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Development

These Things Shall Be

March 6, 2010

These Things Shall Be – Happy 70th Birthday Dad
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It has been an incredibly turbulent week across all fronts.  It started horrifically with Charlotte being badly injured in a car accident and finishes today with my father’s 70th birthday.  Charlotte is on her [...]

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Music Development: (Un)Drastic by Jody Schneider

February 22, 2010

I can feel the music wheels beginning to turn again – thank god!  Here’s a development of a song, (Un)Drastic  written by Jody Schneider. 

 
And here’s the original version:
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The song has this killer catchy lick – almost Coldplayesque (if there is such a word.) You can [...]

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The Things You Find In Your Tush

February 4, 2010

I just found an old development track from 2003 – for the last 18 months it’s been sitting in my iTunes library labeled as Tush by ZZ Top – along with 270 other tracks – thank you iDump!
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I remember working on this track – it [...]

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Day 1 – 2010

January 1, 2010

Listen!
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Posted via web from Andrew McCluskey

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Last Chance 1218 Variations

December 19, 2009

Piano variation on the theme from the movie Last Chance
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Was up late last night re-doing the piano track for Last Chance – http://projectlastchance.com – Having been away from the track for a week I worked on a little variation to warm up and get back into the piece. I [...]

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Last Chance – Horn Section

December 13, 2009

Last Chance – Horn Section by Music2Work2  Download now or listen on posterous
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This is the first mix of the Horn section – Can't wait to show off the visuals for this – they are extremely disturbing – heh!
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Last Chance – Cello Development

December 5, 2009

Last Chance – Cello – Dec5 by Music2Work2
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I’ve been working on the final score for Last Chance and have been riffing on the core theme – just to get back into the feel of the piece.  I thought this was interesting and kinda pretty.
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Jeneric – Part 1 Development

October 23, 2009

Part 1 of "Jeneric" – one more to go and we have the final piece
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I love the groove change at around 3:00 minutes – I was looking for something that conveyed the inherent energy behind the happy couple.

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