Music Composers Unite!
-
Steve Chandler
- Male
- Urbandale, IA
- United States
- Blog Posts (2)
- Discussions (23)
- Events
- Groups (3)
- Photos (2)
- Photo Albums
- Videos
Steve Chandler's Groups
Steve Chandler's Discussions
Just added two new pieces
Started this discussion. Last reply by Steve Chandler Jan 25, 2013. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Steve Chandler's Page
Music
Latest Activity
Steve Chandler replied to Steve Chandler's discussion Just added two new pieces"If you want faster try the Toccata or listen to the end of Spring Hop. Tender7 has fast spots and the Fugue is also pretty quick. Rhapsody has many fast spots as well. Frankly I find the criticism without merit and indicative of not listening to…"
Gav Brown replied to Steve Chandler's discussion Just added two new pieces"I enjoyed these very much, thanks for posting. The names are appropriate and match the moods you establish in the pieces. Having listened to quite a bit of your music now, I have one suggestion - while I enjoy your pieces individually, I detect a…"
Steve Chandler posted a discussionJust added two new pieces
Hi All,I just added Elegy and Luminous to my page. Please listen, comments welcome.Elegy and Luminous are meant as two sides of the same coin. Elegy is tragic and Luminous is beyond joyful.See More
Steve Chandler replied to David Stowell's discussion Prelude 030113"I really like this, reminds me of Prokoviev at his best. I'm curious about Raymond's comment about Preludes being used to deny resolution/ A piece like this isn't built with the concept of resolution in mind. I guess everyone wants…"
David Unger left a comment for Steve Chandler"Thank you, Steve for sharing this music with us. I shall return again to hear more of it. But this far I am taken by the "g minor prelude and fugue" and "In such a small place". Wonderful! Once again thank you!"
Steve Chandler commented on Gav Brown's blog post American Anthem"Gav, I'm listening to American Anthem right now. You have an obvious facility for rich and creative harmonies. However, I don't find the obvious rock n roll derivation as interesting. It's obvious you're a great player. I do wish…"
Steve Chandler replied to Mark Nicol's discussion Politics and Music"POlitics and music, interesting subject. Let's get some observations out of the way.
1. Music will not change the world. I lived through the 60s and 70s. There was a lot of protest music. Then came the disco and the 80s and yuppies and…"
Michael Thomas Huspek left a comment for Steve Chandler"Amazing music! I feel so blessed to hear your wonderful music. You have an amazing music gift."
Jon Gunnewegh left a comment for Steve Chandler"I find your prelude and fugue in g minor a wonderful piece, very impressed."
Steve Chandler replied to Adrian Allan's discussion What Are the Ideals to Aim for in a symphony ? in the group Classical Music Composers"It seems to me that the traditional symphony has been gone for well over a century. The trouble with composing a symphony is isn't writing it, but hearing it. Unless you are very well connected you can forget a live performance, if that was the…"
Steve Chandler replied to John Livingston's discussion Please listen and comment in the group Piano Music Composers"John,
You've got a nice piece there, but It sounds like output from Finale, and as such, it's completely lacking in expression. There's no dynamics nor rubato. I know you play well so here's my suggestion, arrange the piece for…"
Sylvester Wager left a comment for Steve Chandler"Most of my videos were edited/rendered through Adobe Premiere Elements 7. The music tracks were recorded using a portable digital recorder - sometimes using mics, other times via a Yamaha keyboard using MIDI. The WAV files are easily to work with in…"
Profile Information
- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Choir, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Classical
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- The Great Midwest
- About Me (Must include biographical information about you as a composer):
- I compose music in the classical tradition. In the past I composed music for synthesizers and virtual orchestras. After a while I decided that I preferred real musicians. At this time I compose primarily for piano.
Steve Chandler's Photos
Steve Chandler's Blog
Some political commentary
Posted on November 30, 2009 at 7:39pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
President Obama makes his case for more troops in Afghanistan tomorrow night. I’ve got bad news for him; nobody will like what he has to say. The Republicans won’t like the fact that he took two months to decide. That’s not being a decider, it’s not decisive to take that two months to do the manly thing. In fact it’s positively French to take two months to do a manly thing. We Americans want our Presidents manly (and definitely not French). The Republicans have the monopoly on all things… Continue
Orchestral Music
Posted on May 28, 2009 at 10:10am 0 Comments 0 Likes
It seems in these parts orchestral efforts count for something. So I've posted the first two movements of what I consider my symphony, Yesterday is History and Tomorrow is a Mystery. I've already posted the third (final) movement, Today is a Gift. That's the order in which they should be heard, Yesterday, Tomorrow and then Today, it's all about living in the now. This piece was based on a sentence of psychobabble that I appreciate, "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift,… Continue
Comment Wall (22 comments)
- At 5:21am on December 19, 2012, David Unger said…
Thank you, Steve for sharing this music with us. I shall return again to hear more of it. But this far I am taken by the "g minor prelude and fugue" and "In such a small place". Wonderful! Once again thank you!
- At 5:22am on October 5, 2011, Michael Thomas Huspek said…
- Amazing music! I feel so blessed to hear your wonderful music. You have an amazing music gift.
- At 9:02pm on August 24, 2011,
Paulo cesar Maia de Aguiar (Br) said… - Wonderful works
- At 3:18am on July 25, 2011, Jon Gunnewegh said…
- I find your prelude and fugue in g minor a wonderful piece, very impressed.
- At 1:58am on September 15, 2010,
Rican Lee said… - beautiful work.
- At 9:04pm on September 10, 2010, Sylvester Wager said…
- Most of my videos were edited/rendered through Adobe Premiere Elements 7. The music tracks were recorded using a portable digital recorder - sometimes using mics, other times via a Yamaha keyboard using MIDI. The WAV files are easily to work with in PE7.
While I am not all that successful, I think that making videos and using your own music is a good way to publish music so it can be listened to by anyone. ...s
- At 10:04pm on September 8, 2010, Sylvester Wager said…
- I listened to the America piece: the chord choices you made did not suit the soprano and alto, which were often quite traditional. And so the rhapsodic piece seemed to have idiosyncratic chord choices (which is common, usual, okay): but I did not feel "convinced."
I am listening to your Rhapsody. It has some smart moments in it. The digital performance makes the music harder to stick with. I like the ideas. Again, I am not sure about the harmonic language: it goes from traditional to atonal. I feel a lot more convinced in this work. I like the last few minutes a lot.
The Wobbly Waltz is nice. I follow it easily, and understand a direction. Really good work.
- At 12:53pm on August 15, 2010,
John Mercer said… - Done - (at least an hors d'oeuvre.) . I hope to put more up soon.
- At 4:29pm on December 27, 2009,
Andy Schofield said… - Hi Steve.....and a happy Christmas to you.....Got my computer up and running properly again now. I did contact Jeffrey Beigel thank you on Facebook and he has replied..........not had any further comments yet....waiting with anticipation......lol. I couldn't sned the MP3's for him as they were too big for my ISP to allow but did point to my webpage where I've posted the Concerto on a Player........the link is as follows.....there's a couple of choral things on there too. I'd be interested in your own comments on the Lyrie which was a challenge to write with electronic voice samples but did work in the end.
Now I'm up and running I intend to get round this site a bit more again now.....starting with some of your dots.....Thanks again for the contact.....hope Jeff can find time to listen.......will get back to you soon
Many thanks
Andy.S
- At 9:37pm on October 17, 2009, Andy Schofield said…
- Thank you Steve for your kind comments. I've sadly been without computer for 8 months following major problem and this is first day back up and running (limping actually) so was great to get your email. I will certainly contact JB as you suggest. I have unfortunately not yet scored the Concerto and it will probably take some time but I'll certainly point him in the right direction.....I'll be very very interested in his comments. Thank you again so much for this contact.
Andy.S
© 2014 Created by Chris Merritt.
