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Important Security Notice from MakeMusic

On the afternoon of Wednesday, April 23, an attempted intrusion to MakeMusic’s computer systems was detected and as an utmost precaution, all of our systems were taken offline. As a customer of SmartMusic, Finale or Garritan products, your access and/or software performance may have been affected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. [more... ]

Composer Spotlight – Arun Sol

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/27996807″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] This week MakeMusic and the Garritan Blog interviews composer Arun Sol. Arun describes how he recommitted himself to his writing while working in a rather un-inspirational warehouse, and how he now makes time every morning to compose… MM: Tells us where you’re from! AS: I was born in Melbourne, [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Fresh Air and Warmer Days

  Did you miss this Weekend Challenge? It’s never too late to submit. Create music, post to SoundCloud, and send us the link using the comments section below. We’ll promote your composition as well as add your music to this playlist. Find a short description of this challenge, inspired by Beethoven’s love of the outdoors, [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – April Fools

What better way to celebrate April Fools day than with a Garritan Weekend Challenge celebrating Joseph Haydn and PDQ Bach? If you’re not a music history buff, you may be scratching your head at the connection. Haydn is famed for his sense of humor. His compositions contain many little musical jokes within their measures. Haydn’s [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Celtic Music

Welcome to another Garritan Weekend Challenge! St. Patricks day is just around the corner, and we’re challenging you to try your hand at composing celtic music. If you’ve been curious about the Garritan World Instruments library, there is certainly room for it in this challenge. The Garritan World Instruments library includes several irish flutes, including [more... ]

Create a Variety of Moods with Instant Orchestra

I thought I had a great idea for a Garritan ad: “Instant Orchestra includes more moods than a bus full of teenagers.” While not everyone found this appropriate, it’s true. By simply selecting from a wide variety of presets identified by mood, you can begin creating powerful music — across a broad spectrum of emotions — [more... ]

Using Garritan in the Classroom – Marshall Shaw

5th grade students study composition using Garritan, GarageBand, and Finale. Photo courtesy of Marshall Shaw. March is Music in our Schools Month, and we’re delighted to welcome educator Marshall Shaw to the Garritan blog. Today Marshall tells us how he uses Garritan libraries in partnership with programs like GarageBand, Logic, and Finale, to enhance his lesson [more... ]

Garritan Weekend Challenge – Valentines Day

It’s time for another Garritan Weekend Challenge! In the spirit of Valentines day, we’d like you to compose the perfect valentines day music. Your version of romantic music could be light and funny, or serious with lush strings, or perhaps the classic sultry bass and drums groove fits your valentines day. I invite you to [more... ]

MakeMusic Receives 2014 TI:ME Award

  The TI:ME award, co-sponsored by the producers of the TEC Awards, recognizes companies that have made exceptional contributions to the evolution of music technology use in the modern music classroom. Companies were nominated by members of TI:ME and from the submissions MakeMusic was selected as the recipient by the TI:ME Board of Directors. MakeMusic [more... ]

Get to Know IO: Film Scores Fast with Garritan Instant Orchestra

Welcome to the first installment of “Get to Know IO,” a series of blog posts and videos aimed at getting the most out of the incredibly powerful toolset known as Instant Orchestra. Our goal for the series is to share techniques that will help maximize your creativity with IO. Have you ever had a great theme [more... ]

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