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.

I know, it has been almost a week since my last update. I’ve been slacking. All I have to show for it is nine new tracks totalling 31 minutes.
In the Horror Genre I did five new background pads; Heart of the Beast, Inner Sanctum, It is Lost, Spacial Winds, and The Voices. I also put up a children’s song… because it was creepy. Few things in life are as creepy as a corrupted children’s song. Someone is bound to build a horror movie around that thing.
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I also took a request for a crazy funky piece of music like what might be found in a certain genre of 1970’s… cinema (most probably Super-8 format)? That one is called C-Funk. I personally like ProtoFunk a little better for that sort of thing. But you can take your pick.
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In the piano section, I found an old piece that I thought I put online ages ago. Sapphire Isle.
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And now – the moment you’ve all been waiting for: The best contemporary piano solo in existence!
Sovereign.
That’s right. How often do I say something is ‘the best’? Or even ‘great’? Never. That is why you should listen to me. Here is my one piece of hype for me – a composition destined to become the Fur Elise of this century: easy to play, elegant, and most of all beautiful.
Money back is not impressed.
(oh boy, I’m going to get mail on this one!)

More odd music.

• Variation on Egmont

This is possibly the most accurate and worst title of my career. It is an electronic-soaked variation of a theme or 2 from Beethoven’s Egmont Overture. If you know the original work, and recognize the title, you’ll probably download and not like the piece – because it doesn’t have any of the brilliance of Beethoven’s pacing.
If you like dance/techno, you probably won’t download this because the title makes it look like something classical.
It has a weird polyrhythm feel because the Overture theme is in a different time signature than the rest of this piece. I did change up the theme in bits and parts, but I mainly kept the off-time feel. You can let it wash over you and be fine – if you think too hard about it – it gets… tough.
Ending is open to mix into your stuff cleanly.