Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFXHMQhUCkg

"Secret of the Forest" feat. Brett McDonald
Yasunori Mitsuda
Arr: Tyler J. Mire
Performed by the Multiplayer Big Band

-Score Link: https://bit.ly/2TQqCJT

Mixed/Edited By: Tyler J. Mire
Mastered by: Mike Haynes

My newest series of big band video game arrangements launches with this classic from one of my favorite games, Chrono Trigger.

Chrono Trigger is known amongst game players as one of the most important and well beloved video games of all time. In addition, its score is frequently cited as one of the all time greats. With its lush harmonies, non functional progressions and fusion straight 8th grooves I realized that all the time I spent playing this game as a child was affecting my musical approach as I entered college. So when I decided to arrange this piece two years ago, the meeting was natural and fluid.

Throughout the arrangement you will hear the top tier clarinet playing of Brett McDonald, as the featured soloist. In addition, Brett, Drew and Kelsey provide a vast array of woodwind colors such as bass clarinet, alto flute, and bass flute! The brass play remarkably well, with many exposed and delicate muted passages. The rhythm section is groovin' throughout and I just love how they play during the solo section. I think you will too.

Reeds:
Brett McDonald (Alto, Clarinet, Alto Flute, Bass Flute)
Drew Zaremba (Tenor Sax, Clarinet)
Kelsey Mire (Bari Sax, Bass Clarinet)

Trumpets:
Tyler Mire (lead)
Jason Levi
Thomas Davis
Micah Bell
Thomas Eby

Trombones:
Chris Ott (Lead)
Carl Lundgren 
Eric Ladish
Matt Jefferson

Rhythm:
Lindsey Miller - Guitar
Matt Endahl - Rhodes
Thomas Davis - Electric Bass
Joshua Hunt - Drums and Percussion

Critical Hits

Secret of the Forest (feat. Brett McDonald)

Souper Mahro Kaert

youtube version with tonnetz visualizer here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqBmjCO9P4

fifteen frolicsome figures (15edo)

This track was made for DTM MIDI Central compilation album POWER! GS, managed and organized by @melonadem & @harumi-makoto

Check out the album here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO3KEwceJTs

Composed / Arranged by I. "ASIKWUSpulse" Wüst
Rendered on Roland SOUNDCanvas SC-88Pro / Mixed by @moviemovies1
Cover-art / Mastered by @melonadem
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I got an nice idea of just going for a huge pop-
orchestra sound sprinkled up with funk.

The first thing that came to me was the piano-riff
with the octave bass in the intro, that does an ascending chord figure with the bass and the string-ensemble - for that real heavy feel you get from ballads.

That felt from the beginning as the to-go foundation
for the chorus as well, topped with a whailing lead
for more of that mighty ballad feel, but at the same
time embracing the funky feel brought by the
swingin' rhythm.

The rest is just tinkering with jazzy chords and licks,
gluing the piece together smoothly into a somewhat
radix-reminescent sound (radix is a popular musician
in the tracker scene).

This took 4 days in total to make, day 1 & 2 for
composing, day 3 for the finishing touches, a week
off, then a 4th day for a final playback check before
submission.

The track features a lot of configuration exclusive to
the GS MIDI-synthesizers such as pitch-modification
to individual drum-sounds in the same MIDI-channel
without the use of pitch-bend, detailed modification
of the internal system-effects, instrument-layers by
rerouting MIDI-channel reception, etc.

Hope you will enjoy it!

Jump The Jumper (SC-88 MIDI)

swing

Polyhat's first original track separate from my main project (JoeyFunWithMusic)!

Debuted during the premiere livestream for Internet Record Shop 02: NIGHTSCAPES! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFqdU55MxJQ)

Art by @Gejospixelart https://allmylinks.com/gejospixelart (Not the official art for the track)

This is the first track I started making on Korg Gadget for the Nintendo Switch.

Gadget World

snowing in

Original song by Devin Morrison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tln9uSKsFIs

Whitley Pier (Cover)

This is a track that I made to honor inkas.

The Andes Flute

A nod to the great Tom Paxton, one of his best songs among many. 

McSpadden  dulcimer, 1928 Gibson mandolin, 2005 Mid Mo Mandolin, Washburn R305 parlor guitar open G tuning

Last thing on my mind. written by the great Tom Paxton.

The melody is light and dreamy, as if you want to fly up into the sky

snowing in

chiptami

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