Beats per minute

Jets – Theme Development 97

April 20, 2010

This morning is all about getting familiar with the theme – breaking it down into its core components. Here it is as solo piano in A major in 3/4 time at 97 beats per minute. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Throughout this week and next I’m going to progressively lower the tempo and [...]

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The Blues – at 131 bpm

March 30, 2010

Some days there’s just nothing – even if you’re half humming a theme in the shower, by the time the finger chops are done there’s nothing in the ether – so what to do? This is where the blues come in: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 I almost gave up the [...]

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F9 – 109 Bpm Development

March 25, 2010

Tightening up of the overall structure although the minor development is a little “schmaltzy” and I’m not talking goose fat! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 Think we’ll do one more pass at this tomorrow morning at 113 beats per minute and then take it out for a spin over the weekend. [...]

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F9 Theme Development – 103 BPM

March 23, 2010

Day 2 and things moving in the right direction – I like how the two themes are starting to stitch together: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download I’ll be developing this all week at faster beats per minute as we go up the prime tempos: 107, 109, 113 – come the weekend I [...]

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Theme Development – 101 BPM

March 22, 2010

So it’s into the new routine – up early, scales and arpeggios followed by a little theme development to get the creative juices flowing. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is a further development of the F9 theme that came out over the weekend – I think I’ll be playing with this all [...]

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03-20-10 – Theme Development

March 21, 2010

Piano & Strings from Saturday night – 61 beats per minute, 8/4 time and the occasional clam. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download The first half of this piece is all driven around F9 – one of my all time favorite ever chords. I wanted to see where it would go – there’s [...]

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New Music – DMC – The Tribble Mix

January 11, 2010

Piano, Strings, Rhodes, Beats & Tribbles $1.99 Download Now I am actively focusing on developing new beats with reason and using them as the base track to freestyle on – it’s great fun. The original beat track is in 7 time with a tempo of 42 beats per minute (thank you @DarinRMcClure) – makes [...]

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61 Development

August 25, 2009

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Up early again this morning with the metronome dialed in at 61 beats per minute – I love this tempo – it’s “heart rate” music. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download I was thinking of this tiny town in Arizona called Cleater this morning

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