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Fasten your seatbelts folks!
I’m going to tell you 3 things about me:
1. I love Aaron Copland’s music.
2. I love the wind that dances across the prairie.
3. I love Mary Oliver’s poetry.
This song was inspired by all three of these things. It’s a little tune I’ve been playing around with on the piano for about 15 years now, but could never get it to actually go anywhere. I finally decided it was time to try orchestrating it. From the moment I wrote this it has been titled “Tidal” because the repetitive movement of the piece always reminded me of the constant pounding of waves against the shore.
BUT
I grew up in the middle of North Dakota, about as far from an ocean as it is physically possible to be on this planet.
I was, however, surrounded by seas of tall green grasses and bold yellow sunflowers. And the ever-present prairie wind would sweep across the plains, rippling through these seas of green and gold, creating waves and making everything in its path dance.
As soon as I started orchestrating, the influence of Aaron Copland became very clear. I have always loved his music, and admired how he was able to so effectively capture the essence of America and its people and traditions. As I thought about this, I began reminiscing about my childhood in the American Midwest and how much I used to love to stand in the middle of a field of grass with my arms out-stretched and let the wind move around me.
A few nights ago, I was reading some of Mary Oliver’s poetry and came across a line in a poem that perfectly summed up my feelings about all of this...
“Doesn’t the wind, turning in circles, invent the dance?”
Enjoy!
Oh - by the way - this is the first song I’ve done using Logic so it may be a little rough in places. I am learning MILLIONS of things every minute, but only remembering about 1% of them. I also downloaded a 10 day free demo of Miroslav Philharmonik and used a few of the instruments in this. Everything else is from the symphony jampack. I had a very difficult time mixing this song. I realized that I usually rely on my piano to sort of set the tone for the dynamics of a piece, and allow the orchestration to follow that structure. But there is no piano in this piece so....lol....it all just sounds LOUD to me. I would appreciate any and all feedback you may have after listening to this. Thanks! And thanks, as always, to magnatone and kissmekate for lending their ears.
I’m going to tell you 3 things about me:
1. I love Aaron Copland’s music.
2. I love the wind that dances across the prairie.
3. I love Mary Oliver’s poetry.
This song was inspired by all three of these things. It’s a little tune I’ve been playing around with on the piano for about 15 years now, but could never get it to actually go anywhere. I finally decided it was time to try orchestrating it. From the moment I wrote this it has been titled “Tidal” because the repetitive movement of the piece always reminded me of the constant pounding of waves against the shore.
BUT
I grew up in the middle of North Dakota, about as far from an ocean as it is physically possible to be on this planet.
I was, however, surrounded by seas of tall green grasses and bold yellow sunflowers. And the ever-present prairie wind would sweep across the plains, rippling through these seas of green and gold, creating waves and making everything in its path dance.
As soon as I started orchestrating, the influence of Aaron Copland became very clear. I have always loved his music, and admired how he was able to so effectively capture the essence of America and its people and traditions. As I thought about this, I began reminiscing about my childhood in the American Midwest and how much I used to love to stand in the middle of a field of grass with my arms out-stretched and let the wind move around me.
A few nights ago, I was reading some of Mary Oliver’s poetry and came across a line in a poem that perfectly summed up my feelings about all of this...
“Doesn’t the wind, turning in circles, invent the dance?”
Enjoy!
Oh - by the way - this is the first song I’ve done using Logic so it may be a little rough in places. I am learning MILLIONS of things every minute, but only remembering about 1% of them. I also downloaded a 10 day free demo of Miroslav Philharmonik and used a few of the instruments in this. Everything else is from the symphony jampack. I had a very difficult time mixing this song. I realized that I usually rely on my piano to sort of set the tone for the dynamics of a piece, and allow the orchestration to follow that structure. But there is no piano in this piece so....lol....it all just sounds LOUD to me. I would appreciate any and all feedback you may have after listening to this. Thanks! And thanks, as always, to magnatone and kissmekate for lending their ears.
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KissMeKate
This has been bubbling beautifully through my head since Shay first pulled it out of her doodles file and starting spinning it into gold. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!