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    Christmas Carol: Benedicamus Domino

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    Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas!

    Here is the latest composition:  Every year, I compose a new Carol, and last year, I wrote this Carol, "Benedicamus Domino", words by Rev. C.L. Hutchins.
    I'd like to thank everyone who took part in the making of this Video; the singers and the musicians who rendered the organ music through a sample set.

     

     

    Premiere of a new composition: Serenade for Strings (YouTube, 13th August)

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    Hi everyone!
     
    I don't usually post here, just in the remixes sub-forum when I make a new arrangement.  But I want to share the news of a new piece I'm going to Premiere on YouTube this Sunday.
     
    It's a four-movement Serenade for String Orchestra which I have recently completed. I have been wanting to write one for some time now, and after hearing the Serenades by Elgar, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky, as well as other String Ensemble pieces such as Grieg's Hohlberg Suite, Parry's Lady Radnor Suite, and Holst's St. Paul Suites, I decided now was an opportune time to write one. I have managed to complete the music, and create the video.  It's been uploaded to YouTube, and the link to the video is here:
     
     
    The premiere will begin on Sunday 13th August at 8PM UK time, 3PM EST, Midday California time, depending on where you are 👍 There is also a FB event set up, the link to which is here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/183569654617778
     
    If anyone wants to share, then by all means do so:
    Really looking forward to seeing you guys there if you go :) 

     

    Carol - Benedicamus Domino

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    Posted · Edited by BenEmberley

    Hi everybody!

    I thought I'd share an original composition here for once.  Every year, I write a Festive/Christmas piece, and this year, I chose the verse-and-refrain poem Benedicamus Domino by Rev. Charles Lewis Hutchins, and by paying attention to the text and fitting the atmosphere of the piece with the poem, I was quite pleased with the results. Christmas Carols have always been a favourite part of Christmas to me, and I love the sound of a Church or Cathedral Choir singing a familiar or new piece; Festive Carols are something I love and a new composition that other groups and Choirs could sing is something I put my hand to every year.  Enjoy!

     

     

     

    TEC's Waltz (Paper Mario - Thousand Year Door) Piano arrangement

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted · Edited by BenEmberley

    Hi everyone!

    Here's the newest arrangement - a Piano version of TEC's Waltz from Paper Mario - Thousand Year Door!

    It's the part where TEC, the computer, creates a clone of Peach for Peach to dance with, in an attempt to dance with Peach. The music has a melancholy atmosphere which I feel reflects TEC's unrequited desire to dance with Peach literally, and I wanted to capture that forlornness in a Chopinesque-style Waltz, modelled loosely on his Nocturne in E flat, Op.9, no.2.

     

    Anyone used Kickstarter? I need some advice

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    Hey everybody!

    I'm planning on making a Kickstarter for my Final Fantasy 6 project and was curious if anyone here has used Kickstarter?  If so, can you please get in touch as I'd like to share with you a draft for the Kickstarter plan to see if anyone thinks it can be improved or changed for the better?

    Thanks!

    What should I do about someone posting one of my arrangements on YouTube without crediting me

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    Question:  I've just found a video on YouTube is of one of my arrangements, that another person has uploaded.  I have not been credited, so it seems like this person is trying to pass my arrangement off as their own.  I'm not sure if I should first ask the person to at least credit me as the original writer of the piece, or to report the video?  I will include the two videos here for comparison:

    mine - www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-IXHhUGcD8

    the other person's upload - www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPcevqjC_Ww

    Final Fantasy 6 Opera Scene - Thoughts on material development ideas?

    in Music Composition & Production

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    Hi everybody, I'm curious to get some thoughts on a plan I have:

    I want to make an extended version of the FF6 Opera Scene. I know there's about 4 or 5 different versions of the text, but there's also non-spoken dialogue in the Scene which isn't sung, but I was considering including this as sung dialogue, or maybe even playing two different versions together to "flesh out" sections.

    For example: The First Scene, when Draco sings:

    "Oh Maria, Oh Maria, Though I call you from afar, Will this message reach your Heart? Oh how I long to be with you!"

    I was thinking of including immediately after it another version, which reads:

    "Oh Maria, Oh Maria, My beloved, do you hear My words whispered in your ear As if I were by your side?"

    I was curious if this may be a well-received idea, or if most people may just prefer the original length and just one version of the libretto??

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