this is a brilliant piece ..way of writing this
I love Winds set ...very nice sampling ... !!
thank you for sharing it !!

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I'm always happy to hear your comments. You're always so generous and encouraging - a real asset to Macjams. Thanks again and be safe in Bagdad.
- Bowman


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Wow! Sounds very atmospheric; you have an amazing gift of being able to paint beautiful pictures with music. Sounds like this could be part of a larger suite. Very nice; I always enjoy your music, and I'm happy to see you are producing new pieces on a fairly regular basis.

All the best,
Clark

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It always means a great deal to me to hear from you about my music. It's interesting that you felt this could be a part of a larger suite. In fact it is. I've been working on at least two other sections - was tempted to put it all up as a work in progress but I get few plays on my short works and don't expect many would bother with a longer one.
Once again many thanks and I'm looking forward to hearing what's coming next from you.
Be Well,
Charles (Bowman)




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Bowman,
There's something "eastern" about this number...and I am a sucker for the open 5ths. Such a nice interplay between wwinds. This is a very thoughtful number, ingeniously conceived. I have never heard anything quite like it and that's why it's so fresh-sounding. Bravo. I hope you will take the advice from composerclark and put together a suite of some length along these lines. It would be a real contribution to small ensemble literature. Do you write any of this out?
Nice to hear something of substance tonight!!! Many thanks.
Paul

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It's great to here a fellow composer and one so gifted find value and some pleasure in my work.

It's always a kind of mystery to me as to how a piece comes together. Sometimes - in fact quite often when I'm away from a keyboard, I get bits and pieces of something - phrases running through my mind. I have enough knowledge to jot down some sketches - themes, rhythms, and maybe though not often a few chord progressions. It’s when they mentally take off and develop extensively that I'm frustrated at not more adept at writing down what I "hear".
This piece started on the keyboard, with a cool combination of the Bassoon and Clarinet. The open 5ths where such an odd yet compelling sound that they became the grounding of the piece.
I hope to one day bring out more of this. It was so nice of you to say that this could make a contribution to small ensemble literature. Just hearing that makes my day.
Thanks for dropping by and the very kind words.
Charlie (Bowman)


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It's great to hear a fellow composer and one so gifted find value and some pleasure in my work.

It's always a kind of mystery to me as to how a piece comes together. Sometimes - in fact quite often when I'm away from a keyboard, I get bits and pieces of something - phrases running through my mind. I have enough knowledge to jot down some sketches - themes, rhythms, and maybe though not often a few chord progressions. It’s when they mentally take off and develop extensively that I'm frustrated at not more adept at writing down what I "hear".
This piece started on the keyboard, with a cool combination of the Bassoon and Clarinet. The open 5ths where such an odd yet compelling sound that they became the grounding of the piece.
I hope to one day bring out more of this. It was so nice of you to say that this could make a contribution to small ensemble literature. Just hearing that makes my day.
Thanks for dropping by and the very kind words.
Charlie (Bowman)


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