WELCOME!
Welcome to Rosie's Music Blog! We're hoping it will serve as a place to share musical ideas in word and audio format for the creative people interested in contributing to Rosie and the Posers.If you'd like to participate by posting your musical ideas, we'd like to issue you an invitation to become a blog author for this blog. To receive your invitation, follow this link:www.rosieandtheposers.com/music-blog.htmlWhen your invitation arrives in your email inbox, click on the link in the email and follow the instructions for either signing in to your Google account or for creating a new account, if you don't already have one.As a blog author, you'll be able to post your musical contribution by clicking on the "New Post" link either on your blogger "dashboard" or above right in the navigation bar of this page. When on the posting page, you'll need to use the video format (looks like film in the options bar), and attach a video clip of your song idea. There is no way to post audio clips alone, so we have to go with the video format for now. Just use your phone or video camera to record your song and then post to this blog. File types which are accepted are: AVI, MPEG, Quick Time, Real, and Windows Media, with a 100 MB maximum size. To comment on other music clips and ideas, click the "Comment" link at the bottom of the posts and submit your input.If you are unfamiliar with blogging and need help, feel free to contact us at blog.moderator@rosieandtheposers.com.
Let the fun begin!
Compensation
In general, composers, arrangers, orchestrators and players will be paid just like in the real music business - a contracted dollar amount for each song they have on a CD, and that in accordance with the number of CDs sold - when they are sold. Please understand that the Band cannot promise how much you can or will make. It could be a little, or it could be a lot. They encourage you to allocate your emotional and financial expectations accordingly! Further, please note that the Band cannot contract with minors. So, if you're under 18 and just wrote the follow-up to Handel's Messiah, you'll still have to have your parent or guardian sign for you.
In particular, contracts with composers, arrangers, orchestrators and players will be drawn up as the need arises.
Blog Moderator's Invite for Song and Theme Submissions for the 1772 Tour de Thames
Musical Genre:
Eighteenth century baroque, or semi-baroque music. Also, "country dances" of that era, as there will be people dancing to this music at live performances. Read the Diary of William P. in the Literature Blog for song title ideas. See Error in G and Ricotta in D theme for examples. Make sure you copyright your submissions by including the word, "copyright" and then the year and your name on your video clip.
Blog Moderator's Invite for Song and Theme Submissions for the 2008 Faceless Tour
Musical Genre:
High energy, kickin' classical/contemporary instrumental music with fiddle/violin on lead. Brass and winds if you can make it work. Percussion in its various forms, guitars, both acoustic and electric happily accepted as long as the arrangements do not require them to be played at ear-bleed levels. We want parents to be able to feel comfortable taking their children to the Band's live concerts wherein this music will be played. So, let's hear your themes and completed tunes. Make sure you copyright your submissions by including the word, "copyright" and then the year and your name on your video clip.
Collaboration needed to add a melody to this tune. If you have ideas, please post them so we can work together!
I need to find one or two other composers who would be willing to write the second and third themes needed to complete this song. When it's finished my intention is to submit our work to the Band for inclusion on their upcoming "Rosie's Water Music" CD. If you're interested, please hang your theme video on the blog and we'll go from there. Be sure to copyright it!
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Here is an example of Baroque music entitled Error in G.
Submitted by Dale MacInnis
