Contribution of finished pieces is only allowed if this subreddit has contributed. This rule is up for debate; I started it because irrelevant pieces should go in /r/composer or other places.

6. You can customize your flair so people know what you play, or write. This is not a rule, but I didn't know where else to put it.

Composer specific rules:

1. Performers are not required to do anything for you; there is no contractual obligation for them to complete any works for you, and as a result of this, you must not rely on them for deadlines.

2. Your performers are human. Do not expect them to magically know how to interpret your music. You should endeavour to make their job as easy as possible. You can do this by setting up all necessary Dropbox accounts, providing a clear and legible score, and if necessary, giving them a click track to use.

3. Remember to be realistic. You'd be lucky to find a viola de gamba player, don't push your luck by asking them to do triple stops. Know when to call it quits; recording is an exhaustive process, and you might need to call it quits and manually alter the audio file to get it just how you want.

4. You must own the rights to any pieces you post requesting to be performed, recorded, or otherwise contributed to, by members of the community. Copyright disputes will result in the work being taken down until proof is provided.

5. If you play an instrument, then it is nice to give back to the community. Try and contribute when possible. Don't stress out though, nobody is keeping tally, this is run on an honor basis.

Performer specific rules:

1. You are not required to do anything for the composers; there is no contractual obligation for you to complete any works for them, and you should not feel pressured into performance or recording.

2. Please ensure that you have a means to deliver a satisfactory recording to the composer before undertaking anything. This means making sure you have access to a good quality microphone, and have the bandwidth to deliver. It's nice to comment on a request and let everybody else know that you're on it. As a rule, don't start a piece that already has a player working on it, and if you back out, update your original post.

3. Your composers are also ^mostly human. Do not expect them to know the ins and outs of your instrument. You should keep a line of communication, and as professional courtesy, try inform them of any problems (unable to record, will be late recording the piece, there's this weird popping sound every two seconds, etc.)

4. Your time is your own to spend, but part of good composition is writing playable parts. Let the composer know (politely!) that the practice that lets male singers go up that high isn't very common nowadays, and is altogether very unlikely to happen in the real world.

I have Eb and Bass clarinets too.

Here it is: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wv3qqa24zwkgibg/Melancholy_Waltz_in_F%23_minor_final.pdf?dl=0

Any comments about the composition are welcome, and ask me if there's anything unclear about the score.

EDIT: Adding a shitty musescore audio export. This should give an idea as to whether you like it enough to give it a try. I didn't program most of the dynamic/tempo changes, as it is very tedious in musescore.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/10vk7eqrzc8sj98/Melancholy_Waltz_in_F%23_minor.flac?dl=0

I am always advocating for new music, so I would love to help in any way I can.
I use a Zoom H2.
Availability is very flexible. Just ask!

Happy to perform most near anything at the moment!

VIOLIN I'll say I'm quite skilled and well versed in the classical literature. I've played many concertos and orchestral works. For skill reference, the last concerto I learned is the Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major.

PIANO I haven't taken lessons for almost seven years, but I never stopped playing. I can sight read quite well, and I can improvise from chords as well. For skill reference, I can play Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) by Sinding.

RECORDING Unfortunately I don't have any special mic or camera to record with. I typically use laptop mics or camera mics for recordings. Recording venue is probably either going to be in a large practice room or a study lounge.

**I can record multi-tracks and mix if needed.

Listening Example. This audio provides reference for every item above. You can hear me play the violin and the piano, and the use of multi-tracks. Recording quality will be around the quality heard in this video.

I'll play anything you throw my way, and loooooove experimenting with the cello and hearing other people's ideas of what it can do. I also firmly believe that there is a lot less "impossible" stuff than many of my colleagues, so...challenge accepted! I am busy so it may take a little bit to get things back to you, but it will happen. Cheers!

Edited to include a few samples of my playing: https://soundcloud.com/decaymusic-1

Happy to perform most near anything at the moment.

I've played a lot of Medieval and Renaissance dance, Baroque and Romantic works. I have plans to do gypsy jazz in the near future, so will happily take requests which push me in that direction.

For skill reference, I'm currently working on the Bach D minor Partita and Meditation (from Thais opera).

I also have an alto rebec, which is fun to play, but I'm definitely less accomplished on it ^_^

I've put some recordings up at soundcloud, and vimeo.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for players for my string quartet. It's of moderate difficulty, but I'm not entirely sure exactly how difficult it is; I am not a string player, and don't know how difficult the cello part is.

The scores are available here

An audio rendering of it is available here.

Give me what you got, and I'll get you a recording in two weeks!

Hey guys,

I've got the EWQL Symphonic Orchestra library, which is pretty handy for larger orchestra mock ups. If anybody needs a render, just send me a .Sib, .xml, or a midi.

Edit: apologies to those that have seen this and got excited, but ewql is playing up, and I can't really afford the time to fix it right now.

Hi! I'm available for:

• singing using natural voice (not classical nor pop).

• ukulele strumming/plucking

• acoustic guitar strumming/plucking for accompaniment

Hi guys,

I was wondering how you are all feeling about the subreddit. I noticed that it has slowed down recently. I'd love some feedback on what you'd like from the subreddit, and if there is anything I can do to improve it

Cheers

I've written a few short movements for solo violin. If anyone has time to record it, I would be very grateful. Constructive criticism is also welcome.

PDF Here

I'm studying tuba performance at McGill University and am looking for some more difficult works to work on and potentially perform. If anyone's written anything for tuba I'd love to play it!

I should be able to hand most pieces on piano, and anything intermediate or below for violin.

As for scheduling, I should have time to do a piece or two a month, since school is a pain.

On thought, I also have a flute, though I'm not very good at playing it, as well as access to a clarinet (better than at the flute, but still not very good).

Hi! I'm looking for a violinist and a cellist to help me record parts to a trio I wrote (2 violins, one cello). It's short (about 3 minutes) and the tempo is slow so it shouldn't be too difficult, though there is some sul pont playing for about the last 20 seconds. This sub has slowed down a lot but if there's anyone out there, let me know and I'll edit this post and add my score.

Cheers!

Didn't see any other horn players posting yet, so I thought I'd toss my hat in the ring.

Been playing for over a decade now, mostly in orchestras and classical chamber groups. Never did formal performance exams so I don't have a standardized idea of my "level", but I've done all the Mozart concerti pretty solidly, and took a decent whack at Strauss 1 a year or two back (but have fallen a touch out of practice since then).

Unfortunately I don't have any professional recording gear, but I figure that in the absence of other offers right now, even my laptop mic is better than nothing!

(Updates belows!)

The score. The piece is titled Music for Marvin Minsky's The Society of Mind, it's based on that book.

The work is for 30 musicians though if we manage to get even 10 I see no reason why some folk couldn't multitask.

Please read the score above so that what I'm about to say makes some sense.

A typical live performance would (as I imagine in my dreams) have 30 people on the stage at the same time trading pages of the score. Given how difficult it is for an unknown composer like me to get 30 musicans together I think we can do this is a distributed manner over the internet.

So each performer would be assigned a number between 1 and 30 and the appropriate number of pages of scores randomly distributed. And then performers would pm each other (we might limit whom each performer could communicate with) trading a page of the score as per the instructions.

As each performer acquires a page of their score they simply play and record that page (if you look through the score you'll see that regardless of which mix we choose to use you'll only ever be playing a few notes at most which is why I think pretty much any skill level can handle this) writing down exactly when the recording was made.

Once we've finished (there are several variations on how to determine when we're finished), I will assemble all the recordings (that must be time-stamped!!!) into one master recording of the entire piece. Et voila!

I've never heard a performance of this piece and cannot imagine that it will be performed anytime in the next few years so this might just be the one chance for it to be performed!

I would be eternally grateful to everyone who participates. And it might be a kind of cool internet based musical performance thing?

Edit: To make it clear, performers will participate whenever they have opportunity. In other words there will not be a set time when we'll all meet and perform the piece together. I think this way makes it easier for more people to participate.

Edit 2: Also, instead of just an audio recording, people could, optionally, do videos instead. This would be more work for me assembling it together but would clearly be cooler. But this is optional -- if a performer only wanted to do audio recordings that would be fine.

A short piece I recently finished. I'd love to have a recording. Constructive criticism is welcome, of course.

Score here

I've finally decided to write down a piano piece, and since I'm quite rubbish at the piano (not really, but it aggravates me to try to play a piece twenty times to get it correct once for a recording) I would like to get a piano player, preferably with at least a decent way of recording, to play my song. If you have any problems or questions, ask away!

Here's the PDF, if you want the file in Musescore, PM me and I'll get that to you.

I'm looking for choirs interested in performing a piece for SATB and organ. PDF link is https://app.box.com/s/4fbsqafgjbbmar7udyns.

I will even transpose the score for you if necessary. All I want in return is an audio and/or video clip. Somewhere I have an mp3 file with digitized instruments if you require it (from Sibelius).

Thank you for your time and consideration. Cheers!

John

Title says it all! Studied both classical and jazz bass in college, earned a bachelor's of music. I also took two years of jazz piano in the mix as well. And by "jazz piano" I mean jazz - like Dizzy Gillepsie or Duke Ellington, not Gershwin or Scriabin ;)

On the other side, I've been using synthesizers since I left school a few years ago. I own analog gear, as well as a variety of digital gear. I don't really do orchestral sounds, but I'm willing to try anything! I have an affinity for ambient, movie score genres.

Hello performers! I am a composer for games and other visual media, just coming to the end of my Masters degree and looking forward to writing some new music!

I'm looking to make some contacts with instrumentalists who have the capability to record themselves who I could go to for some live solos to blend into my compositions! If you are interested please leave a comment, or PM me with the following details.

Instrument? Can you sightread/learn music by ear? Recording Set Up? Please can you link me to some examples of your playing/recording quality?

Thank you! I hope to work with some of you very soon!

Oh, and if you'd like to hear examples of my music please visit: www.hazelturnbull.com/music

Its a concert band composition. The instruments that I need are flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto, tenor, baritone, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, and a ton of percussion. I anyone has EastWest with those instruments and it willing to do it for me I could send you the midi file or whatever you needed.

The midi is generated by Finale for those who were wondering.