Acappellacizing
MUSIC!!!!! That's how one of the weirdest songs I've ever sung begins - with the whole choir singing in unison, at forte or above, a couple of sustained, majestic notes in praise of, and in an "Ode to [,] Music". (Those of you literary experts who frequent my blog - can you use the brackets that way? Well, either way, I just did... so pretty soon it will be catching on everywhere.) That's what the song is called - Ode to Music. Now, I'm sorry if I'm stepping on the toes of those who happen to think fondly of this particular piece, but personally I find it a little creepy.
Which is what I'm wondering could be the reaction to my music of those people who aren't used to hearing music that's been turned from perfectly acceptable instrumental songs into all-vocal arrangements, or who are used to hearing their favorite hymns minus all the fluff and 'personality'. But all personality aside (which for me is sometimes like trying to stuff a large tent into a tiny container that it only fit in before you bought it and used it), I hope you like the music. I want you to like me. Please.
Obviously, since I'm blogging about it, there were a few things I was hoping to explain about my music. Mainly back-story, and a little fore-story, and just a pinch of contempor-story.
In high school and college a thing I really liked doing was taking old hymns or contemporary 'worship' music and rearranging it, and also recording it myself (or with friends from time to time) on a multi-track recorder, before the advent of the PC. (At the risk of dating myself, I remember as a kid getting really excited about this Commodore 64 program that would take 30-45 minutes to load which, once it was fully loaded, involved a dot on a screen that you could move around and change the colors of - a paint program.) That's more or less what I've got up on MySpace right now. Special thanks to my friend Cory Martin (the number one friend and a member of these guys) for singing with me on It Is Well, my friend Ross King for letting me use his song In Need, my wife-friend Kathryn for singing with me on said song, and finally a certain person who wished to remain anonymous for his contributions. Okay, so now I'm just name dropping...
About eight or nine months ago, I started trying to write original music for the first time. I don't have any examples or demos of this right now, but I hope to develop this over the next little bit of my life, so that all this really cool stuff in my head can get out there on the web and then you can download it into yours. Pretty much all of my first original songs are introspective, reflective. I anticipate that later songs will be more extrospective (actually, I just looked it up - this really is a word), because it's like Jesus said, "Before you start blowing a lot of hot air, brush your teeth." At least, I think he said something like that.
Which is what I'm wondering could be the reaction to my music of those people who aren't used to hearing music that's been turned from perfectly acceptable instrumental songs into all-vocal arrangements, or who are used to hearing their favorite hymns minus all the fluff and 'personality'. But all personality aside (which for me is sometimes like trying to stuff a large tent into a tiny container that it only fit in before you bought it and used it), I hope you like the music. I want you to like me. Please.
Obviously, since I'm blogging about it, there were a few things I was hoping to explain about my music. Mainly back-story, and a little fore-story, and just a pinch of contempor-story.
In high school and college a thing I really liked doing was taking old hymns or contemporary 'worship' music and rearranging it, and also recording it myself (or with friends from time to time) on a multi-track recorder, before the advent of the PC. (At the risk of dating myself, I remember as a kid getting really excited about this Commodore 64 program that would take 30-45 minutes to load which, once it was fully loaded, involved a dot on a screen that you could move around and change the colors of - a paint program.) That's more or less what I've got up on MySpace right now. Special thanks to my friend Cory Martin (the number one friend and a member of these guys) for singing with me on It Is Well, my friend Ross King for letting me use his song In Need, my wife-friend Kathryn for singing with me on said song, and finally a certain person who wished to remain anonymous for his contributions. Okay, so now I'm just name dropping...
About eight or nine months ago, I started trying to write original music for the first time. I don't have any examples or demos of this right now, but I hope to develop this over the next little bit of my life, so that all this really cool stuff in my head can get out there on the web and then you can download it into yours. Pretty much all of my first original songs are introspective, reflective. I anticipate that later songs will be more extrospective (actually, I just looked it up - this really is a word), because it's like Jesus said, "Before you start blowing a lot of hot air, brush your teeth." At least, I think he said something like that.
Labels: backstory, fuzzy scripturizing, neologizing, occasional wit
posted by joe.peebles at 2:49 PM
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Did you already explain how to find your MySpace page, or did I miss something?
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