113 beats per minute is one of my favorite tempos although almost hysterically too fast for this particular theme.[audio:http://music2work2.com/music/clipdownloads/smm-113.mp3| titles=Scary Movie Music - 113 Keys|artists=music2work2] Download My ears are finally getting adjusted to the piano tone of the Roland HP203 - I was terrified for a few months that I wasn't liking it - which I know is a bizarre sentence - but having lived with it now I am beginning to appreciate the clarity and the depth of the sustain - it does feel like a real piano instead of a keyboard - which makes me happy. Now all I need to do is sort out Reason and we're back in business.
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Classic music2work2 - pianos, strings, alternating time signatures and themes - oh, and it's long.
2007 was the year that music2work2 really started to take shape. I was working with a Korg Triton and my recording and mixing chops were getting better. New gear is funny - there is just something about sitting down at a new toy and playing with it - experimenting with what sounds good and what doesn't. As usual the piano track was played first and then subsequent voices recorded on top - you can hear strings, electric pianos and even some funky frequencies as I got deeper into wave forms - Ooooh!
There are a number of different themes going on in this piece - Heath was a guy I met through the Kelli gig - he was a freelance template developer who also happened to be a musician. We collaborated on a couple of things musically but the tech work would get in the way. I learned a lot from Heath including how to manipulate photoshop and how to freestyle on beat tracks - it was fun while it lasted but we eventually went our separate ways.
There's a theme that comes in around 17 minutes - it's called "Andy The Barman" and is a theme that I have promised myself I will develop further. It reflects a particularly bizarre time of my life when I was indeed working a bar in London - strange times but all good grist for the creative mill.
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Heath is part of The Reader’s Playlist.
One of our newer friends on MySpace.com is Piano Man John. John Pederson is from California and is a pianist-keyboardist. His music reminds me a lot of music2work2 sessions, and in fact, is referred to as "Healing and Easy Listening." John Pederson's Themes of Love, which is one of my favorites on his MySpace page (along with First Anniversary) reminds me of music2work2's Boys Bedtime Music. Both are piano pieces which are relaxing and calming. As with music2work2, Piano Man John often combines other voices with the piano, but the four examples of his music on his MySpace page are the piano alone.