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May 2009 Blog Posts (7)

" Wake Up My Love," A Choral Work.

Hi all. I'm drawing to a close on my choral work, "Wake Up My Love," taken from a larger poem called, "Theme Of Companionship." I hope to have it all ready for performers and performance by the fall. It's structure consists of quartal harmonies in the piano intro followed by a D-mixolydian- D minor choral passage for the first line of text, extended outward. Then, there's a very sophisticated cluster filled choral passage under a simple, simple piano accompaniment (practically no piano at all).… Continue

Added by Cody Weinmann on May 31, 2009 at 2:46am — No Comments

Orchestral Music

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

Added by Steve Chandler on May 28, 2009 at 10:10am — No Comments

Big Fun Next Weekend!!!

I'm really excited to be doing music and sound design on a team for this year's 48 Hour Film Project in NYC! I can't imagine what it'll be like to work on such a schedule, but I'm sure it'll be quite the experience. Wish us luck!

Added by Mark Taylor on May 24, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments

Live Messenger

Hi!

Taking time to say a hello to the Forum! I've been listening to a lot of the wonderful music uploaded to the site. I have been working on editing instrumental parts and have the browser open listening to a Forum composer as I do the tedious, time-consuming work.

I use Windows Live Messenger and it is generally up and running while I'm sitting at the computer. The email address is: kcorchestrator-2@att.net . If the software is showing me as "Busy" please go ahead and… Continue

Added by Richard Larencio Matthis on May 24, 2009 at 10:31am — 2 Comments

Pump Audio changes terms, still has major issues...

Got this from Pump Audio on May 8th, and followed up this week:

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Dear Pump Audio Artist,

We would like to thank you for your music and congratulate you on being part of one of the fastest growing music licensing companies in the world. Since the acquisition of Pump Audio by Getty Images, we continue to hear praises from a wide expansion of our clients on the depth and quality… Continue

Added by Scott W. Hallgren on May 18, 2009 at 6:48pm — 2 Comments

Bassoon Piece Update

My piece for bassoon, "Departure, 10:49pm", was performed to a warm reception on Wednesday night. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to be there - I have bronchitis! The Marketing Director of the ACO told me that people really loved the piece, which I'm happy about :) And there's a recording coming my way, which I'll put up as soon as I get it.

In other news, I finally completed a choral piece I'd started last January called "Kono Yoru (This Night)", which along with two other works ("Live… Continue

Added by Jamie Klenetsky on May 15, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

Finished!

I finished the piece right on time! It's called "Departure, 10:49pm", and is meant to evoke the end of a long day in NYC, coming home from Penn Station on the late train. (I write what I know!)

I'll post it as soon as its completely finalized, I'm waiting for it to be critiqued. But hurray!

Added by Jamie Klenetsky on May 1, 2009 at 6:46am — No Comments