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From the Vault
I’ve had a pretty punishing week and, as such, have been unable to go the distance on any of the few pieces currently percolating. Thomas mentioned last week he’d be curious to hear something more out of the typical vein, so I wanted to an example – this piece is more hard rock. (from my … Continue reading
Progression 2
So this is the result of the first poll on music. It ended up being a tie, so next week I aim to have the second pick ready for an update. So without further ado.. The beginning: snippet_02 Now the new stuff: nice_try_master_attempt I hope to expand on this track some more eventually, but for … Continue reading
Number 3 – Instrumental #1
This is a piece that’s been kicking around my head for a few years, so when a friend of mine asked if I’d like to try my hand at composing some instrumental theme music for a radio show, I dusted it off and worked it into a sub minute guitar/banjo arrangement. I’ve got a few … Continue reading
Insomnia, Nostalgia, and More
First of all, I apologize. The polls last week resulted in a tie for two songs, and I was not able to get to either one. They will be coming though. I often work on music when I should be sleeping, like right now. Perhaps that says something about me, or indicates that something is … Continue reading
Number 2 – True Love Waits
I had a lot of fun with this one – here are a few interesting tidbits from the birthing process Three Strings – When I started piddling on guitar to get a melody to write to, I decided to limit myself to playing on only three guitar strings. It was totally arbitrary, but without that … Continue reading
A Little Audience Participation
Welcome to the laboratory. It’s experiment time. Below are five tracks of various styles that I’ve started, but haven’t gotten too far with. If you’d like to participate, listen to them and then post a comment letting me know which song you’d like to see completed for next week. The song with the highest amount … Continue reading
Number 1 – The Meteor Shower
In a recent post on my blog Echo Bloom I talked about the speed of work, debating whether, in the end, it was better to be prolific and have that work be of varying quality, or to be a perfectionist, with less output, but higher quality. There are advantages to each technique – but in … Continue reading
Progression
In November 2008, Dr. Echo Bloom gave me a laptop that he was no longer using. The conditions were that if I accepted the laptop from him, I’d be responsible for working on music again. I had been neglecting music for a couple years, so I accepted his offer. A couple of days later I … Continue reading