MUSICIAN INDEPENDANT COMPOSER

ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY ABSOLUTE MUSIC UK

• Frederick Howard is a UK-based independent composer of Contemporary Absolute Music. A multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwinds, Howard creates globally accessible, tonal and atonal instrumental works, including the albums 'Heavenly Music' and 'Showtime'."

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MY MISSION STATEMENT

( As  an Independant UK Composer )

My mission is to make original Musical Compositions and to make these readily available for the World's peoples to enjoy. My Music is published through DITTO MUSIC and distributed through all the available Platforms Globally. My work is also readily available on AMAZING RADIO USA  and UK. Now I have deliberately pitched my pricing structure very modestly, so that as many peoples as possible can afford to listen and also purcase should they wish. Many Platforms have a free to listen , and a Premium Edition service. To be clear all my Music can be enjoyed for free, or tracks can be purchased individually as a download to your own devise. Additionally any of my complete Albums can be purchased, again as a download. I have always made 6 tracks per Album. All my Music and the written scores is protected by Copyright. I am at the moment considering how to make my written Scores available, for purchase. Perhaps in a numbered series of Books. This so that any Band or Orchestral Group could utilize them in Live performance settings.

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By the way, feel free to communicate in a like manner to me. You can contact me using my email address. frederickhoward@frederickhoward.uk   FREDERICK HOWARD.

MY BIODATA

OVERVIEW

Frederick Howard is a UK-based independent composer of Contemporary Absolute Music. A multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwinds, Howard creates globally accessible, tonal and atonal instrumental works, including the albums 'Heavenly Music' and 'Showtime'."

DETAILED BACKSTORY

My Life has always been fully active, as I am genetically wired and fortunate ( dependant of your perspective ) , to be an exeptionally gifted , very energetic  Man. I possess a photographicly capable high capacity mind, and interlect. 

 I can readily  learn from Observation, Listening , or teach myself by Research and Study. Of neccessity I have been trained to study continously all my Professional life as an Construction Industry Managerial Ethos. As a intelectually Gifted person, I maintain my overall well being by going forward and keeping up a high level of output in my creativity.

As regards to my own Musicianship I play Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone. Also Sopronino Recorder, Soprano Recorder ( Descant ), Harmonica, and the Feadog  (Penny Whistle). 

As a Independant UK based  Instrumentalist, and a Composer, Orchestrator and Arranger my attainement level is PROFESSIONAL.  My research, my knowledge, my ability ROCK SOLID.

My knowledge comes from Books and practical Instrumental playing. I read scored music fluently. I prefer reading from Scores. I can readily improvise as I play Music, and often use this as a tool, during Music Composition. I have a modern Electronic Keyboard, and utilise this at time in sounding out Chord Progerssions for comparison etc. I can sing as a Basso. Lastly I can produce Lyrics, and Poetry on the fly in a flow to any melody. I also write Jokes. ( CLEAN JOKES ).

With respect to Musical Composition, I have taught myself from Books the Art of Composition and Orchestration. Musical Theory and history is my Passion. In addition I have always utilized the finest resource we have the World Wide Web. ( Internet ). By the way this latter sentence applies equally to my Instrumental playing skills. ( Chops is the colloquial term used by Musicians to describe the competence of Instrumentalists ). I play every day to maintain my Chops. This is a neccessity to maintain my competence level. All Musicians have to work very hard on this feature of being a Musician. I listen lots of Music Genre, and study lots of science, Nature, almost anything, any topic that I find stimulates my Curious mind. This is part of my Composition process and stimulus.

My musical interests and appreciations are endless in character and not confined in any specific musical taste direction. I hope that this is reflected in my Music. I deliberately pitch my work to an expected wide audience, and hopefully any Culture. Again I hope my music demonstrates this, in so much as it is extremely variable. I have not gone out of my way to copy successful past trends in the Music Industry, rather to explore and create unique compositions. Music Composition is very broadly divided into Performance Music, or Absolute Music. I Compose both, but lean strongly towards the latter. I also compose in a Western European style mainly Tonal in character, but also some Atonal Music, and some Music, which is clearly experimental in nature. My musical work has its own character.

Finally I have developed the technical skills needed to repair my Instruments. I possess a collection of Woodwind Instruments collected by me and repaired by me and occasionally by Instrument Technicians. My own experience is that Clarinets need lots of attention, are quite fragile lacking durability. Clarinets need a Musician to learn the craft of constantly adjusting Intonation problems, an inherant feature of Clarinets. Saxaphones are more robust, and definately less problematic in general. All Musical Instruments need careful use and like any tool need to be handled carefully with due attention to maintenance.