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Session 3 - 191 beats per minute

Session 3 - 191 beats per minute

 

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This is third track from the 191 beats per minute playlist:

Session 1 here

Session 2 here

The opening and closing D minor theme was not supposed to be the subject of this session.  There was already a set of themes based around C major and its relative minor that I had been working up for a couple of weeks and yet this one just took over.

I love that with music2work2 I don't need to worry about form or structure and am allowed to go where the music takes me.

I really like this playlist now - I love the first session with its distinct major to minor movements, the development of the  "home" theme in session 2 and then the variations on that theme which this session delivers.

If you get a chance, listen to all three tracks in a row - it's a nice way to spend 40 minutes.

 
 

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Session 2 - 191 Beats Per Minute

Session 2 - 191 Beats Per Minute

 

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The big lesson I am learning this year (again!) is the whole:

 "listening as much, if not more, than I play." 

Process

I don't use pen and paper to compose - I sit at the piano and play whatever comes into my mind.  I record everything and listen to it later when I'm working on Simply Friday.

When I have development tracks on in the background, I'm listening for ideas, for themes, for things that resonate with me.  If a piece of music grabs me, the next time I sit at the piano, I hold the idea of that music in the front of my mind and set an intention to play with it.

Listening Again

Once I've narrowed in on a theme, the more I play it, the more it becomes familiar to me.  The more I listen the more its form becomes apparent and over time the full track begins to take shape.

Of course, once I've produced a version of the final track, it then needs to be listened to again and again to smooth out the mix and get it ready for publishing.


191 Beats Per minute Playlist

This is the second track in the 191 Bpm playlist and is markedly different from the first theme.  I'm in love with the simple C to F7 to Dm7 to G7 progression that appears in the second half.  

The third and final theme has already popped out (thankfully!) so it shouldn't be too long before we have a new track and a new playlist! 

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Session 1 - 191 beats per minute

Session 1 - 191 beats per minute

 

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The first of four tracks intended for the 191 beats per minute playlist.

The theme came out over the holidays - I love the whole F minor to C major move and the subsequent developments.

Final version and video will be ready and published next week.

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