Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
I decided to tap into my latent '80s Depeche Mode subconscious, and this bouncy tune popped out! Ian Beardsley heard an earlier version of this and immediately detected Spanish flamenco hidden in the techno dance chords. I opened up the stage…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
This piece is my original almost-fugue-sounding arrangement of my favorite Ukranian “Christmas Carol”, Carol of the Bells, as if J.S. Bach had written it. Ingredients: Warmth, depth, complexity, eternal romance. Dedicated to my Belle. This was…
Imagine a Mexican quintette playing a fast waltz. There are 3 melodies played in 3/4 time, in a sort of non-standard ABCABC format. The title is a photographic/geographic/melodic play on words. There is a merging of European waltz and Mexican…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
A simple 3-part "round" or canon with variations, showing my children how you can devise a melody that can stack on top of itself like offset puzzle pieces, which will then make its own harmony (with a nod to the master of rounds and fugues, J…
This little ragtime number began life as just a snippet, written as background music for a home movie years ago. For the hard core ragtime buffs, I know this is not quite syncopated enough to be true ragtime, but hopefully its fun and bouncy…
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on…
The music fits the film wonderfully. You really get the feeling that these are visitors from a european country. You must have been delighted to come across these birds. I love that whole area from Big Sur to Monterey. Thanks for showing us so much beauty both music and film.
I decided to tap into my latent '80s Depeche Mode subconscious, and this bouncy tune popped out! Ian Beardsley heard an earlier version of this and immediately detected Spanish flamenco hidden in the techno dance chords. I opened up the stage…
I decided to tap into my latent '80s Depeche Mode subconscious, and this bouncy tune popped out! Ian Beardsley heard an earlier version of this and immediately detected Spanish flamenco hidden in the techno dance chords. I opened up the stage…
While my wife and I were travelling back down the coast of California (near Big Sur) from a vacation around New Years, we stopped at a turnout over a cliff, and took a bunch of video of at least 15 California Condors, flying and hanging out on…
oh! lovely, sweet voicings from the flutes,
cool gtr sound - very delicate, yet strong.
gorgeous sounds from another land -
glad i heard your offering, eduard.
nicely done.
sis
weird, throbbing metal grind. So I assume you're playing guitar there, well played! Also, with that kind of distorted overdriven sound, trying to mix so everything stands out (drums, rhythm guitar, bass, etc) is really tough, but this was a clean mix... again, great job!
ttfn,
Drakonis
Narrative: A lonely scientist was stationed to Tundzha Glacier in Antarctica to study fissures.
Instrumentation: I stretched, repitched, and looped two sections…
Crunchy slow driving music, almost a claustrophobic feel imparted... the e-bow and intriguing percussion really do stand out as unique elements, and you pull this all together into a very "cool" piece of music.
Wild music, flying over jazzy mountains across Spain and the Middle-east... and somehow your singing keeps up with it all quite beautifully. This is dizzy-fun!
Nice and dreamy... definitely a cool set of chord progressions here. The swooshy percussion sounded almost like haircut shears, but I still have my hair afterwards, whew :-) Very sweet music.
Seems to be that one song everyone likes.
Lyrics:
Stary night, the highway fades
a hundred miles and I'm on my way
I got up late
Lazy days and even crazier nights
there she was, on her way
she stuck her thumb out for me to see…
If Berlioz would've heard this piece.. he probably would have said that it was too vulgar (lol) too much percussion... but oh well I got very excited when I made this one... the tempos are not very well because its very hard!!!
Captures the romantic era spirit. The orchestration seemed good, but a little muddy in spots, I think because we need to get you a better orchestra sample pack... or maybe a real orchestra to play this, that will do it!
ttfn,
Drakonis
nice resolution at 1:40, intriguing impressionistic painting with your harmonic palette. Just enough tonal footing to keep my poor old classical ears quite happy. I'm back from a week vacation, and hope to start catching up on music again!
and you didn't even have to spend the night to get it.
another one from the morning sessions...
There's nothing like hot coffee, and this is nothing like any hot coffee I've ever had (maybe because I don't usually get it in my ears.) The first few seconds made me smile, and as the inventively rich aural brew took over my senses, the smile overflowed my mug. This was a very fun interlude, beautifully beat-chopped and tastefully presented... and as with all coffee, it was over too soon (I'd suggest a teeny bit of a different ending, not so abrupt, perhaps?) Loved this.
Something completely different- Uilleann pipes(Irish bagpipes) and synth. I wrote this tune over 20 years ago in the style of traditional Irish slow airs. It was recorded way back in 1991 for an album that's been out of print for over 15 years…
Enchanting. There are a bunch of little tricks up your sleeve here, nice note bending and (tongue?) tremolo... skillfully played, I enjoyed letting it unfold around me.
A moody solo acoustic thing that I came up with playing in a long forgotten tuning. Just got a new Zoom H4N, so this was recorded in my shop sitting at my reedmaking bench may 12 2009
Ooh, gorgeous flowing guitar work... for some reason it reminds me a bit of a cross between Micheal Hedges and Ottmar Liebert!? Always wonderful when something is played skillfully enough to sound effortless :-)
ttfn,
Drakonis
For my friend and coworker, because he certainly deserves it.
This song is friends with [song for themcgruff](http://alonetone.com/sudara/tracks/song-for-themcgruff)
Sweepingly romantic. I probably wouldn't pan the instruments so far apart, it sounded a little "spread out" in headphones. But the lyric tune and the nice orchestration were very sweet. I see a father smiling. :-)
Nan desuka? Trippy... This is what was going through my mind after a long lecture on the myriad prefixes used when counting different shapes in Japanese, just as I was falling asleep in class. Very intriguing use of sound bytes... field recordings I assume?
This is a total remake of an earlier posting.
Lead vocals courtesy of fellow Alonetoner, Dana.
In the lyrics, I was trying to capture a sense in which there is something else beyond -
something which draws me as it were homeward. A son…
Warmth rises lazily from the gentle guitar/singing, very enjoyable writing and singing in this. Here's to fathers and daughters sharing their talent!
ttfn,
Drakonis
Comments on drakonis's stuff
The trumpet on this is great - it flows, doesn't sound forced at all
Absolute class.
are you using a $10,000 sample library to do this, or...the quality of the instruments are...well, you know.
you're a great composer.
Quality, you obviously know your stuff
very nice, quite baroque
Magical! I love your music, D!
Haunting and spectacular.
nice melodies
Nicely done!
Very interesting music and beautiful birds in flight on video
I love polyphony!
You tease!
What a wonderful piece of music!
Oh I like! Raindrops to begin with and then snow!
very nice rag!
The music fits the film wonderfully. You really get the feeling that these are visitors from a european country. You must have been delighted to come across these birds. I love that whole area from Big Sur to Monterey. Thanks for showing us so much beauty both music and film.
Like this one!
Alex Kidd in Shinobi world! All over to mine for a go on the master system.. Love these sounds. wicked.
oh! lovely, sweet voicings from the flutes, cool gtr sound - very delicate, yet strong. gorgeous sounds from another land - glad i heard your offering, eduard. nicely done. sis
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Very calming... the drone plus pan pipe gives this sort of a New Age vibe. Nice heartwarming melody. Best wishes to Lynda and friends.
weird, throbbing metal grind. So I assume you're playing guitar there, well played! Also, with that kind of distorted overdriven sound, trying to mix so everything stands out (drums, rhythm guitar, bass, etc) is really tough, but this was a clean mix... again, great job! ttfn, Drakonis
Jazzy harmonized goodness. Your voices are versatile and smooth, very nice to listen to. Great keyboard work too.
Crunchy slow driving music, almost a claustrophobic feel imparted... the e-bow and intriguing percussion really do stand out as unique elements, and you pull this all together into a very "cool" piece of music.
Wild music, flying over jazzy mountains across Spain and the Middle-east... and somehow your singing keeps up with it all quite beautifully. This is dizzy-fun!
Not only a nice melody, but very enjoyable multiple orchestrations around the melody... and little modulations to keep interest. Bravo!
Nice and dreamy... definitely a cool set of chord progressions here. The swooshy percussion sounded almost like haircut shears, but I still have my hair afterwards, whew :-) Very sweet music.
Warm breezy tune. Nicely written and performed.
Captures the romantic era spirit. The orchestration seemed good, but a little muddy in spots, I think because we need to get you a better orchestra sample pack... or maybe a real orchestra to play this, that will do it! ttfn, Drakonis
nice resolution at 1:40, intriguing impressionistic painting with your harmonic palette. Just enough tonal footing to keep my poor old classical ears quite happy. I'm back from a week vacation, and hope to start catching up on music again!
There's nothing like hot coffee, and this is nothing like any hot coffee I've ever had (maybe because I don't usually get it in my ears.) The first few seconds made me smile, and as the inventively rich aural brew took over my senses, the smile overflowed my mug. This was a very fun interlude, beautifully beat-chopped and tastefully presented... and as with all coffee, it was over too soon (I'd suggest a teeny bit of a different ending, not so abrupt, perhaps?) Loved this.
Enchanting. There are a bunch of little tricks up your sleeve here, nice note bending and (tongue?) tremolo... skillfully played, I enjoyed letting it unfold around me.
Enjoyed the music and prickly Southwestern desert-inspired images... very nice guitarwork.
Ooh, gorgeous flowing guitar work... for some reason it reminds me a bit of a cross between Micheal Hedges and Ottmar Liebert!? Always wonderful when something is played skillfully enough to sound effortless :-) ttfn, Drakonis
aching chord changes there, very pretty, and wonderfully played, intimately recorded.
Sweepingly romantic. I probably wouldn't pan the instruments so far apart, it sounded a little "spread out" in headphones. But the lyric tune and the nice orchestration were very sweet. I see a father smiling. :-)
Nan desuka? Trippy... This is what was going through my mind after a long lecture on the myriad prefixes used when counting different shapes in Japanese, just as I was falling asleep in class. Very intriguing use of sound bytes... field recordings I assume?
Oooh, tickles dormant synapses I forgot I had... she does sound lovely, and sparkles under your touch :-)
Just heard about the earthquake in your city today... hope you are OK!
Warmth rises lazily from the gentle guitar/singing, very enjoyable writing and singing in this. Here's to fathers and daughters sharing their talent! ttfn, Drakonis