September Composition 2014 - A new beginning

[Dad3353]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378243433' post='2197715']
My September offering. I took a moment's look at the image and solo cello came into my head. I put this together quite quickly using Arabic sounding scales but it really does it for me in terms of it relating to the image. More so than almost anything else I have done before. Simple but effective.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/syrian-sofa"]https://soundcloud.c...r-1/syrian-sofa[/url]
[/quote]

Yeah, thanks, pal..! ...and there was I, thinking "Ah..! Arabic scale..! Solo strings..!". I've not listened yet,and don't dare to. What's the expression; something about 'Great minds'..?
Oh,well, I suppose I still have time to come up with a 'Plan B'.

...

No,sod it..! I shan't listen (...or, at least, not yet...)..! Plan A, and we'll see whether telepathy really does exist..! I hadn't fixed myself on the 'cello, either, so I have some leeway still..! Now, where's that headset..?

[Skol303]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378243433' post='2197715']My September offering.[/quote]

Bloomin' 'eck, you don't hang about do you!?

Just had a listen to this on my phone. The cello sounds very realistic (especially the vibrato) and the composition fits the image nicely. Suitably sparse and solemn.

I know nothing of Arabic scales, but this certainly has a Middle-Eastern feel to it.

Well done Bilbo. First off the bat in the new season!

[the boy]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378243433' post='2197715']
My September offering. I took a moment's look at the image and solo cello came into my head. I put this together quite quickly using Arabic sounding scales but it really does it for me in terms of it relating to the image. More so than almost anything else I have done before. Simple but effective.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/syrian-sofa"]https://soundcloud.c...r-1/syrian-sofa[/url]
[/quote]
Awesome.

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378243433' post='2197715']
My September offering. I took a moment's look at the image and solo cello came into my head. I put this together quite quickly using Arabic sounding scales but it really does it for me in terms of it relating to the image. More so than almost anything else I have done before. Simple but effective.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/syrian-sofa"]https://soundcloud.c...r-1/syrian-sofa[/url]
[/quote]

Damn that's quick off the mark.... I'll have a listen over the weekend.

I was thinking of going Phrygian with mine although I've got a bit of a techno idea coming through, we shall see. I need to sort out a house move before thrashing something out for this.

Rob

[Bilbo]

I wrote it over a couple of days, whilst walking the dogs. Put it into Sibelius, created a midi file, populated it with Misoslav Philharmonik's solo cello and posted it. Took about 35 minutes.

[charic]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378282984' post='2197982']
I wrote it over a couple of days, whilst walking the dogs. Put it into Sibelius, created a midi file, populated it with Misoslav Philharmonik's solo cello and posted it. Took about 35 minutes.
[/quote]

I am so tempted to change this into a metal version I think it could work well

[lowdown]

This months entry.
The picture is not the best advert for IKEA in Syria though, is it?
[url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/closed-for-refurbishment"]http://soundcloud.co...r-refurbishment[/url]

[discreet]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1378284754' post='2198006']
[url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/closed-for-refurbishment"]http://soundcloud.co...r-refurbishment[/url]
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[size=4]Getting 'Closed for Refurbishment', Garry. Are you editing the piece already?? [/size]

[charic]

Seems to be down Garry

[lowdown]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1378285052' post='2198013']
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[size=4]Getting 'Closed for Refurbishment', Garry. Are you editing the piece already?? [/size]
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Open for business now - 10% discount for you for spotting, or would you rather have an Oozie ?

[charic]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1378285348' post='2198020']
Open for business now - 10% discount for you for spotting, or would you rather have an Oozie ?
[/quote]

Is that a cheap knockoff of an Uzi?

Sounding really good mate

[lowdown]

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1378285611' post='2198027']
Is that a cheap knockoff of an Uzi?
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[size=4]It's the outdated, all singing, all dancing 70's version. A Boogie Oozie Oozie.[/size]

Edited September 4, 2013 by lowdown

[discreet]

[size=4] [/size]

[JamesFlashG]

anyone up for a collaboration (if that's allowed in the rules)? I need vocals for my piece (i think) and cannot sing a note...... or have a microphone (thank god then i would be tempted to try)

[the boy]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1378284947' post='2198009']
This months entry.
The picture is not the best advert for IKEA in Syria though, is it?
[url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/closed-for-refurbishment"]http://soundcloud.co...r-refurbishment[/url]
[/quote]
You could drop that piece right into any Hollywood blockbuster, it's a masterpiece. Well done.

[lurksalot]

[quote name='JamesFlashG' timestamp='1378286916' post='2198054']
anyone up for a collaboration (if that's allowed in the rules)? I need vocals for my piece (i think) and cannot sing a note...... or have a microphone (thank god then i would be tempted to try)
[/quote]

find someone who can sing and there will be a queue for a collaboration

[Skol303]

[quote name='JamesFlashG' timestamp='1378286916' post='2198054']
anyone up for a collaboration (if that's allowed in the rules)? I need vocals for my piece (i think) and cannot sing a note...... or have a microphone (thank god then i would be tempted to try)
[/quote]

Quick tip: try searching on SoundCloud (or a similar site) for singers in whatever genre you're interested in:

http://www.soundcloud.com/

You'll have to wade through some dross, but there are plenty of diamonds to be found if you're patient - it's worked for me!

[Dad3353]

Good evening, all...

Here we go, yet another priceless gem...

[url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/things-that-were-are-and-may-1"]http://soundcloud.co...e-are-and-may-1[/url]

...There..! Entry duly entered. Comments, as usual, entirely welcome, as are cheques and money orders.

Enjoy...

Edit: Information on sources used here...

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs[/url]

...and credit is due to Marcelle Duchesne-Guillemin for transcription incorporated in my offering.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Dad3353

[Dad3353]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1378243433' post='2197715']
My September offering. I took a moment's look at the image and solo cello came into my head. I put this together quite quickly using Arabic sounding scales but it really does it for me in terms of it relating to the image. More so than almost anything else I have done before. Simple but effective.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/syrian-sofa"]https://soundcloud.c...r-1/syrian-sofa[/url]
[/quote]

Excellent, Bilbo, really class playing and feeling. Echoes of the fall of the Berlin wall there somewhere, and very much apt for the photo. A solemn moment; food for thought. A refreshing change, too; I don't think you'll be accused of over-production, somehow..!
I'm glad I deferred listening before finishing my own, so as not to confuse my own train of thought (such that it was...). In fact, my train seems to have derailed a little; what [i]was [/i]to be a sober rendering turned out to have a life of its own, and much longer than I had planned. No matter; I think that, having heard both now, I can safely state that no telepathic qualities were passed on to me. Not quite chalk and cheese (more 'rhubarb and custard..?).
Now on to listen to the others...

[Dad3353]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1378284947' post='2198009']
This months entry.
The picture is not the best advert for IKEA in Syria though, is it?
[url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/closed-for-refurbishment"]http://soundcloud.co...r-refurbishment[/url]
[/quote]

Good evening, Lowdown...

Splendid, stirring stuff..! I like the drone, menacing, yet supportive. Free-form chords, entwined melodies, a paradoxical feeling of pressure, yet at the same time uplifting, towards release, and relief.
Did I like it..? I should coco..!

[ras52]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378336820' post='2198989']
Good evening, all...

Here we go, yet another priceless gem...

[url="http://soundcloud.com/dad3353/things-that-were-are-and-may-1"]http://soundcloud.co...e-are-and-may-1[/url]

...There..! Entry duly entered. Comments, as usual, entirely welcome, as are cheques and money orders.

Enjoy...
[/quote]

Nice one.

"There's a genuine ancient Arab folk melody buried in there somewhere, so it's not 100% original"

Fortunately both Trad and Anon are famously lax in pursuing their royalties ;-)

[Bilbo]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1378337840' post='2198994']
Excellent, Bilbo, really class playing and feeling.

[/quote]

Kudos to Mirosolav Philharmonik. It Is entirely a VST and was not 'played' but typed in

[Dad3353]

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1378371078' post='2199162']
Nice one.

"There's a genuine ancient Arab folk melody buried in there somewhere, so it's not 100% original"

Fortunately both Trad and Anon are famously lax in pursuing their royalties ;-)
[/quote]

Thank you.

As a non-believer in the legitimacy of this form of remuneration, I sympathise little with the plight of the unknown musician, now dead for some 3500 years. Any news of his/her descendants..?

Credit is due, nevertheless, to Marcelle Duchesne-Guillemin for transcription of these relics.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Dad3353

[RockfordStone]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1378330556' post='2198878']
Quick tip: try searching on SoundCloud (or a similar site) for singers in whatever genre you're interested in:

[url="http://www.soundcloud.com/"]http://www.soundcloud.com/[/url]

You'll have to wade through some dross, but there are plenty of diamonds to be found if you're patient - it's worked for me!
[/quote]

OI!!!! i may not be amazing, but i am not dross!

[lurksalot]

I guess we were chomping at the bit for this one , mine is up now .
forgive me for not listening to the others yet, I do like to wait for the voting and listen to them all in the same frame of mind , I can then somehow appear to come to a more reasoned approach to a vote . I know it sounds daft , but I enjoy doing it that way and I don't get disheartened by judging my own against the others already in .

anyway enough of that ,

[url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/and-breathe"]https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/and-breathe[/url]

I hope it provides a bit of ....er ... something