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Stephen Doheny
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- Harrisburg, PA
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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Music Dissection :: Soft
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She does have a great voice! One comment for improvement that I noticed almost immediately when listening to the song was that the instrumentation does not sound like it is blending with the singers voice. This could well be from my speakers and s...
Hello everyone!
I was asked to record this fantastic 16 yr old who wrote her own music & lyrics called "You Hold The Key" I was asked to orchestrated the music. Alyssa had no music for me to go by. So What I wrote came from what I heard in the rec...
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- web, multimedia, Choir, Songs, Other
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Classical, Symphonic Orchestra, Piano Concerto's, Choral, Christian Instrumental
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Harrisburg, PA
- About Me:
- Hello!
I started for the love of music at age 7 when my mother would play the Warsaw Piano Concerto and also Clair de Lune. I was amazed even back then of the sounds it produced and the gorgeous melody.
I started taking lessons at age 8 and then all the way through High School. I never had training in orchestral works, but as I got older, I found myself being requested to play for weddings and church services. I started playing the Church organ for Sunday Mass in the 8th Grade. Eventually I was turned onto Christian music and how the piano was used with orchestral accomp. I looked and looked for accomp tapes and music books. They were there, but rare. So I wished I always could just write my own scores. That way, I could play whatever I wanted and have a true orchestra behind me. I found Kork Sequencers, MIDI Keyboards, and the world of electronics. Then I found the awesome power of computers and now how sampled software now works with them. I used East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra's, Symphonic Choirs. I have more orchestral sounds from Standard Solos, duets, trios, quartets to full Symphonic masterpieces han can be scored. Back in 1981 I was asked to perform piano accompinament for Elizabeth Ward, Miss America. WOW what an expierience.
I live and Harrisburg, PA and would love to hear from you and your experiences.
Stephen
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Awesome 16yr old Voice!!
Hello everyone!
I was asked to record this fantastic 16 yr old who wrote her own music & lyrics called "You Hold The Key" I was asked to orchestrated the music. Alyssa had no music for me to go by. So What I wrote came from what I heard in the recording. I recorded her playing the Piano, then recorded her singing. I then layered these two tracks together once edits were completed. I then imported them into Cubase as an audio file and orchestrated from there.
Please let me know your thoughts,… Continue
I was asked to record this fantastic 16 yr old who wrote her own music & lyrics called "You Hold The Key" I was asked to orchestrated the music. Alyssa had no music for me to go by. So What I wrote came from what I heard in the recording. I recorded her playing the Piano, then recorded her singing. I then layered these two tracks together once edits were completed. I then imported them into Cubase as an audio file and orchestrated from there.
Please let me know your thoughts,… Continue
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 7:02am — 1 Comment
New Music Piece added..."The Dream"
Hello my friends!
I added a new orchestrated recording today and invite you all to listen and critique for me. Its called "The Dream" Check it out on my page (profile name pasimpilot) and I would love to hear your comments and suggestions.
Thanks
Stephen
I added a new orchestrated recording today and invite you all to listen and critique for me. Its called "The Dream" Check it out on my page (profile name pasimpilot) and I would love to hear your comments and suggestions.
Thanks
Stephen
Posted on August 22, 2009 at 7:30am —
Live with Regis and Kelly!!
Hey everyone!
I entered the $100,000 New Theme Music for Regis and Kelly this month. Check out my music entry and the video that will be used. I have not heard yet who won this yet as of Dec 10, 2008. Let me know your comments. The competition is now closed for those who are wondering.
I entered the $100,000 New Theme Music for Regis and Kelly this month. Check out my music entry and the video that will be used. I have not heard yet who won this yet as of Dec 10, 2008. Let me know your comments. The competition is now closed for those who are wondering.
Posted on December 10, 2008 at 5:13am —
Game Day 2008 Movie Trailer!
Hey Guys!
I was asked to create a music score for a LAN Party video that will be held November 15th, 2008. It was presented yesterday to the gamers admins (me included) and was a huge success, I wanted to share with you my fellow musicians, the video and music that I put together. As always, comments are welcomed. Happy Holidays to you...they are approaching rapidly. The gaming videos that are featured are Call of Duty 4, World of Warcraft, Unreal Tournament III, Call of Duty 5
All the best,
Ste… Continue
I was asked to create a music score for a LAN Party video that will be held November 15th, 2008. It was presented yesterday to the gamers admins (me included) and was a huge success, I wanted to share with you my fellow musicians, the video and music that I put together. As always, comments are welcomed. Happy Holidays to you...they are approaching rapidly. The gaming videos that are featured are Call of Duty 4, World of Warcraft, Unreal Tournament III, Call of Duty 5
All the best,
Ste… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2008 at 5:44am —
My Music Demo's Explained
Posted on August 28, 2007 at 6:35pm —
Comment Wall (55 comments)
- At 3:19am on September 27, 2009,
Scott Haskin said… - Hi Stephen! Great to be back in touch.
You Hold The Key - beautifully done, I must say. The orchestrations added a great deal of emotion to the voice. She has a wonderful singing voice as well. I will be honest (would you expect any less from me?) and tell you I did not care for the mix. I think the music was a little too quiet and did not blend as well with her voice. It sounded more as if she was in a vocal booth than with the orchestra but the song itself was wonderful. Nice work, especially considering the circumstances. Don't you just love workin gon the fly like that?
Things are great here, thank you. Since we last spoke, I have worked oin a number of films and commercials as well as background music for training films, a video game and even wrote a book called,"Becoming An Indie Film Composer."
What happened with the Regis & Kelly contest? The piece you composed was brilliant!
- At 8:02pm on August 22, 2009,
Fredrick zinos said… - Very nice chord changes. I like this a lot!
At1:33 darker english horn opposing the flute would be nice. Solo violin, I think I see where you are going with that, but its a little buried in all that texture. Try it down an octave and solo trumpet. The chords in the piano are a bit too predictable. Can you rewrite this w/o piano and use your creativity to get those chord changes via arp strings?
- At 10:15am on August 22, 2009,
Ehsan Saboohi said… - Congratulations. It was beautiful.
- At 12:06pm on July 6, 2009,
Dankk said… - no reverb... ok. I will try to add more. I am using a sample library called philharmonic. the DAW is Ableton live. I will look for a sample version of the EWQL you mentioned. Thanks a ton for your insight.
It will make me a better composer I am sure in the end. Wonderful tips!
p.s. "the un-named" is 100% sequenced. Sorry, I just cant play well enough to pull off that song without a load of mistakes. :(
- At 6:52pm on July 4, 2009,
Dankk said…
- hello friend.. :)
I invite you to listen to the latest piece of music I have finished (Composition 14)... brutal honesty is much more appreciated than the proverbial "good job mate" with a pat on the back ...
I do realize it is not nearly as polished as I would like it to be... so please try to bear that in mind. thank you for you time. :) i wish I could sell this stuff i write. :( but then again, dont we all.....
- At 4:29pm on July 3, 2009,
Dankk said…
- stunning music... I WISH i could get that wonderful polished/mastered sound you get *sobs a little* very nice work indeed! I am not going to name a particular song as I like most every one!
thank you for letting me have a listen to your works... :)
- At 6:25pm on June 27, 2009,
Marie-Anne Fischer said… - Hello Stephen,
Thank you for your kind words, its lovely to meet you! I very much enjoyed listening to your music. You have such great diversity. I especially like Gameday 2008 Theme. Well, to answer your questions, I use Logic pro 8 and only Logic sounds at the moment however I had Kontakt 3 delivered on Friday :-) I used to use Sonar with Roland JV2080, Yamaha MU-80 and Alesis. I haven't used live instruments yet, but hope to do so one day.
You are right - there are many very talented composers here and everybody has been welcoming. Its been great!
All the best to you,
Marie-Anne
- At 8:34pm on June 23, 2009,
Xcid said… - Amazing music as always!!! you are such as great composer and music producer!!
- At 12:57am on February 27, 2009,
Ronald (rolifer) Ferguson said…
- Stephen,
Tocotta and Fugue in D minor is my favorite Organ piece of all time and I must say that you did it justice. Well done....Ron
- At 5:53pm on February 7, 2009,
Rui Martins said… - Hi,Stephen
Thank you my friend for your kind words...you've got some great sounding work,WOW!Love Lifes Adventures and Gameday 2008.
Last time I wrote something was back in August of last year,no time to go in the studio.Seems we have pretty much the same setup,same desk,same LCD monitors and even same software.Most of the songs were done on the Triton Extreme,JV 1080 and Motif ES6 with lots of Spectrasonics Atmospheres and RMX.
Thanks for the invite
Regards
Rui
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