Music
I have a huge passion for music. Music affects me, emotionally, on a level that I can’t express in words. It makes sense to be dumbstruck and lack words because the language used for music is speechless and at the same time universal. If you asked what kind of music I listened to I’d give you the answer of “almost everything” I can appreciate most anything and my music listening ranges through all sorts of genres from classical to hard rock from hip-hop to metal, and from alternative to soundtrack, and everything in the middle. Music moves me in a way that I can’t express, so instead of expressing through words, I try to reciprocate and play music myself. I am currently in the process of teaching myself music theory along with a better understanding of the piano and the guitar. I hope that you enjoy what you hear below and check back often for new material.
Assembly Line 2.0
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This was written in 2009 while in college. I was thinking along the lines of the repetition of life and the mystery it is, that is, monotony. The daily life of humans interacting only in our guided path that we’ve constructed on a daily basis to get to and from work and our activities we have chosen to involve ourselves in. The lower notes that flow in repetition represent the monotony of lifelessness while the melody, if you will, presents major change in that things can be different; hopeful. Rewritten with an added ending while trying to raise the quality of the sound.
Transparency
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Also written in 2009. I have been heavily influenced by the idea of something higher, a greater than our own. The beginning introduces this sort of grand omega almost chorus sounding cloud sounding background chords to tag along with the piano. One of my favorite chord progressions I’ve created for now. The idea of incorporating a guitar sound was new and I don’t think I have advertised the guitar in any other music snippets that I have created. When asking a friend, they said it didn’t even sound like a guitar, and I strongly and sadly agree.
Boost
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Written in early 2010, the combination of strings, piano, an acoustic guitar, and none other than a flute. I was being daring and looking for a lesser anticipated instrument. I was proud of the piano combination that ensued. It gives me hope that one day I can make sounds that are full and not simply one or two simple instrumental pieces but an entire array of instruments that all support each other for the beauty that is music.
Stairway Child
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Written in 2010 and almost having finished college. I think my mentality had strengthened and had become more influenced by a pessimistic sounding style. Of course the sound of minor chord progressions played as the emphasis of the piece, it can’t put a smile on too many faces. Something about the last portion of the song where the melody goes into the higher octave along with the base arpeggio chord progression is what makes me really enjoy the creation that I put together.
Limitations
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One of my favorite piano creations. I conjured this while I was living with Aaron and Boyd. Such a great time in life. Reminds me of something Beethoven would have done, sort of… Limitations is the title because I feel so oppressed listening to it, as if there is perfection in this world, yet I can’t seem to grasp it.
Living a Fight
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I had a lot of fun with this one. Also created while living with Boyd and Aaron in the summer of 2010. This has a concrete beginning, middle, and end. I say concrete as in that it is obvious where each is, not that it’s a rock solid sound. I enjoy the use of voices in a very staccato-like sound. Something fun, in-and-out, and enjoyable to listen to more than once, unlike other creations of mine.[/learn_more]
Ricochet
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Probably most proud of this piece since it was used in my roommates at the time final project at Full Sail. Even more proud that the film went on to film festivals, though those reasons were for the amazing cinematography that my friend, Boyd Hobbs did. Not sure where this was inspired from, but only the first portion of the song was used. The last part with the intense strings and the piano ending were taken out. Perhaps consider this a director’s cut?
Light of the Tunnel
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Written in August of 2011. If you listen to the song Stairway Child, another song I wrote, this has the same exact first two chords used in it. I was playing around on the piano in the house that I lived in at the time and was playing what I remember from Stairway Child because I enjoyed the chords and I wanted to elaborate on it. That to say, the song is based of a four chord structure, while the progression of chords changes throughout the song. Probably my longest and least repetitive creation of music that I’ve created. I think I enjoy it.
Rose
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Written in September of 2011. The beginning of something hopefully longer and more diverse in sound as it continues through time. I went and watched Mozart’s Requiem be played live last Sunday and I really loved it. I was motivated and tried to include a few more instruments that I normally wouldn’t and still kept the piano. I love the piano too much and I cannot get rid of it.
D2
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Written in September of 2011. Trying to make music more elaborate and branch off into different sections. Not sure of the motivation behind this piece, but it’s enjoyable to listen to for now. Perhaps I’ll extend it even more, but I feel I’ve plucked it of all it’s fruit. The last bit of piano in this song was actually written in 2009, but I never incorporated into anything until now. That is, anything that has gone public. Don’t ask about the title because I don’t know. And no it doesn’t involve the Might Ducks.
Shame
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I wrote this piece back when I first moved back to Orlando in April. The piano melody took me longer to create than I would have wanted. I say that because it took a long time and it isn’t anything complex. The big thing for me was wanting to play it with both hands in one fluid motion. So the piano track is one track and it loops only one time, meaning everything was played in one seam. I really enjoy and miss the depression in my music such as this on.
Mistle
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Written in October of 2011, I was yearning for something new and something with a piano melody that had more than just four or five different notes. I find myself playing individual keys that I really like and discovering chords that I usually wouldn’t discover on my own or from my limited bucket of playable chords that I do know. I really enjoy how the percussion turned out, along with the staccato stringed instruments.
Shanghai
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Written in the fall months of 2011 as I was being brought into a new season of life filled with new friends and closeness to God. I found myself still desiring that negative and depressing sound while my soul ached for goodness and happiness to come. I was around motivating people that gave me desire to achieve and do more and I was on a roll, creating excessively; non-stop. I can only thank the people that motivated me in ways that they don’t even realize. Desire to do more and be more like them.
Gull
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I wrote this piece immediately after having watched the movie The Hours, composed by Philip Glass. I love his musical style of “minimalism” or what he calls “repetition” I am still trying to learn how to allow a fluid transition throughout the pieces so that they can flow at a much smoother quality. Despite all this criticism, I enjoy what has been created.
more to come as time progresses…