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Yearly Archives: 2018

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October 2018

YouTube channel

2018-10-13T11:28:08+10:00October 13th, 2018|Classicial Music|

My YouTube channel has now been launched, so far with two videos of my music: https://youtu.be/9WsnqndhXas (Lucid Dreaming) https://youtu.be/Wh5-1ZPySzA (part of my Concerto for Harpsichord or Piano) and one video with some altogether different sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpXBWZNUVdY Also on YouTube is a film by Peter Lamshed that uses part of my Clarinet Concerto as title and background music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXjj9nAWQKM&list=PLjWzBy8LHFe1UF4_Oudc6d2fUytem0Xns Other compositions of mine on YouTube (so far without video) are: the lively finale of my Clarinet Concerto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiOFdsi0HSc the grand but quirky choral and orchestral piece, Musick, the Mosaique of the Air: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BGaU0RBXTA my setting of the great lament from Beowulf, The Lay of the Last Survivor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38YNQ_babE one minute of fun, My Lady Margo's Rompe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8feh-SdNig the wistful Siciliano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrbnPD78rqU the atmospheric orchestral piece Parables of [...]

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July 2018

7 Beats?

2018-07-22T17:38:06+10:00July 22nd, 2018|musical elements|

Almost all the music we normally hear has a regular rhythm or pulse, usually in a repeated pattern of two, three or four beats. Most pop and rock, the majority of classical music, every march, much world music: all four beats. "Triple time", three beats to the bar, is also common, familiar from waltzes, songs such as Bob Dylan's “The Times They Are A-Changin", or popular classics like the slow movement of Bach's concerto for two violins or the Chorus of Hebrew Slaves from Verdi's Nabucco. But some music doesn't fit those common patterns. Gregorian chant and religious chants from other cultures are generally in a free rhythm, with no regular pulse. And some music arranges itself into a regular five, seven or even eleven [...]

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June 2018

the launch

2018-06-26T16:19:27+10:00June 12th, 2018|classical music|

Finally, after many delays, this website is up and running! The aim of this site is simply to make my music known and available to more people. I've been writing music for many years and a few of my compositions have been performed in public, but until now they have not been available to a wider audience. This site and my CD Baby page (link below) now make my music available to listeners anywhere, and to any musicians or singers who want to perform it. There is another aim to this site though. Many people think modern classical music is obscure, difficult, elitist, or just plain unpleasant. I want to promote the idea that contemporary classical music can be accessible, tuneful and user-friendly, and that [...]

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