Tag Archives: Composition
New Track “Polly Wants a Rhythm”
There’s a new track from the “More Than Ever” album online definitely spotlighting bassist Steve DiGiorgio and drummer Yanic Bercier. Check it out!
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Tagged as Album, Bercier, Composition, death, gone in april, metal, more than ever, orchestration, quo vadis, sadus, steve digiorgio, symphonic, Yanic
Analysis Time! (attn: Music Theorists)
I’ve been composing this section of music (yes..for a follow-up to More Than Ever), and in writing it.. I decided to write out the harmonic structure horizontally based on what I composed from the guitar to get a better grasp … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 21st century composition, analysis, chromaticism, composer, composing, Composition, metal, Music, music theory, rock, symphonic
Monday Playlist
Meshuggah – Catch 33 War of Ages – Eternal Tool – 10,000 Days After coming off from Lent where I had given up listening to music in my car, I threw in Meshuggah’s Catch 33 album when I drove out the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 000 Days, 10, Catch 33, Christianity, Composition, Lent, Meshuggah, metal, Monday, Music, orchestra, orchestration, Playlist, symphonic, Tool, War of Ages, Yanic, Yanic Bercier
Upcoming Orchestration & Announcement
Things are slowly starting to pick up pace here in terms of production; if all goes to plan, I’ll have a big announcement in the upcoming days. Also, a month or two back, I was working on orchestrating a track … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Album, Composition, Matthew Bellamy, metal, Micro Cuts, more than ever, Muse, Music, orchestra, orchestration, Origin of Symmetry, recording, rock, symphonic, Symphonic metal, symphonic rock
Monday Playlist
Tool – 10,000 Days Meshuggah – Catch 33 Living Sacrifice – Conceived in Fire There are some albums you can’t help but come back to after a while and listen to again; and then months later you find yourself doing … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Composition, Jewish, johnny, Living Sacrifice, Meshuggah, metal, Monday, monday music, Music, newman, Playlist, symphonic, Tool
Johnny Live w/ Justin Rayna
Just taking a moment here to recognize a fellow composer (because I forgot to do so in my newsletter).. Justin Rayna is a composer colleague of mine from the University of Tennessee and he has a few compositions he has … Continue reading →
Making a Documentary!
Well, the progress from the studio is that I’ve got another song almost finished…just..not for this upcoming album.. But for the one after. It’s called “Enough,” the lyrics are by my wife Allison, and it very metal and rockin’ indeed. … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Album, Arts, Blog, Composition, Documentary film, Filmmaking, metal, Music, orchestration, recording, studio, Symphonic metal
New Site Design
In light of the new year and the new album; here’s a brand new site design with some photography from the “More Than Ever” photo session with Amber Talley of Woven & Spun Photography. The session was a couple months … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Album, Arts and Entertainment, Composition, Knoxville Tennessee, metal, Music, photography, rock, symphonic, tennessee
The Good, the Bad,.. the News
I am so happy to say that drums for the album ‘More Than Ever’ are completed! Even more so, I am delighted to say thatvirtuoso drummer Yanic Bercier played on my album (and will most likely on the next one…). … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Album, Arts, Composition, metal, Music, production, rock, symphonic, Yanic Bercier
Record. Save. Repeat
I finished recording all the parts last night for this reconfiguration of an old composition of mine. The vocal text for it is good and presents a good message; however, it isn’t what I’m wanting to project on this upcoming … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Album, Blog, Composition, Music, orchestrating, orchestration, Polly Wants a Rhythm, recording, studio, transcription, vocals
