I turn to this list often for Finale therapy; this time I’d like to pick your brains about the music itself.
I’m on a lifelong quest to become a better orchestrator. For classical orchestration the path is fairly clear, with a host of orchestration books and scores/recordings available for study. In the world of pop, jazz, and rock orchestration the path is less traveled. There are many examples—The Beatles, Chet Baker & Strings, Sufjan Stevens, etc—but to my knowledge no source for score study and only a handful of jazz/pop orchestration treatises. I know many of you are fine orchestrators in a variety of idioms or engrave music for exceptional arrangers. I would love any leads you can provide: stellar examples of orchestrated pop/jazz/rock, sources for scores, books you’ve found valuable, websites of particular arrangers, or general pearls of wisdom. If you’re interested in hearing some of what I’ve composed, take a listen to the St. Sinner Orchestra, which is a hybrid of band and string orchestra: https://stsinnerorchestra.bandcamp.com/releases <https://stsinnerorchestra.bandcamp.com/releases> Thanks so much for entertaining my rabbit trail! Peace, Greg ===== What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver ----- Greg Scheer [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
