Jon F. Howe (Commissions Open)

Page is here for now, but I am primarily on the butterfly app these days. Follow me there, jfhowemusic

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If Twitter does ultimately implode, anyone who wants to still follow me on other social media can find me on my website here: https://t.co/yrCzU8UeYk

Also, for those interested, my commissions are currently open.

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Super excited to announce that I'm the composer for Bullets and Ball-Gowns. A fun bullet hell style game. Here's an early build of the game. I wrote the title track and the first theme heard, while the rest of the themes in this one are temp tracks.

https://t.co/QU45ATJ8Bd

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After writing almost exclusively for strings this past year (which I have loved), I think I want to shake things up and write a short little miniature suite for wind band.

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I love when a Max patch mistake that I didn't catch until the first rehearsal sounds better than my original idea.

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Got to see Moulin Rouge at PPAC tonight. It was a fun show, wonderful cast!

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Final double bar of the year just achieved.

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I spent way too long trying to figure out why my DAW was making a saxophone sound alongside the synth sound I was using... only to realize I had my composition software open at the same time...

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I'm amused that whenever I finally think I'm "out" of MTG, my music friends find new ways to pull me back in, and it's always through commander.

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1.) I remember writing songs here and there shortly after I started learning to play music. They've been pretty intertwined for me, though I didn't really start composing music on any form of sheet music until I was a Junior in High School for a class assignment.

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This one looks pretty fun, ask away!

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I haven't really been gigging as much recently. Been debating putting together, for lack of a better phrase, a small chamber ensemble "book club." No real intention of gigging, but more to just hang out and play through some music in a no pressure scenario.

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@MusicOfLee I'm a big fan of Xenoblade Chronicles 2's approach: https://t.co/n2bpahLQae

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Of all the things I was expecting to get a message about this morning, I must admit that getting asked about enharmonics wasn't one of them.

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Writing for wind quintet has reminded me how much I missed playing in one. Might have to remedy that in the near future.

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Today's been a ridiculously busy day between travel, teaching, and rehearsals. It was a really pleasant surprise to see that @TastingHistory1's new cookbook arrived today. I'm super excited to dive into this book and start cooking some of these recipes!

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The Mario movie's a lot of fun. Loved how the classic themes across the franchise were reworked for the score.

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Had a fun convo with one of my students today.
Me: "So we're going to learn this Irish trad tune. Sorry if I mess up the title. My Irish is a little rusty."
S: "There's an Irish language?"
Me: "Yeah. *proceeds to speak a little Irish*"
S: "Sorry, I don't understand French"

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Engraving some of my older compositions while listening to older episodes of Dimension 20 definitely makes for an interesting evening.

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Whatever the opposite of the Irish Goodbye is, I have clearly mastered it.

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So it snowed...

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I feel like every time that I do a new arrangement, especially when arranging large ensemble pieces for chamber ensembles, I learn a bunch of new orchestration tricks along the way.