frustration

Frustration Blues

February 3, 2012

I don’t know why, but, when I get to the end of a piece I find it incredibly hard to finish. I’ve spent the last month rewriting, tweaking, hating the tone quality and generally being dreadfully unhappy with everything about the Wendi piece. This is normal – I wish I didn’t go through it but [...]

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Nath Development – Piano Blues Clip

May 25, 2011

Podcast: Play in new window

Currently developing a blues piano piece for Nath (that’s her T-shirt design in the box up there on the right!) I’m working at 57 beats per minute and beginning to get a feel for the tempo; theme hunting will start soon. Paying members of music2work2 got the full 11 minute version of this piece as [...]

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Playlist for Writers to Write to

March 7, 2010

Listen to 61-808 - music to write to - writers playlist

Summary music2work2 playlist to write to: containing 6 tracks and over 79 minutes of music. Tracks range from 42 to 85 beats per minute and get progressively faster as the playlist continues. Designed to create a calming but stimulating atmosphere that will keep a writer writing even when they start to flag. $7.96 Download Now [...]

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2008 – Part 1

July 31, 2009

Reflecting a move away from other people and focusing more on what was happening to me, this album introduces beat tracks from the Korg Triton for the first time. Weekend Working and Frustration are classic piano and strings track, 113 and Amp Driven are multilayered tracks with a number of different beats. Click on the [...]

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Frustration – 10 minutes 04 seconds

January 25, 2009

When things are really bad – I listen to this piece of music. It is cathartic, moving, it makes me feel human, alive and often by the end of it – better. $1.99 Download Now This is the first piece of music that I have written for about 4 months – it has been [...]

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Frustration – finally….

August 31, 2008

So – I think this is it – core piano – 2 strings - Here’s the 2.5 minute stream. If you like the piece you can register at music2work2 and download a 5 minute sample – or what the hell – just buy the whole 10 minute session for 99 cents here. [display_podcast] Liner Notes: [...]

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More Frustration – the theme that is…

August 28, 2008

I’m quietly giggling to myself over the title of this piece – because I’m not actually that frustrated anymore. I’m really liking this piece and its development – this morning was a simple piano and string development – I’m not really hearing the string part yet and I’m still dialing in the structure but there [...]

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Day 2 – More Frustration but that’s a good thing…

August 19, 2008

Background Concepts for andrewmccluskey.com

So – I almost hit yesterday’s target of having my resume finished. It is close and I reckon I’ll have it by mid-morning. I am going to apply to Fanscape for their Social Media Marketing Manager position- it looks right up my alley – we’ll see – at this point it all comes down to [...]

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