F9 - 109 Bpm Development

Tightening up of the overall structure although the minor development is a little "schmaltzy" and I'm not talking goose fat! [audio:f9109.mp3| titles= F9 - 109 bpm Development|artists=music2work2] 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. With four distinctive themes this should develop nicely into a 15 or 20 minute long piece of music2work2. I've got one string melody that will sit on top of the piano nicely but will be looking for some harmonies.

F9 Theme Development - 103 BPM

Day 2 and things moving in the right direction - I like how the two themes are starting to stitch together: [audio:103mp3.mp3| titles= F9 - 103 bpm Development|artists=music2work2] 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 hope to have an idea of where it sits and then I can do some long form development and bring in other voices.

03-20-10 - Theme Development

Piano & Strings from Saturday night - 61 beats per minute, 8/4 time and the occasional clam. [audio:32010keystrings2.mp3| titles= 03-20-10 Development|artists=music2work2] 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 another string track probably - we'll see. If anyone would like to download and add another track (beats, guitar) please - be my guest - all work on music2work2 is distributed with a creative commons license - if you need a version with a click track let me know.

The first half of the track hangs around the F9 shape for a while before ripping off "The House of the Rising Sun" - the second half has a slightly bluesier feel and is in C minor - I think!

Getting very excited again. Having spent the last 2 months focusing on technical learning and implementation it feels good to be back with a music head on.