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| Clay: I will have to start by repeating my apology for my comments on Mike's' piece, I was rude and awoke the next morning very unhappy with myself and apologised at the first opportunity. When posting on the list I have always appreciated that although we will often criticise professional musicians we don't disparage each others work. I don't think my output is good but I do think it is important to create music as well as listen to it. My stuff may be poop, I would have said shite myself, but it is mine, the gymnopedies were jokes, a bit like Glenn Gould playing Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata or any Chopin. I set about trying to express my feelings towards the music, and it looks like I succeeded! I used samples and FL Studio because with my limited keyboard skills it would have taken a few weeks to learn the piece and I would rather spend the time practicing Bach. Midi, a rigid beat and unusal tempi, suited my purposes. However to my surprise I did start to relent by the time I did the slowest piece, I did quite like the end result and I did smooth out the trombone a bit. I didn't like it enough to alter the dynamics or add rubato. I don't understand the group's attitude to samples, the trombone sounds particularly good to my ears. Anyway below is my last post. Features George again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSG3e9t8_ns Cheers Mark PS I am not comparing myself to Glenn Gould, in my heirachy of music, Glenn is playing the Art of Fugue on the summit of Mount Everest, Mike is playing Satie on a mellotron in Edinburgh and I am arsing about with M-tron at the bottom of deep coal mine. --- On Sat, 25/9/10, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote: |