Name: Pièce Héroïque (César Franck) by Ken Soper
Duration: 8 min 39 s
Description: I won an AGO competition in New Jersey in 1974 and was obligated to perform a recital. I don't recall the church or the instrument, only that I was 15 and my dad made the recording on a cheap cassette recorder.

I won an AGO competition in New Jersey in 1974 and was obligated to perform a recital. I don't recall the church or the instrument, only that I was 15 and my dad made the recording on a cheap cassette recorder. 

Pièce Héroïque (César Franck)

I played the organ for a friend's wedding in the late 80s.  He asked that I record the wedding music on the synthesizer as a gift.  This uses what I'd consider to be very modest gear of the era, an Emu Emax, Roland JX-8P, a Yamaha TX-81Z, an Alesis Midiverb II and MMT-8 sequencer. Mixed down directly to cassette--and toward the end it got a little hot. Some unintentional tape compression. At the start of the B-section I sampled Virgil Fox's version.  Just thought it was cool. Hence the ridiculous tempo.

Widor Symphony for Organ No. 5 in F minor, 5th movement "Toccata."

It's 1958, Manhattan. A dark, smoky bar.  Shades, beard, beret seated on a barstool bathed in a soft blue light.. Strung out guitarist to his right, alien percussionist on the left.  Stool guy think's he's The Raven. All he's got is two words. Hey Bobby. 

Moog Etherwave Theremin through the Moog MurF. Tortured guitar by Nashville session maestro, Jason Roller. Percussion from Stylus RMX.  The Etherwave seems to know who daddy is.  

Hey Bobby (2006)

05 Song A Drunk Man Sings

04 She Rolls Jaunty

Written in 1978 by Steve (shaulls) Lentz

Rod Leitzel  on Drums
Larry Campbell on Bass
Ken Soper on Fender Rhodes

Positive Statement

Recorded on 10/26/11 at b.d.c.f. studio by Eric Doucet and Ken Soper.  Eric improvised on the Korg Wavestation and Roland JX8P polysynths, over a  Moog Voyager/Model D ostinato. Ken plunked a note or two on the Alicia Keys piano sample for Kontakt.

The Visitors

Jesus Of Neverland - Demo

Letter to my grandchildren: April 2020 
By Anne Burton (xKnuckles)

This quarantune is a direct product of this strange time. Everything was composed, played, recorded and mixed in isolation during her lockdown by Anne Burton, who also sings the vocals.
It is inspired by the thought of perhaps being asked, at some point in the distant future: “What was it like to live through the great pandemic of 2020?” 
There are three sections: a slow instrumental beginning, a funkier middle bit and the sung part at the end.
Instruments used: Casio Px5x keyboard. 
Akai MPD 218 finger drumming machine. 
Cubase virtual instruments.

Thank you for listening.

All music and lyrics by Anne Burton

Pièce Héroïque (César Franck)

Ken Soper

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