Very magical quality to this track as the melodic arpeggio ethereally works its way into the souls of the listener!  Bravo sir!  Good work.  I love the arp, what sound is that?  You get a fav and like.  Gimme a listen as well

@jp-hardboiled: Thanks so much! I will give yours a listen, as well.

Audio Imperia - SOLO: Tech Demos (Bassoon, Clarinet, English Horn, Soprano Operatic)

I decided to work on a submission for the Bleeding Fingers Contest, and had a lot of fun in the process. I always enjoy an excuse to play around with Cubase and Kontakt, and this was certainly an exciting little side project. The track got a lot bigger orchestrally than I had originally intended, but who cares? We're re-imagining music by Hans Zimmer after all :)
The only stem file that I used in my track was the trumpet stem.  Also, I took some of the pitch material from woodwind stem file and used it in the little piano loop, which can be heard most prominently at the beginning of my track.
Hope you enjoy :)

Frozen Expanse - Bleeding Fingers Contest

SOUND AND FURY - Paul Osterfield

An original short composition for solo piano, Caffeine Rag, in the process of following the Joplin-like ragtime template, becomes progressively more awash in fast and jittery syncopations due to drinking too much coffee.

This was recorded in the late 20-teens. A later video recording was made by New York Composers Circle, https://youtu.be/TctWX9FHvKA.

Caffeine Rag

Dr. Ben McIlwain- soloist 
University of Southern Mississippi Orchestra
Feb. 12, 2015- premiere performance

Polina Nazaykinskaya. Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (2015)

This is an excerpt recording of the Hodgson Wind Ensemble performing the premiere of Sally Lamb's 'Caveat' for wind ensemble. This performance took place at JanFest 2015. 

Sally Lamb's website: http://www.sallylambmccune.com

Lamb: Caveat (excerpt)

Story

A jazz-tinged fugue in F major for sax quartet. Performed by Tennessee's Watauga Saxophone Quartet

Fugue for Sax Quartet

Ghost Boxes was inspired by a story I once heard on NPR, filed by Yuki Noguchi, about the disappearance of large “box” stores such as standalone department stores and even shopping malls, mostly due to the rise of online shopping. Since these brick-and-mortar artifacts have ceased to serve their original function, they have been
abandoned, and they now appear as “ghost boxes,” dotting the American landscape.

The image of these “ghost boxes” was irresistible to me as a way into a type of music that could result from a meditation upon it. These old store buildings can serve as halls of mirrors into the past. One might imagine walking through one of them and remembering (or half remembering, or completely misremembering, or simply imagining) music that once played there. Was that a snatch of jazz, or easy listening, or some old movie theme repurposed for a shopping experience? Was that some sort of ambient string track that Brian Eno or Anne Dudley might have composed? Was that the 101 Strings orchestra in an outtake of Stravinsky or Satie at their most
meditative? Rather than simple pastiche, I imagine this music co-existing in one’s memory along with conversation from shoppers, Intercom announcements and any other noise that one might remember from these environments. For me, they call to mind my own childhood in which accompanying my parents to one of these stores was, simultaneously, exciting and comforting. Ultimately, the work is a remixed memory of a particular slice of childhood of which I am particularly fond, so I suppose, as surreal as the work is, it is a piece about love. 

The piece is composed for four flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two trombones, bass trombone, two tubas, timpani, percussion, electric guitar, electronics, piano, harp, and strings.

Ghost Boxes

Polina Nazaykinskaya Symphony N.1 "April Song" II. Grave
performed by the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra on April 2nd, 2017

II. Grave (Symphony N.1 "April Song")

Buy now (name your price): https://zackerywilson.bandcamp.com/album/chip-off-the-old-block

1. Austin (0:00) 
2. Barbie Q (2:33)
3. Boston (4:05) 
4. Bounce (6:27)
5. BreeZee (9:12) 
6. Conquest (11:08)
7. Doobie (13:57) 
8. Excalibur | Caliburn (16:14)
9. Faux Geaux (20:21)
10. Gift (23:40)
11. Groove Heist (26:34)
12. Happy Fe[a]t (29:16)
13. Hershey (32:14)
14. It's a Start (34:05)
15. Journey (36:10)
16. Mayflower (38:43)
17. Orange Oranges (40:40)
18. PluSide (43:22)
19. SnOklahoma (45:15)
20. Starter (47:38)
21. Through the Blue (49:23)
22. [BONUS] Goodbye! (51:55)

"Chip off the Old Block" is a collection of musical rarities and previously unreleased material, all of which written in the last decade or so (2007-2017). Most — but not all — of the music was composed for various failed video game projects. Rather than let these tracks collect [proverbial] dust on my hard drive, I decided to release everything in a more digestible form. (Additionally, the album allows me a chance to tidy up my SoundCloud account.) I *did* clean up a few of the tracks (by applying some light audio polish), but most are largely untouched. Although, admittedly, not every track is a winner (you’ll surely hear some "growing pains" in this particular collection of music), I *do* see the value in archiving as much music as possible — even if there are a few "warts" in the bunch. 

Ultimately, "Chip off the Old Block" presents the listener with an opportunity to examine my growth as a composer over the span of a decade. I sincerely hope you can find — *at the very least* — a little enjoyment out of this album, as a lot of these tracks are close to my heart still. Thank you for your support and, of course, for listening.
 
released July 18, 2018 

All tracks written, arranged, and produced by Zackery Wilson, 2007-2017. www.zackerywilson.com 

Cover artwork [image] by Chris Harmon.
Artwork assist from Corey Stephen Design. https://www.coreystephen.com

Website: https://zackerywilson.com 
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Composer and music educator. Avid lover of the outdoors, music tech., and the Andy Griffith Show.

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