I am not sure if I am using the right words, but I am sure many preparing-to-be music majors have made up their own songs/tunes/compositions while in high school. For example, S has been coming up with some nice bass solos, some multi-track b ass pieces as well, using Garage Band. I have encouraged him to record whenever he is coming up with a song because he did once forget how one of his previous songs went. Given that it is easy enough to record/mix/master music, and given that I think his stuff is getting interesting enough to listen to, I wonder about (1) how do you copyright, publish, or whatever you should do to put your mark on the music to show it is yours and (2) what ways of making the music available make sense - iTunes, other. The purpose is two-fold. One purpose is to practice those things that will need to be known in the future anyway, regardless of college attendance - how do you crank out your music. The second purpose is can this help with college admittance. For example, the UNT bass audition for undergrad page says "OPTIONAL: In addition to the video, you may also submit a supplemental publicly released audio CD or DVD recording in which you play." Any thoughts?
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