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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Ringtone
The Eine Kleine Nactmusik ringtone is here. I created a ringtone for Bluesy Bach Opus 5 – Eine Kleine Nactmusik (A Little Night Music) and so…….Here is the free link for the mp3 version. But if you want to put this on an iPhone…..YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to my music store page and buy the ringtone that is already in the Apple .m4r format. All payments may be done SECURELY through PayPal. Thank you!
Bluesy Bach and Friends – Opus 5
My latest recording, Bluesy Bach and Friends – Opus 5 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik), is now released!
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As I mentioned in a previous post on my Mozart project, this recording is of the first movement: I – Allegro. My version of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is essentially a rock quartet, with guitar, bass, organ and drums with jazz and blues-rock influences. This is definitely one of my longer recordings, clocking in at about 8 minutes 20 seconds. I have heard that Spotify favors shorter music because I suppose people have shorter attention spans these days due to the clickable nature of the Internet. But I didn’t do this to please Spotify. I arranged and recorded this because I like what Mozart did and wanted to experience his music through my own interpretation.
Where it’s At
You can get your own copy and listen to Bluesy Bach and Friends – Opus 5 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) from wherever it is most convenient for you. It is available in my music store. It is also on CD Baby or through digital distributors like Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and many more!
Sheet Music Coming
As you can see from Mozart’s score it was written for Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello and Contrabass. My arrangement is for Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Hammond Organ, and Drums. Coming soon will be the sheet music for my complete score.
Here is the cover artwork for the tune. I think it’s pretty cool!
Here is an alternate version of the art that I considered using but it scared me just a little too much to go with!
New Website!
You may have noticed a difference in my website lately. Due to massive problems with the site not rendering properly on mobile devices I set out to get it fixed. After multiple failed attempts, and upon the recommendation from a friend, I turned to a developer on Upwork.com.
Better Navigation
Now, my website has been revamped and it’s running on the “DIVI” WordPress theme by Elegant Themes. Thanks to the web developer help I was able to secure via Upwork.com, besides the site running much faster and more secure, I now also have an easy to navigate to the music store page……
……and sheet music store with document previews.
So…there have been, yes, some bugs to work out, and DIVI has fixed the display issues on all mobile devices as far as I can tell except on Safari on iPad. So anyway……, if you need website and specifically, WordPress web development help, I highly recommend Upwork. If you want a referral to a web developer, send me an email via the contact form on the about page.
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus
So, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Several months ago I began one of my more ambitious projects so far:
To create my own arrangement and recording of a work by Mozart. Sure, I have already dabbled in works by Bach and Beethoven, but really, who could approach Mozart, being the child prodigy that he was? Well, I decided to try anyway. My choice, of course, was Mozart’s most popular work ever, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major), K. 525.
In this project I am only focused on the first movement: I – Allegro.
My approach is not to fundamentally change the composition, but to apply my own arrangement, instrumentation and groove to it in the spirit of what I have done already in the Bluesy Bach and Friends project. Per the all knowing Wikipedia, “The work is written for an ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass but is often performed by string orchestras.” My version is more of a rock quartet, with guitar, bass, organ and drums. I have attached a snippet of what I have so far and if you have to apply categories to this, it has jazz and blues-rock influences. Stay tuned for the full release in the not too distant future.
A Quick Intro to Christopher J.
I am Chris Hartzog and this is my website, Christopher J. Music. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in the Seattle, Washington area.
I’ve loved music as long as I can remember. During many years of being a special needs parent to a very high needs child with autism, I started playing guitar again and started writing music. And through that experience I learned that music not only transcends languages, it also transcends disabilities.
Today my music covers a variety of styles and instruments from folk to blues/jazz, and classical to pop-rock. I am a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass (electric and upright), ukulele, keyboards, and a singer and songwriter. I also enjoy playing classical music on the double bass with my local community symphony orchestra. And, I write, arrange, record and produce songs and put them on this website for people to download and hopefully share and enjoy.
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