samGwise
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I am a composer and multi instrumentalist. My main musical interests lie in anything which takes my interest. From classical to rock to electronic to ambient and back with my added twist.
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YAY!!!!
I finally got around to uploading the ever increasing backlog of tracks!
There are seven new tracks in my downloads (in no Particular order):
Dream - an ambient idea.
Alien Onslaught - an electronic piece with an obvious theme.
80's Thing - 80's Dance track...You have been warned!
Office Party - a strange blend of techno and elevator music.
My three first jazz pieces, each trying a different style:
Victory in the Office
Marvelous Mischief
The Slippery Saboteur
I hope you can take some time to go and check them out and as usual your feed back is welcome.
Enjoy,
samGwise
Lately I feel like I've been going through a bit of "Composers block", I describe it as being writers block but for composers. I'm going to just try writing short loops to see if that helps but I'm sure other Composers must get this from time to time so I was kinda curious as to what other people do?
Hi Everyone,
Got Five Minutes???
I've entered a piece in the Orpheus Remix awards on
ABC Classic FM
To find my entry click on the link
below then click on 'listen to the
entries'
Mine is number 200:
orpheus200:
'Orpheus' Dying Breath"
If you like my entry you can register to vote
for it in the people's choice. Voting closes on the 15th of February.
Www2b.abc.net.au
Thanks,
Sam Gillespie.
P.S. please feel free to pass this on to
anyone to listen to this too......unabashed viral marketing
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Well, for my very first rant. For my very first blog, I'd like to say this:
Why do so many composer/musicians think they doen't have a use for learning music theorie.
I would be in agreement that most of it when tacken just by itself is rather boring.
But if they actually apply some of it and look at the reasons for the conventions;
Then they actually stand to gain alot more knowlegde about the inner workings of music.
The rules and convtions of western music theorie are simply the style that has evolved over the centurys, that achieve the desired effect; directing the mind to the right conclusion as to where it is in the music and feeds it the emotional content. It still has the same underlying systems all other musics of differnt cultures have. They all rely on tension and the reliese of that tension.
On the other hand as any good composer should know, a good melodie is familier yet unexpected.
So music must continuely expand and break the rules.
Some might say that we shouldn't learn music theorie so that we doen't put our mind in a box.
However I've found my mind tacken out of its box more after studieing some music theorie, than closed.
Due to seeing one way of operating this mecanism of tension and release. haveing seen one way, I think it makes it easier to find other and also more inventive ways, slowly but surely, to create the same or similar effects.
Well that was fun.
I welcome your feed back and hope to blog again sometime and I hope you enjoy reading it.
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