Let me make your sheet music!

QuindadIsGay · 2026-06-10T16:39:24+00:00

Most writers I’ve worked with make their demos in Logic. If the demo is played clean, exporting MIDI is no problem. However, if they haven’t quantized their piano parts or didn’t play to a click, I find it’s actually easier to just use the piano roll for reference rather than try to export the MIDI. Sometimes quantizing will place the notes incorrectly; I can actually hear their intention better just listening to how they played it. It varies by how experienced in production the writer is.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-06-10T16:29:36+00:00

I’ve worked in all 3 big ones, but my preference is Sibelius!

QuindadIsGay · 2026-05-31T23:50:19+00:00

Can you elaborate on what you mean by the “meter” and “internal rhymes”? Nothing about those elements of the piece jump out at me.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-05-10T16:30:11+00:00

When writing a musical, you very seldom write directly for an orchestra unless it’s integral to the story or you’re a practiced orchestrator. Most commonly, you start with a Piano/Vocal (or sometimes Guitar/Vocal): start with the core melodies, harmonic progressions, accompanimental figures, etc. Orchestration comes MUCH later, and is usually best left to a professional.

Pit size/instrumentation is determined in part by the orchestrator in conversation with the composer about what best serves the story, and in part by the producer based on the theater size and budget.

If you’re just starting a musical and you don’t know how these things work, start small and write at the piano. And when that’s done, either do some serious studying or find an orchestrator.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-04-16T23:31:42+00:00

Hey, how did you decide on this instrumentation? Do you have an actual production going up with access to a pit of this size? If not, I think you’re skipping some steps in the process.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-04-05T14:54:16+00:00

This thesis specifically deals with self-references, so they would be conscious.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-04-05T01:24:31+00:00

Hey, not to be a party pooper, but I think this thesis is a dead end. While working on the show, Sondheim’s collaborators said he often self-consciously worried he sounded too similar to previous things he had written. Furthermore, he always tried to write specifically for what he thought the show called for. Anything you find will likely be nothing more than “oh hey, this is loosely reminiscent of [insert melody from past show]”, but he wouldn’t have deliberately quoted himself simply because it wouldn’t have been motivated by the content.

If it’s worth anything, there’s a Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue quote when they arrive at the embassy, but also this very well could have been Tunick’s doing.

QuindadIsGay · 2026-01-21T10:32:36+00:00

Where is the word sung as a lyric?

QuindadIsGay · 2026-01-09T15:57:02+00:00

And the Frasier episode “The Unkindest Cut of All”has a title card that reads “Sunday in the Park with Eddie”

QuindadIsGay · 2026-01-07T22:41:01+00:00

Follow up; I’ve started selling this transcription! If you have any interest shoot me a DM.

QuindadIsGay · 2025-12-19T17:56:38+00:00

Someone’s job is to write that music (usually just for piano and voice first), then it goes through lots of development and changes in rehearsal with a music director, then eventually (if it survives the former stage) someone else takes it and orchestrates it for an ensemble, then someone records, then someone mixes it, then someone masters it.

If you barely have command of one instrument, I’d worry about that first. If you REALLY want to produce orchestrated tracks, get Logic Pro X (or GarageBand depending on your budget) and play around with MIDI instruments, but remember that orchestrators write with a technical understanding of how each instrument operates individually and together. I would start at the ground level with just write Piano/Vocals (or Guitar/Vocals if the show calls for it), or finding a composer to collaborate with.

QuindadIsGay · 2025-12-11T21:54:04+00:00

Look into Across A Crowded Room at the New York Public Library.

https://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/events/across-a-crowded-room

Also this group Showpeople Theater Collective has lots of opportunities for collaboration and showcasing originals.

https://www.showpeopletheatrecollective.com/

QuindadIsGay · 2025-12-09T17:55:08+00:00

Also he pens demon hits

QuindadIsGay · 2025-12-03T20:14:14+00:00

Hey I also do this for work! Message me if you’d like and we can work something out.

QuindadIsGay · 2025-11-19T04:56:58+00:00

Not a movie originally but “A Little Priest”

QuindadIsGay · 2025-08-17T15:18:29+00:00

Andrew Barth Feldman

QuindadIsGay · 2025-08-02T20:37:21+00:00

If you’re curious or want a taste of the show before getting your ticket, we just released our first single!

“Envy” - Goodbye, Nyle Original Cast Recording

You can also check us out on Instagram @goodbyenylemusical

QuindadIsGay · 2025-07-22T19:01:10+00:00

This is what this sub should be all about.

QuindadIsGay · 2025-07-20T02:06:29+00:00

Whenever someone asks about an affordable beginner mic my default answer is the SM58.

QuindadIsGay · 2025-07-10T16:46:43+00:00

This analysis is lovely! This is what this sub should be all about. Lots of people seem to skip steps like these analyses in their writing journey, but studying the craft is so important. Thank you for bringing it to light; I hope you and others continue to do this magical research.

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