Majesty
Just a little riff I thought might be a good royal march for a short transitional scene in a movie. I probably wrote this in the 1990s or 2000s – sounds like about that era. I especially like the nifty chord progression at the very end.
Composing Session on Chris’ Baby Grand
Chris and I co-created the Dramatica theory of story. Whenever I flew down to visit him for business when we we working wit the CIA, NSA, and NRO using Dramatica for anti-terrorism, I’d stay at his place and then do a little extemporaneous composing on his wonderful baby grand. This is a recording from one of those sessions.
Evensong
When I was first setting up my new studio, I didn’t have the electronics in yet, but was still enjoying just sitting there at the keyboard and playing again for the first time in a long time. One session, I came up with this melody and liked it enough to get my laptop and just record it over the air with piano and voice. Liked that enough to add a couple other instruments and vocal harmonies. A bit rough still, but here it is.
Ethereal Island
When I was setting up my studio a few years ago, things were sparse and unfinished, but I was eager to just hear some music in the place, so it just extemporized this little piece just to hear it resound off the walls.
Empty Vee (MTV)
I wrote this in the 1980s to satirize the vacant minds of those who spent all day staring at MTV music videos when the channel first premiered. I’m rather pleased with the lyrics on this one.
E J Normal and Carnival Test
As mentioned in an earlier post, back around 2010 I began developing a multimedia graphic novel project about an artist seeking his identity (represented by a theme called E J – already posted) and his alter-ego liberated self (represented by a carnival version of the E J theme (also posted earlier). THIS track is a test of how I envision the two versions working together when his normal self and his liberated self merge at the end of the story.
E J Carnival Test
This piece is from the 2010s. It’s from a project of mine to develop a multimedia graphic novel about an artist’s search for identity. Anyone you might know? Anyway, in the story there is a normal theme for the main character E J and then a carnival version from his Muse-driven alter-ego, rather like the Fiddler on the Roof. This piece is a test of that more liberated, fun-loving theme.
Jabba the Hunk
Something I tooled together in AI – a Suave, handsome, debonair Jabba the Hut, but he’s still a slug.