Today’s new music (and probably the last new music for a few weeks) includes a piece which started its life called “alternate uses for acoustic guitar overtones“. It was just an 8-bar sketch that I started laying things on top of. It ended up being something… uh… well – something. I have no clue what it is, so I put it under Experimental. I can say this – the mix is great.

• Sancho Panza gets a Latte

The other piece, [i]On the Cool Side[/i], is more in a genre – but it isn’t hardcore jazz. It has some bluesy notes, and a jazz ending note. It is quite cool. Cool in the jazz sense; not cool in the absolute sense. I’ll stop typing now.

• On the Cool Side

Nothing is more fun during a record heatwave than recording Christmas music. I’m used to it – it happens every year.

• What Child is This
  
• Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem
  
• Silent Night

A piece that I classified as “horror” which was written for a new audio drama… which isn’t horror.

• Unrelenting

I need to come up with a better way to categorize these. It is getting out of hand. There’s another piece online called Pride… I forget what page it is on.
There you go, everbodys! Five new pieces today. And four more that I should have uploaded but was too lazy. They’re piano solos – I’ll get them up in a bit.

Ever wake up in the morning and think; “I want to write a super-crazy polka!”? Oh, come on… Seriously? Never? Well… I’m not weird if that’s what you think. They’ve been running radio ads for a polka-fest in my area – they must have gotten into my brain early on.

• Super Polka!
  

And the other new piece today makes me wonder how my head doesn’t explode from the contrast.

• Sad Trio
  

This is the proof-of-concept piece I did for an upcoming series. It went well, so maybe the others will make it up here… but the new ones’ll be better. This was a 3-track impromptu.

I’ve been busy, but not everything is online. I’ve done 5 commission pieces and a musical this last week, but here’s some pieces for you – the loving public.

• Bathed in the Light (atmospheric)
  
• Starry (piano solo)
  

“Bathed in the Light” is a simple airy synth piece I did in Garage Band with my new MIDI controller, the Axiom 61. I’ve waited a long time for this controller, and it is all it is cracked up to be. It is the best MIDI controller for real-time performances I’ve ever seen. The only downside is that is doesn’t come with a manual – I had to download one. Why, M-Audio? Why would you not include a printed manual?
The piano solo is an old one I recorded 8 years ago on a dull-dull sounding Steinway. It sounds ok, but I like the brighter-sounding pianos these days.