Late to Music

musicprnt
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:29:12 +0000

I think Hunt has the right idea. If your son is thinking about composition, he may want to see first if he really is interested in it. Being a composer requires pretty extensive knowledge of music theory as well as composition technique, and he may want to look into some sort of program in music theory to see how he takes to it. There may be courses near where you live, or he also could look into online resources.

Composition is one of the areas I suspect where being late may not be an impediment, though there are composers who did so from a young age, unlike performers many composers kind of came to it later on, so being late may not be a big deal.However, I would encourage your son to try and explore it a bit before making a decision, composition is a lot more then hearing a melody in your head and writing it down:)