Somatic is my new track, set to officially release on March 2nd, but available now on Youtube. 

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Now! Let’s talk about the track...


Somatic. This one is a reflection of where I am in my music creation process. While I’ve been a musician (not professionally) since I was 6 years-old, I’ve only started producing electronic music since 2020. When I first started, and got the hang of it, it was amazing (it still is, but it was even more-so at first). Think of it like this: Imagine you’re in a really good mood, there’s nobody else around, a good tune is playing, you start singing as loud as you can. You know all of the words, you know how the song goes, so you’re belting it out. Now imagine that instead of your voice that comes out when you sing, it’s actually dozens of voices. That’s the feeling you get when you go from creating music on a single instrument, to doing it electronically. 

Problem is, I was all over the place. Not only could I use any number of instruments, but I could create music of so many different genres. The ones I wanted to focus on the most were Old School House, Progressive House, Deep House, Techno, Trance, and combinations of some of those. The production and the sound is very different between genres. Think about a song from Martin Garrix and then a song from Kygo. They’re both electronic music, but very different genres.  As I was coming up with all of these awesome chords, melodies and sounds, I went a bit too far, and added a few too many layers to some of my tracks. So this time, I practiced some restraint. The thing that I learned and that I appreciate the most about this track is that by simplifying it, the elements come out clearer, and better. I hope you enjoy it!

P.S. Thanks for reading this, I had no idea I would go on this long...

Somatic by Valix

Strange Lives

Album made over 10 Years, Mastered with care.

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Harrison Ford

What You Gave

Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Duration: ca. 15'
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=1302
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/sonata-for-bassoon-and-piano

PROGRAM NOTES (SHORT VERSION FOR PROGRAMS) 
When I first began to plan this sonata for bassoon and piano, I had no idea that I would be inspired by something so overtly programmatic, let alone by an American, historical figure who was alive well before I was born. I knew that the premiere would take place at the Thomas Edison Inn in Port Huron, Michigan, and my curiosity eventually took hold and I started reading up on Thomas Edison’s inventions and his life. I was immediately hooked: many of his experiences and beliefs resonated with me. I could not stop thinking about him or his inventions and they ended up providing a Romantic and technical inspiration for this piece.

The first movement, Edison’s Ears, is inspired by a legendary story about the ear problems Edison suffered from throughout his childhood in Port Huron. According to this tale, when he was 15, a train accident further injured his ears. When he tried to jump on the moving train, the conductor grabbed him by his ears to help pull him up. The young Edison said he felt something snap inside his head, and he soon began to lose much of his hearing. The thought of something “snapping inside his head” made me think how, as morbid as this is, inventing something musical from this story might have humored him. The middle of the movement reaches its peak with a loud, staccato “snapping” chord. The beginning of this movement sounds somewhat mechanical and is the first of three locomotive sections (based on three musical quotes) that progressively increase in tempo. The end of the movement gradually descends in register and dies away, much like a hyper-speed, fast-forward toward his eventual and inevitable hearing loss.

The second movement, Mina’s Tapping, draws its inspiration from a story about Edison’s second wife, Mina Miller. The story goes that they were introduced to each other by his life-long friend Ezra Gilliland: “Their courtship ended when Edison tapped out a proposal for marriage on Mina’s hand. In their many years together the pair communicated via Morse code. When attending meetings or at gatherings with friends, Mina would tap out the discussions in Morse code on her deaf husband’s hand. Despite his long hours away from home, Thomas and Mina were totally devoted to each other and profoundly in love.” In this movement, Edison is represented by long melodic lines; Mina is represented by heartbeat-like, pulsed chords derived from the dots, dashes and spaces of Morse code.

Edison is also responsible for creating a revolutionary business model, the world’s first “invention factory.” The final movement,Invention Factory Eureka, is inspired by this, and the one invention that is said to have been Edison’s only true “Eureka!” invention, the cylinder phonograph. The opening motivic material in this movement is derived from the word “Eureka!” The many bright ‘dings’ throughout the middle of the movement represent the cliché of a light bulb appearing above someone’s head when they have a bright idea. This image ties in nicely to Edison, his inventions and his one “eureka” moment.

Cornucopia

Sonata for Bassoon and Piano - III. Invention Factory Eureka

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OPSAT x The Cairngorms Young Team - Clandestine

arpeggiated chordy goodness ;p

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Mono No Aware

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youtube music animation for this
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ3OD3bojuA&lc=UgzKp3wQTKIuo5bpm8p4AaABAg
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AumpLgbHREDWfb7q9f9Vv?si=WA0tvq0yRw2h0YvLx7BE1g

Foreseen

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