{"id":8483,"date":"2023-08-26T01:56:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/melanie\/?p=8483"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:56:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T08:56:14","slug":"daybreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/melanie\/daybreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Daybreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A musical composition of mine from 2022, followed by my original 1969 Composer&#8217;s Sketchbook version.  Read the story behind the music below the videos&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fh3lAwx2IDk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oFTBB0x5vJU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022 version is a bit different for me with some complex instrumental harmonies, almost discordant, and a featured saxophone solo (courtesy of my new Yamaha keyboard which provides the most organic sax I&#8217;ve ever heard).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrons get a free download of this one in a special post!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s some background on how and why this song was produced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As short as this is, it&#8217;s pretty intriguing with some odd harmonies that are almost discordant, similar to some of the soundtrack instrumentals in the movies Meet Joe Black and The Road To Perdition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some time, I&#8217;ve wanted to experiment with those kinds of sounds, but never had the proper keyboard for it. &nbsp;Thanks to an unexpected cash gift from my daughter at Christmas 2022, I was finally able to buy the one I&#8217;ve had my eye on and this is the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another interesting element of this instrumental is that is it from a tune I recorded on cassette more than half a century ago. &nbsp;Late last year, I went through all my old tapes where I had recorded more than 500 tunes since the late 1960s. &nbsp;I&#8217;ve put them all up on my YouTube channel but am planning on rerecording the best of them with today&#8217;s technology, like this one. &nbsp;And in the process, I&#8217;m adding in some of the compositional sophistication I&#8217;ve picked up over the past fifty years. &nbsp;For example, this song had no backing harmonies &#8211; it was just the melody line played by the piano. &nbsp;It&#8217;s a good line, but when I heard it, I knew I&#8217;d like to produce it more like it sounded in my head way back when, and this is the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Patrons, I&#8217;m also including a download of the original track as well so you can compare the 1969 quick sketch of a tune to the new version from 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melanie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>May the Muse be with you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A musical composition of mine from 2022, followed by my original 1969 Composer&#8217;s Sketchbook version. 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