How to be a composer in five simple steps. Anyone can become a composer today! It just takes a genuine LOVE of Music! ---- Young is the foremost expert on virtual opera production and online collaboration with the debut of her machinima opera  Libertaria: The Virtual Opera .  Libertaria  includes a live international cast and film crew , virtual choirs, sound synthesis , machinima, and contemporary choral writing, produced entirely online using crowdsourcing, social networking, and the Internet .  Libertaria  premiered October 5th, 2013 in Lake Worth, Florida , with additional screenings at the Buffalo Women and Arts Festival , the UK -site Moviestorm , the Holland Animation Film Festival , and other venues.  Related articles Last Florida DMV driver license office in Palm Beach County to close Friday Classes - Adult Acting 1 Woman attacked by man on Flakka dies Composer Secrets: Sabrina Pena Young on Machinima and Opera Com...

Logic Studio (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Below are three electronic music exercises that will help musicians, music students, and music educators work on their mixing and studio skills. As a music professor teaching sound synthesis I developed these exercises for my beginning Sound Synthesis students who were just beginning to use audio programs like Logic Studio and Garageband to create new music. Any musician can adapt and use these music exercises to work on basic audio skills, including use of audio effects, sound, noise, and music composition. I encourage musicians and music educators to adapt these projects to their own studios and classrooms as useful tools to expand their skills.  Project 1: Effects and Appropriation DESCRIPTION: Students use effects and editing techniques used in class to create a new piece using appropriated material. Students will learn to recognize different types of copyright licenses. Appropriated materials includes use of prerecorded ...