Cygnus64

That song is the 2012-2013 gospel equivalent of what Adele's "Someone Like You" was to 2011-2012 pop...meaning I've heard it waaayyy more times than I'd listen to any one song by choice! Don't get me wrong. That's not a criticism. Quite the opposite. It's a modern classic But as a--hack of a--church musician, I've heard enough singers cover this song (and seen enough praise dancers interpret it...) in my travels to last a lifetime Interesting. I've never heard it before as I don't really follow Gospel except for this project, so I don't know which ones are the "hits" or not. Here's another one, I'm assuming it's very popular as I see a ton of versions on Youtube: [video:youtube]

Listening to a lot of Gospel tracks, since I'm working on my annual Gospel/Symphony orchestrations. Kirk Franklin is quite an amazing musician and writer, this one is going to sound great with a full symphony: [video:youtube]

A track from the upcoming Christmas album, my friend is playing lead violin, I'm playing harmony and keys. In Dulci Jubilo

Suit and Tie guy- excellent stuff. Steve Coscia- well done. Lots of great ideas in that. Terrific. Morizzle- hilarious and expertly done. To pull the humor off, one has to nail the arrangement and you did. A tune from me= Silent Night. Silent Nightmusic

Bach was basically forgotten for 100 years, his sons were better known. It wasn't til the mid- 1800s that there was a revival, largely due to Mendelssohn and Schumann. The violin sonatas (among the masterpieces of classical music) were found in a fish shop. Someone was wrapping fish with Bach manuscripts (probably copies). This happens quite a bit with classical. The dreaded "Pachelbel Canon" was unknown until the 1970s when it was used in the movie "Ordinary People". Damn you Robert Redford! Even in the 30 years I've been a pro, some composers have definitely gone in and out of favor: Sibelius is now a 3 hit wonder. Liszt is disappearing, Debussy too. Mahler has gone from obscure to overplayed. American classical music has come down to 3 people: Copland, Barber and Bernstein.(and Gershwin of course). All the other great classical American composers like Howard Hanson have basically become Jeopardy! questions.

Bach, eh? Let's take a minute and listen to one of the Maestros: [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZVuV8Py24

Thanks for listening guys. My hope is to swap out some of the parts for real players in a few months, assuming I'm to win some sort of Powerball Lotto or get a whole lotta gigs.

New track from the upcoming Christmas CD: Angels Prelude

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I had an African-American woman come up to me and start yelling that I am a racist because there are no black people in the symphony. Keep in mind that 1. I'm not leading the orchestra 2. Auditions are almost always held behind screens.

Thanks Linwood. You're version of Estate absolutely kills. Great performance by the singer, great arranging on your part. I have a couple of charts coming up in this style, I'll be hitting you up for advice. I wish I had more of a theory background for the jazzier tunes, it's difficult for me.

Dargason Arrangement of music by Holst.

I just did my morning constitutional. Since I've been walking these past 4 months, I realized that something was missing in my life: being outdoors. I've never been an outdoorsy type, I was a city slicker. As I get older, I realize that it's good for the brain to get away from concrete and cars. Here's where I spend every morning these days: Sunny Lake

Cool thread. I walk, it's like running except you walk. We have a park near with a 2 mile trail around the lake, I do it every morning. At nite I do another mile or 2 around my apt complex and I occasionally hit the treadmill. I've been dieting and have lost 48 pounds in since June 1.

Aaah. Very nice, both tracks. I like the way the stereo lead synth comes in during the middle of the first piece. Well done.