Wednesday, February 28, 2007

My Titles Always Suck....

Why is it that I can never think of a good title. I have been trying to find a great title for my Euphonium Concerto, and I want to have a decent program, but it just isn't coming. Right now, I am using "The Inquisitive Must Fall" as a working title. Don't be under any fall pretense that I believe that to be a great title. I know it sucks.

The problem is that I when I write, I have a "feeling" about what I want the music to sound like, but I can never put it into words. I hate the composers who use artsy titles like ", a rock hitting water...waves" or some shit like that. It is pretentious down to the punctuation. I also hate it wheen composers use titles like "cosmic dipstick", or "The drippings of humanity", in a failed attempt at artsy humor, or political edginess.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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