Habitat #001 - What's My Motive-ation?
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In the podcast's debut episode, Thomas introduces himself, discusses his plans for the podcast, and talks about the value of learning all you can about how music works. He also discusses different motivations for becoming a composer and why it's important to have a good sense of why you want to compose music.
To join an ongoing discussion about the topics addressed in this and other episodes, we invite you to join our Discord channel ("A Composer's Natural Habitat") by going to https://discord.gg/8F7Yuc9Mne.
Chapters
1. Introduction: What's My Motive-ation? (00:00:00)
2. About Thomas C. Baggaley (00:01:40)
3. About this Podcast (00:04:09)
4. What am I working on this week?: Composition Textbook (00:10:19)
5. What am I working on this week?: Looking for a Story for a Music Drama (00:15:38)
6. Experience with Elacor - The Electro-Acoustic Orchestra - Take Flight Album release (00:17:13)
7. What am I working on this week?: Challenges of finding a story for a musical adaptation (00:21:06)
8. Questions: How do you inspire students to study difficult subjects like music theory? (00:23:16)
9. Where to send questions for the podcast (00:35:47)
10. The Theme of the Day: Composing music is hard work (00:36:14)
11. The Theme of the Day: Money as a motivator (00:36:46)
12. The Theme of the Day: What motivates me to compose music? (00:40:40)
13. The Theme of the Day: How to join our discussion (00:44:55)
14. What's Coming Up Next Week (00:45:57)
15. How to Support the Podcast: Patreon (00:47:14)
16. End Credits (00:49:49)
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