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C#min 110bpm 04-10-07

Graham English — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:46:09 +0000

A whole bunch of funky blips and bleeps in C#min at 110bpm. I’ve got a hook to go with this but have yet to record it.

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Graham English — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:13:23 +0000

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CMAJ 134bpm

Graham English — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:12:02 +0000

Part of me never dies
I know you… you recognize that we are
Heart to heart in a miracle love

Fmin 82bpm

Graham English — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:54:11 +0000

I’ll stand by you to the end.
I’ll never desert you.
I’ll be the one you depend on.
The one you can talk to.

2-23-07 GMAJ 69bpm

Graham English — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:30:05 +0000

Here’s a country/pop song using some acoustic guitar instruments in Logic Pro.

2-23-07 BMAJ 100bpm

Graham English — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:40:39 +0000

I’m still searching for a melody for this song.

Walls 2-5-07

Graham English — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:20:06 +0000

Musing on the ego as it relates to the state of the world today. Part of my FAWM project.

Update: Completed version of When The Wall Falls Down.

Walls 1-12-07

Graham English — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:40:32 +0000

I’ve worked on Walls before. I’m rewriting the lyrics to finish it.

Completed version of When The Wall Falls Down.

Music for 12-26-06

Graham English — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:49:02 +0000

I’m settling on this melody for now. I might play with the second half of the verse to give it a lift.

It’s a pop triplet feel in the key of B at 90bpm.

ToWrite verse chorus melody

Music for 12-24-06

Graham English — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:55:27 +0000

This is a continuation of 12-07-06b. I’m working out different ideas for the melody to see which one flows better.

It’s a pop triplet feel in the key of B at 90bpm.

ToWrite verse chorus melody

Music for 12-07-06b

Graham English — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:07:10 +0000

This one flew out pretty quick so I captured it on my iPod. It’s a triplet feel in the key of B at about 60bpm.

ToWrite verse chorus prechorus

Music for 12-07-06

Graham English — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:20:52 +0000

This is a verse and chorus I came up with tonight. I’m not really sure how I want to modulate back and forth from major to minor yet. The rhythm of the melody and harmony don’t provide much contrast but the move from minor to major might be enough. Another option is that the verse is a prechorus.

85bpm Db C#min pop rock verse chorus prechorus ToWrite composing

Music from 06-21-05: Walls

Graham English — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:49:27 +0000

Where will you be when the Wall falls down
Where will you be when the Wall falls down

Dead and buried, gagged and bound
Bars of steel will lock me down
They tried to tell me but I won’t hear
Abandon hope, there is none here

Where will you be when the Wall falls down
Where will you be when the Wall falls down

MULTI TRACK 80bpm Gmin7 Vocal dark chorus ToWrite verse

Completed version of When The Wall Falls Down.

Music from 05-13-06

Graham English — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 07:26:37 +0000

Very slow. 64 bpm. I’m moving around A minor. Natural minor scale (Aeolian). I like the vibe. Very dark but hopeful. Dualistic. Kinda sounds drunk.

0:42: I move to the major. It still has that dark flavor.

1:00: Sounding more country. Like something Nora Jones would do.

1:48: I’m pulling out a nice melody.

3:00: I’m really starting to like the melody. It feels like it’s taking shape.

3:30: I’m not sure how the form should go here. It doesn’t feel solid. It’s all in the progression. It’s not balanced right now.

I like the ending on the major chord. C major is beautiful.

Music from 04-09-06

Graham English — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:53:26 +0000

I’m playing with C and F. Not finding anything on that first try for contrast.

bar 25: Second take.

32: Here comes a pattern of mine. Going from C/E to F then to B flat and walking down to the V (Gsus) from there.

45: Third take. I stretch my contrasting pattern out on this try. Looking for a melody.

76: Playing with modes a little to feel the sound of the changes.

100: I’m finding a melody.

My timing’s pretty hideous in this example.

112: Nice countermelody developing in the right hand. I like the G over the F at bar 127.

135: I like the deep sound and subtle tension of the D4 over the chord progression.

148: Nice call and response between the octaves.

167: I find that melody again.

To me, it’s more like background music for a movie scene or something like that.

Music for 02-24-06

Graham English — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:36:38 +0000

I tightened up the song I wrote yesterday and recorded this piano track. I’m going to commit to a melody and start putting some lyrics to the form. BbMAJ7 95bpm.