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April 2019 Blog Posts (3)

Brief Review: The Great Walz

The Great Waltz is a classic "Hollywoodization" bio-pic, one which hardly pretends to be accurate, but which uses the life story of a historical character as a basis for atmosphere and entertainment. In this case the subject is "The Waltz King" Johann Strauss II, who was responsible for the craze for the dance that conquered Vienna and much of Europe in the mid 19th…

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Added by Jon Corelis on April 25, 2019 at 10:00am — No Comments

Brief review: Ancient Irish Airs and Dances

Ancient Irish Airs and Dances: 201 Classic Tunes Arranged for Piano by George Petrie (Dover, 2002)

One of the most important collections of traditional Irish tunes was George Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland, put together in the mid-19th century. Petrie's work went through various editions and abridgments, including one giving 201 tunes from Petrie's original book in score arrangements for piano, without lyrics, published in 1877 by F.Hoffman, of which this Dover…

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Added by Jon Corelis on April 24, 2019 at 9:30am — No Comments

Daws, Sound Libraries and Music Notation

I currently mostly use Sibelius notation software. For creating demos, these samples are not great. You can get plugins, but this is limited. What is a more effective/efficient way of creating demos?

So far the most promising thing I've found is Dorico, though I don't know much about that yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKaqprDhslU

Perhaps there can be some compatibility between Cubase and a more sophisticated…

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Added by Hugh Zachary Smart on April 7, 2019 at 12:43am — 2 Comments