Enjoyed your C/F# video!
C and F# in and of themselves are fun to play with . Tritones are sinus clearers to the uninitiated. But folks like Scriabin, Ives, Stravinsky and others had fun with such a combination
Hey Pete, Thanks for adding. Wow, what a mine of information you are - I can't believe that I haven't come accross your page before now. Really enjoying your work and would love to pick your brains occasionaly too, as I'm new to orchestral arranging - Excelent.
Hi Pete, many thanks for that add. As a double bass player, I've always loved the sound of string instruments and the vast variations in nuances and colours they can create - albeit Tchaikovsky to Mahler, Mozart to Debussy, Brahms to Stravinsky.
I have really enjoyed listening to your tracks and often cannot tell whether they're real strings or software instruments. I want to upload some of my more string orientated pieces but haven't been too pleased with any string sample packs I've come across yet (except Vienna Symphonic Library - which I'll get sometime when I've 8 grand spare!! haha)
Hi Pete, thanx.
I am a music tutor (Violin & Viola) at BIS Jakarta. Please listen to the one of my composition on my page, this web, tell you about pentatonic of Java, Nusantara. Lovely. It's, 'SEMANGGI SUROBOYO' one of the real story that I have composed for my orchestra style. And it will be played, in concert, by NUSANTARA CHAMBER CAMPURKESTRA on august this year in Jakarta. And it's the first time for me, as a Music Director and Conductor. Feel free to inform me or give some sugessions or contact me. I have been learning & interesting about ethnic music in my country. Thanx, Pete for your information about Ahmad.
Hi Pete,
Thank you very much, me too I've to tell you that I liked your playing so much and I like your jazz playing on the violin,
Yes I have some very simple setup studio at home, I record my violin at home and sometimes I make several tracks to be big orchestra and sometimes I make tracks for the cello with my violin, record the cello part and shift it an octave down,
You can try to play the Oriental style, I can send you the violin part for one of my compositions for the violin and piano, you can listen to it Cousin's Dance.mp3
Please let me know if you like it to send you the score after adding some oriental ornaments,
Have a nice time
Ahmad
then I fell in love ;-)!! And moved to Berlin. Actually several members of the band found german wives/sweethearts, which led ultimately to the band's dissolution as we were all too far apart geographically. I found a niche in the media business and for the last 15 years have been doing the music for RTL daily "soaps", among other projects. I have quite a few colleagues in the fringes of the musical & theatre world. The Rocky Horror show is still a cult here!
cheers
Nigel
At 12:12pm on February 25, 2009, Doug Lauber said…
Pete, I'm glad I found your excellent page. I'm a beginner/orchestrator, so I'm the OTHER end of the spectrum, with a lot to learn.
Pete
Amazing works!....The arranging work is beautifully created, arranged and mastered. I am working on a piano concerto and I would love one day your input...many thanks
Thanks for your comments and wishes on my wall, Pete! "4 years as MD on the Rocky Horror Show round Europe and the UK" - heh, I know a number of people who will consider that extremely cool :) I take your point about blogging, and oddly enough I have recently been looking into ways to incorporate it - either as a sub-page on my site or by moving the whole thing to a wordpress site of some kind. I'd rather keep ownership of the HTML for now though, as I like to have control of details :)
Pete,
I'm sorry, I can see why you thought my personal gain reference was directed at you when what I really meant was, as a general rule in discussions on the forum it is frowned upon. I'm sure any advise you give will be free and without condition. I believe many young composers are willing to give their work away free in the hope of then mixing in the right circles towards future earnings. How do you get round this?
You carry on Pete,
As long as it isn't an ad for personal gain I think it would be very interesting for the younger members, learning a little about how to go about making money from their art / craft.
All my earnings from music have been through performing rather than recording. I'm fairly certain that experience in performing helps.
Regards
Ray
Hello Pete,
Thank you for adding me,
Yes I have simple studio at home, I use the softwares and my violin and I don't write my music using any keyboard, if you watch my video La Mush Anafor example you'll hear a big string oriental orchestra; that was just me and the violin solo also is me, I have many videos in the youtube.com as well.
Have a nice week end,
Ahmad
Pete
What a fantastic resource here. Thanks for posting these string arrangements for my education. All at 100bpm. I am never likely to need the service you keep pointing all towards, as I am but a hobbyist. This insight into the relative dynamics etc. in a real string section hopefully will improve my use of virtual instruments although I know they can never be matched even by the best users of sampled technology.
I will check the link, thanks for letting me know...
I don't have any live recordings, and I do have sheet music, but I don't know how to post it...and, most of my music is awaiting permission, but I would be happy to post.
I am a member of the BCM International forum(one of Eric Whitacres blogs), if you haven't checked it out, you should!
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C and F# in and of themselves are fun to play with . Tritones are sinus clearers to the uninitiated. But folks like Scriabin, Ives, Stravinsky and others had fun with such a combination
I have really enjoyed listening to your tracks and often cannot tell whether they're real strings or software instruments. I want to upload some of my more string orientated pieces but haven't been too pleased with any string sample packs I've come across yet (except Vienna Symphonic Library - which I'll get sometime when I've 8 grand spare!! haha)
Anyway, keep those great string sounds coming.
Leslie
I am a music tutor (Violin & Viola) at BIS Jakarta. Please listen to the one of my composition on my page, this web, tell you about pentatonic of Java, Nusantara. Lovely. It's, 'SEMANGGI SUROBOYO' one of the real story that I have composed for my orchestra style. And it will be played, in concert, by NUSANTARA CHAMBER CAMPURKESTRA on august this year in Jakarta. And it's the first time for me, as a Music Director and Conductor. Feel free to inform me or give some sugessions or contact me. I have been learning & interesting about ethnic music in my country. Thanx, Pete for your information about Ahmad.
Thank you very much, me too I've to tell you that I liked your playing so much and I like your jazz playing on the violin,
Yes I have some very simple setup studio at home, I record my violin at home and sometimes I make several tracks to be big orchestra and sometimes I make tracks for the cello with my violin, record the cello part and shift it an octave down,
You can try to play the Oriental style, I can send you the violin part for one of my compositions for the violin and piano, you can listen to it
Cousin's Dance.mp3
Please let me know if you like it to send you the score after adding some oriental ornaments,
Have a nice time
Ahmad
I found your site on the youtube.com and really I like your videos there,
Yours,
Ahmad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Mustaphas_3
then I fell in love ;-)!! And moved to Berlin. Actually several members of the band found german wives/sweethearts, which led ultimately to the band's dissolution as we were all too far apart geographically. I found a niche in the media business and for the last 15 years have been doing the music for RTL daily "soaps", among other projects. I have quite a few colleagues in the fringes of the musical & theatre world. The Rocky Horror show is still a cult here!
cheers
Nigel
Amazing works!....The arranging work is beautifully created, arranged and mastered. I am working on a piano concerto and I would love one day your input...many thanks
I'm sorry, I can see why you thought my personal gain reference was directed at you when what I really meant was, as a general rule in discussions on the forum it is frowned upon. I'm sure any advise you give will be free and without condition. I believe many young composers are willing to give their work away free in the hope of then mixing in the right circles towards future earnings. How do you get round this?
Regards Ray
As long as it isn't an ad for personal gain I think it would be very interesting for the younger members, learning a little about how to go about making money from their art / craft.
All my earnings from music have been through performing rather than recording. I'm fairly certain that experience in performing helps.
Regards
Ray
Thank you for adding me,
Yes I have simple studio at home, I use the softwares and my violin and I don't write my music using any keyboard, if you watch my video La Mush Ana for example you'll hear a big string oriental orchestra; that was just me and the violin solo also is me, I have many videos in the youtube.com as well.
Have a nice week end,
Ahmad
Fantastic work here,
Best regards,
Ahmad
Thank you for it.
Greetings from Portugal.
What a fantastic resource here. Thanks for posting these string arrangements for my education. All at 100bpm. I am never likely to need the service you keep pointing all towards, as I am but a hobbyist. This insight into the relative dynamics etc. in a real string section hopefully will improve my use of virtual instruments although I know they can never be matched even by the best users of sampled technology.
Ray
I don't have any live recordings, and I do have sheet music, but I don't know how to post it...and, most of my music is awaiting permission, but I would be happy to post.
I am a member of the BCM International forum(one of Eric Whitacres blogs), if you haven't checked it out, you should!
My very congrats and keep up the great work!
Cheers from Italy,
Corrado
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