This is a demo of a project that I'm doing for an online Coursera course 'Survey of Music Technology'. We are confined to the Reaper DAW and supplied plugins. Feedback welcome from course peers and friends.

Vertigo

Weeping -  At the time this song was released protest songs were banned from the radio in SA. It is amazing that it got aired. This song even used the chord progression of Nkosi Sikile a banned anthem (now the official anthem). solos: Jackie Richardson - vocal, Bruce Cassidy - EVI. P W Botha - speech, John Johnson - alto sax. This song is from my recent album 'My African Heart'

Weeping  (Dan Heymann, Peter Cohen, Ian Cohen, James Fox)

Bruce Cassidy - EVI, Andrew Lilley - piano, Gerald Stockton - bass
Improvised live with Andrew Lilley, Arranged from that performance by Bruce Cassidy. Live bass added by Gerald Stockton 2015

Someone To Watch Over Me - remix

I did a lot of commercial work with my brilliant creative friend Andy Bate in Johannesburg in the 90s. He now works as a voice artist and actor in Germany. The male voice in the ad is my friend Marvin Moses and the girl voices are the wildly flexible genius and my dear buddy Jo Day - she rocks.

Uno Safety

A track from my Hotfoot band in South Africa 
/Bruce Cassidy - composition, programming and trumpet solo
/Donald Bouwer - trumpet
/Brendan Ross - alto sax (solo)
/Steve Dyer - tenor sax
/John Davies - trombone (solo)
/Billy Middleton - tuba

Other band members not on this track: 
/Julian Wiggins - alto sax
/Denzil Weale - piano
/Johnny Fourie - guitar
/Denny Lalouette - bass
/Barry Van Zyl - drums
/Terry Clarke - drums

Melancholia

In South Africa it's quite trendy to have an American accent and some folks try to speak with one. However what often comes out is often referred to as a mid-Atlantic accent. This is my Mid-Atlantic song. Solos: Bruce Cassidy - EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument), Adrean Farrugia - piano, Pat Kilbride - fretless bass, John Johnson - alto sax.

My African Heart

Mid-Atlantic Blues

Sunrise On Ganymede - Hotfoot Orchestra, Johannesburg

Music and arrangement - Bruce Cassidy. Lyrics and vocal - Rick Morrison, Piano and vibes - Dave Restivo, Bass - Shelly Berger

A Beautiful Dream

Bruce Cassidy Orchestra at the Toronto Dominion Centre 
outdoor concert, Aug 30, 1978

Adele Armin - violin
Paul Armin - viola
Dick Armin - cello
Arnie Chycoski - trumpet
Mike Malone - trumpet
Bruce Cassidy - composer, arranger, trumpet
George Stimpson - french horn
Eric Tyson - bass trombone
Pat LaBarbera - alto sax
Michael Stuart - tenor sax
Gary Morgan - baritone sax
Bernie Senensky - piano
Robert Piltch - guitar
David Piltch - bass
Terry Clarke - drums

Lament To Louis, Bruce Cassidy Orchestra 1978

A tribute to my mother who had a tragic life. This is a remix of a track I recorded during my stay in South Africa. Played on Steinerphone, an early version of the EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) Tom Szczesniak plays piano on my remix.

Bruce Cassidy

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