Creativity & Composition

Episode 21 - The TV show Lost -- why Beethoven might have been a fan.

Episode 20 - Cleaning out some odds and ends: Performers. Higher education. Your "portfolio".

Episode 19 - Some business lessons from The Beatles and Bob Dylan.

Episode 18 - Managing your scores. Also, some news updates. Announcing rdrussell.blogspot.com.

Episode 17 - Contrary creative advice from artist Laurie Rosenwald.

Episode 16 - The role of critics; how to read them to find business and creative ideas.

Episode 15 - Self-publishing: lessons from Jennifer Higdon.

Episode 14 - Have something to say.

Episode 13 - An email and a seminar inspire a podcast.

Episode 12 - Boxiness. What it is and how to avoid it.

Episode 11 - Good work habits: a how-to.

Episode 10 - More on copyright. The role of emotion in composition.

Looking backward and forward for the new year.

Episode 8 - Three lessons from composer George Tsontakis.

Episode 7 - Viewer Mail. Advice for beginners. Form and shape.

Episode 6 - Introducing the Fifth Element of music.

Copland's Four Elements of Music, and how to apply them to your compositions.

"Right" and "wrong" reasons to be a composer. Music is a communicating art.

Why become a composer? Why does anyone choose to be a composer? Here's my own answer.

Episode 2 - Should we be so concerned about copyright? In what ways does copyright hinder our composing career? And whatever happened to John Corigliano's Ghosts of Versailles?

Episode 1 - The first podcast of Creativity & Composition: The Business of Being a Composer. An introduction.