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[astarcambiata]

A preview of my month's efforts.

The first track was written in summer of 2005. It was a guitar duet, and there are lyrics but I have no vocalist. Tabs are here. The second was rendered an hour ago, and is a 3:30 second version of a soon much longer piece. The third piece is a re-rendering of Benevolence. Then is a string version of

Comments

[upanishadic]

i really REALLY dig variation in G#. i think the beginning can be strengthened by a more fluid bass clef melody.

who followed you in? is very emotional and i'm quite impressed.

did you do these on a computer program?

[astarcambiata]

Hey Davey, thanks for listening!

I rendered these in a program called Reason.

Variation in G# needs to be re-examined... It was originally a snippet from a collection of pieces in G# minor for guitar, and I had grandiose plans to make an epic suite of connected pieces flowing into each other. But there was drama with the girl (whom I was dating) who did vocals on the first of at least three pieces for it, and so variation in G# never was finished, or even given a proper title.

[upanishadic]

there's an essence which i feel exuding from that piece which transcends all the other work i listened to. follow that up, dude-- i hear a lot of potential.

also i'm on such a music kick right now-- me and ken are nearing the finalization of the song we're writing! i'll post recordings on my respective journal

[astarcambiata]

Awesome, I'm excited to hear it!

[upanishadic]

it's not symphonic to the extent of your piece; in fact, it's the first piece of music i've ever written period.

here's the chord progression from what i can recall:
C/e, Em, G/d, D, F/a, Am/c, G/b % Bb, F, Ab

the bass clef holds the bulk of melodic ornamentation, and i'm very proud of it. you'll hear the first draft as soon as it gets recorded and emailed to me

[astarcambiata]

That's a neat little chord progression. I can't wait to hear the whole shebang. I love a bit of melodic bass, especially for keys.

I'm only recently on a stint of symphonic writing. In fact, the predecessor to variation in G# is a more typical example of what the bulk of my music is like. I write a lot of intimate guitar pieces that never really get off the ground fully or get recorded, and that only got recorded because the vocalist and I were doing a recording project in high school.

[upanishadic]

i would totally do vocals for your thing but we're not really geographically convenient to each other

[astarcambiata]

Yeah. I'm probably not gonna leave New England for Grad school either, but who knows?

My brother and his gf have wanted to move to Chicago for a while now, but they're still saving up. He plans to go to grad school there, and his gf wants to study dance at the University of Chicago.

[upanishadic]

good luck to them both. U of C is extremely challenging. also chicago is homebase but by no means where i permanently reside

[astarcambiata]

I don't plan to permanently or semi-permanently reside anywhere. I've considered doing graduate or post-doctoral work in Europe, if at all possible.

[upanishadic]

yeah. i'm considering india :P

[astarcambiata]

As I might've suspected. Good call.

I'd love to visit India and study music and mysticism there. And there are some prolific Indian mathematicians as well. I just don't handle humidity or heat very well =/