As time allows I have been transcribing into notation some of my music and making that available on this site. The full score for Opus 1 in my Bluesy Bach series of recordings, Bluesy Bach – Opus 1 (Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring), is now available for purchase. This piece is scored for four electric guitars, violin 1, violin 2, viola and cello, contrabass, electric bass 1, electric bass 2, timpani and two drum kits. The drum kit parts are only an approximation as notating drum parts is exceedingly difficult, at least for me!
This was my first venture into rearranging Bach to take on a blues groove and was with his, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”. Per Wikipedia, it “is the most common English title of a piece of music derived from the 10th and last movement of the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1716 and 1723.”
Bach scored this piece for choir, trumpet, violin, optionally oboe, viola, and basso continuo. As I said, my arrangement is scored for scored for four electric guitars, violin 1, violin 2, viola and cello, contrabass, electric bass 1, electric bass 2, timpani and two drum kits. The guitar plays the violin 1 melody and the double bass plays the choir lines. A preview of the score and the full score are available for purchase in the sheet music store.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site. I had created a ringtone for Bluesy Bach Opus 4 (Arioso Für Elise) a few months ago, but forgot to post it until now.
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site. I had created the ringtones for my Opus 3 in the Bluesy Bach series a few months ago, but forgot to post them until now.
Here come more ringtones! I had a busy spring and summer! I traveled to Norway twice, traveled to the midwest to visit family and I did this while continuing to write new music and create more ringtones, plus run my consulting business. On top of that, I play in the Evergreen Community Orchestra. So now I am playing catch up with my web site. I had created the ringtones for my Opus 3 in the Bluesy Bach series a few months ago, but forgot to post them until now.
Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 3 Ringtone # 1 (Minuet). I will publish ringtone # 2 in a separate post so it appears in your podcast feed.
And furthermore, YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to my music store page. All payments may be done SECURELY through PayPal.
The music store page contains ringtones that are already in the Apple .m4r format or use on an iPhone.
So, I decided to unhook myself from Facebook and walk away. Here is what I wrote on Facebook. I will probably wait a few days to give anyone who cares a chance to read it before I actually delete my FB account.
Hey everyone – I posted this beautiful sunset picture because sadly and unfortunately this will be my last post on Facebook.I am deleting my account and walking away from Facebook to spend more time in the physical world.If you want to get in touch with me you can always telephone (we’re in the book), text, email or send me a birthday card (remember those?) in the mail.
I decided to get rid of Facebook for many reasons, but the top reasons are:
Fifty million Facebook user accounts were recently hacked.
Facebook is for me a big time waster, distraction and creativity killer.
Facebook cannot be trusted with my (or your) information.Witness Cambridge Analyitica.
Facebook is creepy.It tracks you….even if you are not on Facebook
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerburg’s unethical behavior has been documented by Business Insider.
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If you want to delete Facebook, here are the steps:
