sleuthing time signatures
The Terminator score was born from a quantizing accident. I know several people who would have conniptions about that, but I think it's pretty funny. Challenge accepted, I figured the meter to be 9/8 + 2/4.
I LOVE MY WORK! <3
Better than one of those "this is what my cat thinks I do, this is what my friends think I do, this is what I think I do" memes (although one of those would be great, too...) Such a joy it is, to be in this industry!
Article by Lance Hayes on writing compelling music for games
Twinkling Stars
Details to follow, probably in several months, but a composition of mine won a competition and will be included in an international collection of piano variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." I am really excited and looking forward to the completed project! Mozart covered this territory with "Ah! Vous Dirais-je, Maman" and it's well worth a revisit.
Old Stomping Grounds
It's always nice to go back to the UW and wander around like a dazed undergrad, without the dazedness. Today I even wandered into Brechemin Auditorium and audited a jazz history class, where I heard more about sweet, hot, big bands that got that swing.
I had a key to this back door while preparing for my junior recital. It looks much different in the dark!
The art building across the way looks much like the music building it's being viewed from.
En route to the music building from McMahon Hall, or 65th Street.
All the bells and whistles!
"Kids these days have it so easy. Why, when I did Disney films, we had to do all of this."
Apparently this relative of the player piano is a refurbished Cremona Photo Player.
Pitch Perfect
I have very good relative pitch, but it's not perfect. From what I understand about the torture perfect pitch can inflict on people who have it, this could be more a blessing than not.
We're up all night to get philosophical
Chopin Prelude demonstrating chord geometries
http://dmitri.tymoczko.com/ChordGeometries.html
I am mostly posting this to bookmark it for later... no matter how much of this you "get" I think it's fascinating how the relationship of music and math is so clearly shown here.