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Strasbourg-St.Denis
Sounds: I use Propellerhead Reason for my DAW- jazz guitar, finger bass, and I got these cool Omar Hakim drum loops for Christmas- so they were my inspiration to do a funky arrangement of this tune. Some synth sounds were new for this version of Reason, a vibes sound and a Latin keyboard.
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I Remember You
My quirky arrangement of the Schertzinger-Mercer tune, "I Remember You". I play flute and synths- other sounds are midi.
Sounds: I went for a "retro" feel, so the synths have names like: "Cheese-o-matic", "Beatle Times", "Radiophonic Ghost", "Ocean on Mars" and "Big 60's Brass". It starts with a displaced 4/4 feel which is repeated later, then the tune is in 5/4. I think I've been watching a little too many old Twilight Zone episodes- the ending is a spaceship taking off...........
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Warm summer day on the ocean in Castine, Maine
Summer breeze
This is my arrangement of “Summer Breeze” by Seals and Crofts. I've been working on it during record-breaking cold just after a blizzard! (I'm finding it therapeutic). This tune is considered by Rolling Stone to be #13 of the “Best Summer Songs of All Time”. I play saxophone, flute and synths, and mixed/mastered. I used the Partido Alto groove for the verses.
Sounds: The verse uses Partido Alto loops/samples from Celso Alberti, fretless bass, jazz guitar and Rhodes. In the second verse I use a new device called Humana in the DAW I use (Reason) which has great samples of the human voice. The last verses are solos- first tenor, then synth (Rhodes put through a polyphonic arpeggiator), and finally flute for the outro. The chorus has a more traditional dry swing drum loop, a “low simple sub” bass, a guitar sound called “Vollenweiderustica” and a synth called “Shoals”. The contrasting, more tranquil sounds in the bridge are synths called “Ambient Bamboo” and “Cinematic Justice”. The Rhodes accompanies, and there is an Udu sample.
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My arrangement of John Coltrane's "Crescent"- from the album of the same name that is described as the perfect prelude to "A Love Supreme". I play tenor saxophone, flute and synths. I also use drum loops. I mixed and mastered.
Sounds: The opening is comprised of a diminished chord over a pedal tone, so I used major triads in parallel motion for movement and play tenor. The synth sounds are called "Cylindrum Synthetic" and "Alan Turing's Dream" (a pad). The drums are from a Cinematic collection called "But the Sink". The section builds with ascending chords tones using a synth sound called "Monk Choir" into a section made up mostly of minor ii-Vs with melody on flute. "Noahs Bell Raindrops" is the synth sound used as well as "Muted Angst" for rhythm. There is a bass guitar sound in this section in a device called "Europa"- I later process this sound through a player called the "Arpeggiator". The feel changes with the tenor solo in the next section, changing to a "Chill Organ" sound and a drum loop using brushes played by Eric Harland. The flute then solos with a lush strings sound called "Griffin's Garden", and an Angklung sound (a bamboo Indonesian instrument) near the coda.
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