We (TungstenSF) recorded 2 songs (yes, 2 songs = 25 minutes!) a week ago and here is the result for all to see: TungstenSF: Mercy II and Houdini Enjoy!
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Critters on Parade (with a Brief Drizzle)
Composed December 9, 12 and 14, 2006. Sequenced & mixed December 15, 2006. This is my final composition project for Music 233 at SFSU (Chromatic Analysis and Synthesis). The assignment was to write a piano and flute piece incorporating a specific overall form and a list of compositional techniques. I first came up with a […]
My Own True Love
This is an arrangement of an assigned melody (with chord names) that I performed today as part of my final exam for Class Piano III (Music 203). We were required to use several accompaniment techniques, all of which are incorporated in my arrangement (PDF score here). Measure 5 uses “jump bass”, measure 6 uses “open […]
Untitled (Music 232 Composition)
Composed May 19, 2005; sequenced & mixed May 21, 2005. This is my final composition project for Music 232 at SFSU (Diatonic Analysis and Synthesis). The assignment included a simple melodic line and a fairly long list of required compositional devices. The harmony, voice leading, and rhythms are mine. There’s a PDF of the score […]
Fem Pop Vox
Recorded Tuesday, May 4, 2005 As the title suggests, this is the first draft of a vocal pop tune intended for a female singer. This is the first song I’ve written that incorporates classical composition techniques I’ve learned at school, as well as being the first song I’ve written where the melody was designed to […]
Hard Driving in Moonlight
Recorded Thursday, February 24, 2005 This is an attempt to answer the question, “can I make a locrian slap riff over a diminished chord sound like the tonic, and a major 7th chord a half step above sound dissonant, wanting to return to the diminished chord?” I think the answer is yes. Hah! This is […]
Treeline
Recorded sometime in 1996. Some friends of mine were in a band called Rhythm Circus and were looking for a bass player. Since I had played with a couple of them before they skipped the audition and just said “record on our demo”. One of the guitarists had an ADAT and a mixing board in […]