Docklands - Part Two by John Warwick Highways & by-ways I kept it very simple and very plain, no more than three instruments per section.I was using re-occurring sections/motifs, so you were always coming back to a feeling or emotion, something you always recognised.Your idea behind it, is about the canal Ways where goods were transported from the Docklands to around the country. But also showing the landscape, and what it […]
Docklands - Part One - "The Water" I tried to make sections of light and dark, the water is the light and the industrial change is the darkness. I decided to use a harp and a mandolin as a main focus of the calming water sound, adding some woodwinds to make it sound light and airy. As you travel through each section the water gets more intense (more Instruments) but […]
John Warwicks - The Project Really like to understand Sound and how it works.I wanted to get more into composing side, the different techniques and styles.How to create tension, atmosphere or even an ambient sound.Also being a very avid amateur photographer for many years.Just wanted to combine the two, sound, photo & create a piece of art.Many years I’ve love the Docklands,It’s has Seriously been through many changes in its […]
As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I've worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a "good chart" as a piece of written music that effectively tells the musicians what they should play. Written music comes in seven basic forms: chord charts, […]
https://youtu.be/zGXYpn4zi4Q The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing" Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Doctorow and others continue to write prolifically about the apocalyptic […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXC7Cgp2pks&t=5s Have you ever wondered how your favorite musicians make such great music? The answer is this: They fully understand how musical emotion works, and how to use this to create intense emotions in YOU while you listen to them. Understanding musical expression is key to becoming a great guitar player and musician. When you control emotion in music, you will gain the power to greatly affect the listener's experience. […]
How To Market Your Music More Effectively Knowing how to market your music is without a doubt THE most important thing you can do for your music business and your music career as a whole. You know it's something that must be handled and if you're not making efforts to learn how to market your music more effectively then you should know that, at the very least, nothing serious will […]