Rudy has it right. Broken down into small enough pieces, every musical composition is just the rearrangement of such small pieces used by previous composers. The most important part of the process is discarding the attempts that don’t sound good and keeping the ones that do..Of course, it’s also important that what sounds “good” to the composer is also considered “good” by enough others that (s)he has a willing audience..But don’t give up your day job, Rudy. Sales of your symphony, even if it becomes the next “in” thing, isn’t likely to be enough to keep you from starving before you complete a second composition.
Rudy has it right. Broken down into small enough pieces, every musical composition is just the rearrangement of such small pieces used by previous composers. The most important part of the process is discarding the attempts that don’t sound good and keeping the ones that do..Of course, it’s also important that what sounds “good” to the composer is also considered “good” by enough others that (s)he has a willing audience..But don’t give up your day job, Rudy. Sales of your symphony, even if it becomes the next “in” thing, isn’t likely to be enough to keep you from starving before you complete a second composition.