Strings

Getting into Wendi

May 4, 2012

Just as with life – often times you need to get warmed up before you get stuck in; I have found that in order to easily to get into Wendi, I need to get my fingers limber and my head in the right place! I have this piece of music, based around the Wendi theme [...]

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Wendi – Transition Strings

April 26, 2012

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I haven’t been posting ‘cos I’ve been playing – right now the focus is solely on getting this piece finished and everything else takes a back seat. There are still a few areas that need to be hammered but I’m as close as I’ve been. Finally worked out the strings for the main theme transition. [...]

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From A Dark Place

March 28, 2012

It’s been a shitty couple of days; sometimes all you can do is take the shit and transform it into something else. I like this – it has a foreboding about it which is kind of cool as neither the keys or the lower strings ever play the minor third – everything is fifths, fourths, [...]

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Wendi Feb 10 Variation

February 15, 2012

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Still struggling with the piece but working to push on through. This is a variation on the theme from last Friday which I’ve been listening to a lot. It’s helping me dial in the tones and the various relationships between the individual voices. Of course I like this so much I’m thinking about how to [...]

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Wendi – Second Keys

January 16, 2012

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transition from one theme to another – no editing yet – just volume and tones – lots of listening to do… If you’d like to be notified when it is published – you can become a free member and download the Writer’s playlist too or sign up below for the new music newsletter. New Music [...]

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Wendi – November 2 – Development

November 2, 2011

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Raw mix from this morning’s session. The string parts are almost there and the keys are pretty much dialed in too. This is using the raw audio from the Roland HP203 which I kinda dig. No balancing and just a little bit of panning. Still not got the parts on the back end – but [...]

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Wendi Initial Strings

October 6, 2011

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Been listening to this all week along with a deeper variation of the core piano theme – the strings need editing but you can hear where they’re going. I love the initial C# where the top string comes in – it delivers a subtle spookiness which is appropriate I think for this theme! Don’t forget [...]

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Working on Wendi

September 24, 2011

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Have arrived at the actual tempo – 108 bpm – slowing it right down and leaving huge amounts of space for the strings. This is the first run of many to really dial it in and see where the voices sit – no mixing – just a little panning and the occasional clam… And who [...]

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