June 2009

Lauren Zettler

June 30, 2009

Fallen in love again – definitely one of my favorite things to do. This time it’s Lauren Zettler – you can check her out at: http://laurenzettler.com/ http://www.myspace.com/laurenzettler I’m digging the voice – she has this whole Susan Vega / Shawn Colvin / Alanis Morissette / KD Lang / Nanci Griffith thing going on – complete [...]

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Late – 16 minutes 5 seconds

June 30, 2009

Early Piano theme development. Another one of my favorite pieces of music – written in 2006 when I’d just got my hands on a Triton Extreme. Single voice piano all the way through, nods to Beethoven and Wendi’s theme – I really enjoy working to this one – I’m writing to it right now! [...]

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Wendi at 40 – 22 minutes 52 seconds

June 29, 2009

2 themes, piano and strings written for Wendi with thanks to Beethoven .[Audio clip: view full post to listen] One of my favorite records growing up was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Variations – his take on Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in A minor. Originally written for violin, Lloyd Webber created this variation for his brother Julian, [...]

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103 June 26 Theme Development

June 26, 2009

Podcast: Play in new window

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Trying to do that "one thing a day" thing – successfully. I think this could be a good platform for string development – have one more technical hurdle to leap first. Michael Jackson died yesterday – I remember seeing the album cover of "Off The Wall" for the [...]

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Passions – Development

June 20, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] So – I get a tweet from Yvonne asking if I would be interested in working with a poet; a little back and forth and I end up reading Passions. This is the development of the theme – thanks Dennis.

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151 Theme Development

June 20, 2009

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] After a week off focusing on clients and things it’s back in the saddle at 151 beats per minute There is definitely a theme evolving in here – I’ve been working it all morning and it is probably going to end up as the first new piece of [...]

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Malcolm Middleton – Red Travellin’ Socks – One Track Mind

June 17, 2009

I have listened to Malcolm Middleton’s "Red Travellin’ Socks" 10 times since finding it on One Track Mind yesterday (the track is streaming now and you can download it too!) I can fall in love with all kinds of tracks but there is something about Summer and high energy, up tempo tracks that just changes [...]

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