by Kurt Knecht | Oct 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Everyone has been passing around this article from the NYT lately. It’s a good article, but my friend David Von Kampen rightly asked earlier tonight:I get why people like this article, but I wish we would put more emphasis on music’s inherent value...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
This week, I had the chance to spend time with Jo-Michael Scheibe for the first time in a while. It is always good to watch Mike work. I am always impressed by how hard he works to listen to a choir. He cares deeply about text and whether or not it is being...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
In addition to having a painfully slow turn around speed during the publishing process, the traditional publishers are slow in other areas as well.Despite my best efforts, sometimes I make mistakes.I had a contract to publish a piece that I wrote in memory of my...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
The old way of doing music publishing is outdated and slow.It is not rare for me to experience a period of two years between the time I finish a work and the time I actually see it in print. In an age where the internet provides so much instantaneous content, I find...
by Kurt Knecht | Sep 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I received a commission to write a piece for piano and children’s chorus. So, I wrote a little lullaby on a William Blake text. I thought it was sweet, and that a publisher might be interested. So, I sent it off to one of my usual sources. No one was interested....
by Kurt Knecht | Sep 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
How a piece of music goes to die: a case study.One of the most preposterous aspects of publishing music is the issue surrounding copyright. When you get your first contract, it is very exciting. That contract arrives in the mail, and you tear it open. You read down...
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