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I have posted one of my recent big band compositions/arrangements with the NotePerformer/Sibelius sounds. Give it a listen and see if you can hear both the "show" and the "blues" influences. Click here to hear it.
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If you love the band Twenty One Pilots as much as I do and if you have ever wondered what the band's music would sound like played by a big band, wonder no longer. Try my new arrangement of House of Gold. Click here to hear the Sibelius mock-up of it. Hoping to have a live recording soon.
If you are looking for a dixieland arrangement to add to your bigband's repertoire, give this chart a listen. This is the link.
You can hear the mock-up by clicking here.
Hard to believe I took my first "swing" at arranging this piece in 2014. Well, the band has another Mardi Gras gig so it is the perfect time to brush the dust off this arrangement and breathe some new life into it. I think it will really swing now and if it is successful (and there is no reason why it should not be), I will post it with my other charts on this site. You can hear the mock-up by Sibelius here, at the bottom of the After Hours Band page.
At times, I find myself overwriting charts. There is enough ideas for four arrangements. I have to keep myself in check and keep it simple. In the end, all that matters is that the band can play the music, that they enjoy your writing and that is sounds good. Generally, a band's ability to play the chart, their enjoyment of that chart and the success (quality of sound) of the arrangement are correlated. Try to get too tricky or academic and the piece is sunk. Just make it swing, regardless of the genre.
At times, I find myself overwriting charts. There is enough ideas for four arrangements. I have to keep myself in check and keep it simple. In the end, all that matters is that the band can play the music, that they enjoy your writing and that is sounds good. Generally, a band's ability to play the chart, their enjoyment of that chart and the success (quality of sound) of the arrangement are correlated. Try to get too tricky or academic and the piece is sunk. Just make it swing, regardless of the genre.
New #bigband arrangement Triste taking shape. Hoping to play part of it w @AHBBjazz this Monday1/22/2017 Having a fabulous time writing this arrangement of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Triste." I have gone "old school," writing the majority of the lines at the piano. Now all the hard work is done, I need to flesh-out all the voices on the computer and put in all the details that make any chart come to life. That's okay; I love both parts of the writing process.
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