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The Haunt of a Lizard-Orchestral Version

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:38:06 +0000

Here is an orchestral piece I just finished. I had originally written it for a string quintet and decided to blow it up and write it out for a full orchestra. I had the opportunity to conduct and record it at mix one studios here in Boston, MA. Enjoy!

Instrumentation:
2 flutes
2 oboes
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
2 french horns
1 flugel horn
1 glockenspiel
1 Harp
18 violin (9 first 9 second)
9 viola
3 cello
3 double bass

The Haunt of a Lizard

Nike

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 14:58:17 +0000

Here is a school project I did for a Nike spot

The Scoop

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:18:28 +0000

This is a project I worked on a while ago with Director David A. Daniels. It is a comedy about the grueling facts of working in the customer service industry and takes place in a mom and pop ice cream shop on the manager Zach’s last day of work. I wrote and arranged this song and Kristian H. produced it. It is a hybrid production using both midi sequencing and live instruments.

Let the Record Play…Again!

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:01:45 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to arrange one of my electronic songs for a 7 piece band. This new version of my song “Let the Record Play” features two guitars (acoustic/electric) synthesizer, piano, bass, drums and vocals. I had it recorded at mix one studios here in Boston and produced it myself. I just finished the mix and am really happy with the finished product!

Let the Record Play (fullbandversion)

Mouth Music

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:38:22 +0000

Native Instruments hits the nail on the head with making any musician feel comfortable making music on a computer. I have recently been getting into Kontakt’s (3) sampler. Like anything NI seems to put out its easy and alot of fun to use. One of many features is the “Zone Envelope Editor” a new and reworked wave editor in Kontakt in which you can draw envelopes directly in the sample waveform. Pretty convenient if you ask me. I was talking to my friend Jon Victorino about its capabilities and he and I decided to have some fun with it. Jon and I live about 3,000 miles apart (give or take a few hundred) and he came up with the idea of recording random sounds on his Mac Book Pro and put me up to the challenge of making something musical out of it. He emailed me a minute long audio file containing some of the random sounds he made at his desk and in about a half hour “Mouth Music” was what I had came up with. This being my first time using Kontakts Sampler one might notice how easy it is to get a grasp of the sampler. Kontakt 3 (and I am sure the same goes for 4) is fun to use and extremely intuitive. It’s sleek user interface design makes Kontakt feel like an instrument and not just another piece of music software. All the sounds on the following track were recorded using only the built in microphone on Jon’s Mac Book Pro.

mouthmusic