New Music Release Thread

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

Glad it eased your morning chores. I'm drawing mixed reactions on the Dorico forum. Some like it, but one very vocal defender of the Bruckner 6th faith wishes I'd left the movement alone, mainly because of the sound engine I used to reproduce the instruments. He doesn't seem to have as big of a problem with my arrangement, and in fact seems to sort of like it, at least.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

New web page up:

https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com/2024/02/keil-and-carragan-and-dorico-oh-my/

Includes embeds of players for the first three movements of Bruckner's sixth, arranged for concert band / wind ensemble.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

At long last, I've finally finished the fourth movement of Bruckner's 6th Symphony, arranged for concert band / wind ensemble. It's not officially posted anywhere since I have yet to do a full proofreading pass (good lord, it's 415 measures long), but I have got a WeTransfer link to a FLAC file of it up for you to download:

https://we.tl/t-7ygAMR3EIF

Please feel free to download it. If you do, I would appreciate knowing what you thought of it. Thank you.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

I've just returned, more or less, from the King Con Cruise 2024 edition, a convention held by Jon St. John and hosted on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas cruise ship. My part of the convention was a presentation about the history of Video Game Music, from 8 Bits to 120-Piece Orchestral Scores. I had to do a 60-minute PowerPoint presentation, followed by a 30-minute Q&A and Raffle. Not to brag, but I think it went down pretty well. I got nothing but praise after it was done, with the exception of a couple of people who wanted me to include a game I'd missed. C'est la guerre. Still, I'm happy with the outcome.

I don't have any pics or recordings yet, but I will post any that get posted by others in the FB thread.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

I entered a competition earlier this year called the loadbang 2024 International Composition Competition. My entry was titled "Interweave," for 4 woodwinds and 3 brass. Well, it turns out that over 600 other people entered the competition, making my odds of winning very slim. The upshot of this is that I didn't win anything. However, now that the contest is over, I can let you listen to it. Here's the YouTube link:

Please note that the first 4 seconds of the video are silent.

Feel free to leave comments. Thanks!

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

I think...I think...I think I've completely finished proofreading all four movements of my band arrangement of Bruckner's 6th Symphony. Furthermore, I think I've finished putting all of the bells and whistles on it (e.g., adding a title sheet and a contents/arranger's notes page, making sure that everything is symmetric from one movement to the next, etc.). In other words, I think I'm finally, finally finished with this four-movement, 133-page behemoth of a work. Now, I need to print out and have bound three copies of the score (two to send out, one for safe keeping), but I will probably only be able to afford to do two at the moment. Both of the printed & bound copies will have to be sent out.

Until I can get to that part, I'm working on getting all four movements up on YouTube. I will advise when they're up.

[mlooney 3,417]

I'm some what surprised that you are using dead tree version for back up.  

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

3 minutes ago, mlooney said:

I'm some what surprised that you are using dead tree version for back up.  

I need a "safe keeping" score so I can have one to send out to a band director at a moment's notice. It's not for my safe keeping, therefore, it's for theirs.

[ProfessorTomoe 1,308]

The YouTube task is done. Here are the links:

1st movement - https://youtu.be/bGvums5A6jg
2nd movement - https://youtu.be/1UA9Knu5S_s
3rd movement - https://youtu.be/U8MRGV5H5Vo
4th movement - https://youtu.be/0nA_0WMHkTY

 

Playlist with all four movements - https://youtu.be/bGvums5A6jg?si=tjmu1Y-iWBa3sEDx 
 

Enjoy with your favorite beverage.

 

 

 

 

[mlooney 3,417]

13 hours ago, ProfessorTomoe said:

I need a "safe keeping" score so I can have one to send out to a band director at a moment's notice. It's not for my safe keeping, therefore, it's for theirs.

Ah, that makes sense.