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Fmin 82bpm

March 30, 2007 By Graham English

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. Download: Fmin 82bpm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 82bpm, dark, F#min, iPod, laid back, LIVE, melody, minor, piano, pop, R&B, slow, ToWrite, verse, Vocal

Music from 12-06-05

December 4, 2006 By Graham English

I've taken a few months off of posting music here but I'm back in the saddle now. It took a while to get my work flow down after my move to Boston. So I'll be archiving all my new and old music again. This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 60bpm, acoustic bass, blues, Charlie Parker, frenetic, G, gospel, iPod, LIVE, Parkers Mood, piano, piano solo, piano trio, slow blues, spacious, turnaround

Music from 12-14-05a

August 3, 2006 By Graham English

This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording of me playing with an [tag]Fmin7[/tag] [tag]Funk[/tag] [tag]riff[/tag] at [tag]110bpm[/tag] on the [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ, [tag]wah wah clav[/tag], and [tag]Trinity[/tag] [tag]synth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 110bpm, Fmin7, funk, hammond, iPod, LIVE, organ solo, riff, synth bass, Trinity, wah wah clav

Music for 07-13-06

July 13, 2006 By Graham English

0:00 - [tag]Hammond[/tag] organ, [tag]wurly[/tag], and [tag]clav[/tag] in [tag]Amin[/tag] over a [tag]105bpm[/tag] [tag]Apple Loop[/tag] [tag]Hip Hop Money Beat[/tag]. 2:33 - [tag]organ solo[/tag]. 5:20 - [tag]wah wah clav[/tag]. 6:12 - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 105bpm, Aeolian, Amin, Apple loop, clav, clav solo, Dorian, funky, hammond, Hip-Hop Money Beat, LIVE, organ solo, wah wah clav, wurly

Music from 10-20-05

July 12, 2006 By Graham English

This is me [tag]composing[/tag] a [tag]ballad[/tag] on the [tag]piano[/tag] with a beautiful haunting [tag]melody[/tag] in the key of [tag]G[/tag]. I might put lyrics to this one. [tag]chord progression[/tag]: ||: G | D/F# | Emin C/E | Bmin7 | … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: Amin9, ballad, beautiful, chord progression, composing, G, haunting, LIVE, melody, modulation, piano, rubato, solo piano, ToWrite, vamp

Music for 07-3-06

July 3, 2006 By Graham English

A couple choruses of [tag]Nostalgia in Times Square[/tag] by [tag]Charles Mingus[/tag]. I'm trying to memorize the changes. Download: Music for 07-3-06 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: acoustic bass, Charles Mingus, jazz, LIVE, Nostalgia in Times Square, piano, piano bass duo, piano solo

Music from 12-16-05

July 2, 2006 By Graham English

This is an [tag]iPod[/tag] recording in the key of Gmin (Dorian) at 100bpm. Hammond and wah wah clav start it out. 2:50 - Clav solo and trying to feel the groove. 4:28 - End solo into a variation on the riff. 5:00 - Modulate up minor third … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 100bpm, clav, clav solo, Dorian, funky, Gmin, hammond, iPod, LIVE, modulation, organ solo, outside riff, riff, syncopated, upbeat, wah wah clav, wurly

Music from 06-05-05

July 1, 2006 By Graham English

This is an iPod recording of Prince's How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore. I recorded this just over a year ago for my girlfriend. Download: Music from 06-05-05 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 75bpm, ballad, cover, girlfriend, iPod, LIVE, love, pop, Prince, rhodes, sexy, Vocal

Music for 06-23-06a

June 23, 2006 By Graham English

This is a 90bpm gospel/R&B shuffle in Ab. The chord progression goes from Ab9 to GbMAJ7/Ab. Occasionally I drop down to a Gb13 which inspired a nice sounding turnaround. This groove would make a good vamp. Download: Music for 06-23-06a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 90bpm, Ab, Ab9, chord progression, gospel, groove, LIVE, R&B, shuffle, turnaround, vamp

Music for 06-22-06b

June 22, 2006 By Graham English

I'm focusing on two things here. Hand interdependence and phrasing with little or no regard to pitch. So motion and rhythm basically. 205bpm. Very choppy. 1:35: Walking bass. We'll see how it goes... 2:45: Slowing it down because I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: 205bpm, acoustic bass, atonal, bebop, fast jazz, hand interdependence, jazz, LIVE, phrasing, piano, piano bass duo, piano solo, walking bass

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