ludwig van beethoven

Beethoven on Acid?

December 1, 2010

OK, so maybe I was on acid! Clearly influenced by Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata here – I love how the string patch sits underneath the keys and creates that ominous and brooding feel to the piece. From a much longer 25 minute development track in march of this year – lots of good ideas in this [...]

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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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The Moonlight Sonata

April 24, 2008

So I’m working on a variation of a theme that is derived from Ludwig Van Beethoven‘s Moonlight Sonata – it’s a long story and I’m still working on the liner notes – suffice to say – here is mix 2 – I think all the tracks are in – there’s probably one more mix to [...]

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Bryan Ingram – A Review

February 26, 2008

One of music2work2”s MySpace friends is Bryan Ingram, composer, performer and producer of Rock/Pop/Alternative music. He is said to have “conducted symphonies” by Bach, Beethoven, etc. in the living room of his home, as a 3 year old, following this by then playing the same music on the piano by ear. He studied classical piano [...]

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