November 2014 Blog Posts (7)

Writing this a few years back realised where I had "pinched" the melody from and abandoned it (You get a  point for knowing this piece). Went back to violas from playing violin and the players were so nice that I finished it for them.

This was the first piece of music that I can say is finished. Written at a time of great stress it seems quite naive now but I was so proud at the time.
As so much of my writing not yet performed.

I think it's hilarious, perhaps you will enjoy it too

http://youtu.be/HU2ftCitvyQ

I have a complete album of 14 piano arranged songs (NeoClassical Style) upbeat, aggressive and slow). Am working on the second album. None of music has been published because I am looking for an arranger who has the passion for this kind of music and got a great experience in Kontakt, logic pro libraries. I am living in the LA area and after I find the right arranger/partner, I will be looking to find the perfect match for a piano and strings quartet

(2 girls and 2 guys… Preferably…

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LIKE%20A%20VOLCANO%20score.pdf

Just posted a song mp3 file and I want to upload a pdf of it.

How the hell do I do that? What type of file should I upload?

This is only a link to it in my desktop I think. Will it work when I power down?

Thanks to Michael Diemer for welcoming me to the forum. I'll lay low for a while, to see how things are done around here.

I have uploaded a few songs to have some presence here, but I ran into problems with the size limit. I'll have to rework most mp3s I have if I intend to upload them here. As most pieces are jazz and improvised music recorded live, they can get fairly big.

That's it for now, thank you all, and I will see if I can start participating in some discussion around…

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Another composer has posted recently on the forum about a piece he wrote inspired by French music which is about fountains. I won’t post this on his thread, which is about his composition, but thought you might enjoy it - ragtime composers liked to compose on this theme too, and one of my favorites in this genre is a piece written by a guy named Robert Hampton called “Cataract Rag.” (Cataract is a synonym for Waterfall). The middle section (starting at about 1:50) particularly is delightful…

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