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Jets - Full Theme Development 71 BPM

So I'm starting to stretch out with this now - I'm digging the minor variation as the opening to the piece and how it transitions to the more familiar major theme, I also like how the tempo can deliver a delicate beginning and yet finish in a fairly triumphant manner - definitely getting there.

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This piece is ultimately going to be on a music2work2 Bloggers playlist. At the moment I am writing every day for different projects and I find it useful to have music that I associate with writing - it cues my mind into the act of writing and sets me up to focus on my subject. The format and structure of the piece is designed to facilitate the process - nice and calming to start with and growing with intensity as it gets into a groove. Often for me the hardest part of writing is actually starting, so having something that helps me chill out and relax into it is a great help.

I have had someone in mind while I've been developing this piece and I think they will dig it when it's done. The idea is to take something recognizable and inspirational to them so that they will want to put it on - and in doing so - will help them create - that's the plan anyway!

I've been accompanying this theme development with images by Ed Yourdon from a Jets pre-season game last year. I've been studiously not going for the gratuitous cheerleader shot - but apparently, they are by far the most popular photos in the set - so who am I to go against the wishes of the public - so - as I'm kinda stoked about today's piece - here's some beautiful women for you - thanks Ed!

Image Credit: Ed Yourdon - Flickr

Vincent - 10 minutes 45 seconds

Simple piano music written to calm a newborn baby to sleep.

 

This session was created for new arrival Vincent and his Mum and Dad Schirin and Steve.

I was thinking simple lullabies, the kind of thing a mother or father might whistle or hum to their baby while rocking them back to sleep. We learned early on with our own children that repetition is good for the child but less so for the adult. Children are often happy to listen to something or repeat the same behavior many times over before they get bored with it, great when they're on their own, but.....

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