More synth experimentation, with some polyrhythms too.

Desert Crossing

My first cover. - "A Felicidade" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. It means happiness, which is a state of mind that I'm a big fan of. ;)

A Felicidade (AC Jobim cover)

Whisper Not (composed by Benny Golson)

Ms. Direction

Thanks again to Alan Morris for all the vocals and quite a bit of the lyrics too :)
To celebrate my daughter Arwen's first (very small) TV appearance, I decided to re-mix this piece. It sounds very similar to the original actually.

For my wonderful kids. I have been known to be a little anxious whenever they do anything remotely dangerous. Possibly as a result of this, they have pursued such activities. My elder son and daughter are now attending Circus school. I am very proud of them, but a bit worried at the same time. 

Here are the lyrics again:

For my wonderful kids. I have been known to be a little anxious whenever they do anything remotely dangerous. Possibly as a result of this, they have pursued such activities. My elder son and daughter are now attending Circus school. I am very proud of them, but a bit worried at the same time. The photo is of my daughter Arwen (8) on the trapeze at home.

(chorus:) 
Careful, careful! 
Careful my kids! 
Don't have a fall 
Not fun at all

Horses are big, 
Children are small. 
Archery is 
unsafe for all.

Circus training 
What can I say? 
How about you learn to 
Knit like your aunty does and she is still OK.

(spoken accidents:) 
And there are lots of horrible possibilies: 
Broken noses 
Busted lips 
Cuts and bruises 
Put out hips

Broken nails 
Broken bones 
Quadriplegia 
Screams and moans

Amputations 
Muscles ripped 
Tendons torn 
and teeth all chipped

Brain disorders 
Smelly breath 
Punctured lungs 
and bloody death! 
(*gasp*)

I'm not asking you to give up everything that's fun, 
but spare a thought for your old dad, I'm losing sleep!

So... 
Wear a helmet when you ride 
Cross the road look side to side 
Only fly when you are wired 
Don't do dangerous things when tired

Please? 
Pretty please?

Argh! Take your sister out of that cannon! 
I refuse to have you shooting her across the room before you've had your dinner!

(repeat accidents)

If you listen carefully, 
You may hear the sound effect of me 
Tearing out my hair you see 
Aaaaaaaaargh!

(repeat chorus * 2)

Careful 
Please be careful!

Careful Careful (ft. Alan Morris) (remix)

My first composition with Logic 9. I was just playing with a few of the instruments, and this is what happened.

Ooru

I would have called this piece "Grief" except I have already created a piece called "Grief". (it came to grief)

Loss (ft. Leilani Roosman)

I'm sure all of you will have experienced the frustration of calling a large organisation with an automated phone system. They never give you the option you need, and it takes forever.
Thanks again to Alan Morris (on SC) for his fantastic vocals, and for contributing many of the words. :)

Cast:
The caller: Alan
PhoneCorp main voice: Vicki (Apple OS X voice)
PhoneCorp advertising: Alex (Apple OS X voice)
Candy: Alan
Dave: Alan
Billie: Anonymous Net Camels
Kevin's mum ("Mrs. Customer"): Alan
Raj: Alan


The Twelve Calls To PhoneCorp Demo (Bruce Cropley and Alan Morris) (PG)

A rare adventure into classical music. I have been imagining ice skaters dancing to this. :)

Skater's Waltz

In Limbo

I'm not sure whether I've finished this or not. I was thinking of adding some glitchy sounds. What do you think?

Progress (added Glitches 1 July 2013)

This is my contribution to The Jive Monkey Cartel's community participation project: http://soundcloud.com/thejivemonkeycartel/community-participation

AddYourStuffBC enhanced 22 June

This was my entry for a small competition on the composer's forum. The melody was given, and the task was to arrange it into a full piece. Fun :)

CF Competition Mp3

I created a website for my music: http://www.bruce-cropley.com a couple of years ago, through which you can buy mp3s of your favourite pieces, or the whole "Modal Podal" or "We Are Alive" album as a CD. :)

I like (and make music in) lots of different types of music, mainly Jazz, Latin, Classical, Electronic, Experimental.
My aim is to compose music in every style I like. It could take me a while. :)
My influences include: Dave Brubeck, Mike Oldfield, Cubanismo, Bill Evans, JS Bach, The Beatles, AC Jobim, Thelonius Monk, Gil Evans, Michael Jackson and many others.

I have studied piano, trumpet and drums with a few different teachers. I used to jam regularly with friends, and have been in a few bands. My musical interests have been mainly jazz and latin.

At the moment, I am mainly using Logic Studio 9; to give myself some more sounds to play, I bought NI Komplete 5. To generate music more quickly, I bought Band In A Box 2012.5.
Make sure you look at the genres of my music before you press the play button; the styles are very different.
I have also created two demo pieces which contain excerpts from several of my pieces: http://soundcloud.com/cropleyb/demo
http://soundcloud.com/cropleyb/demo-2

I aim to create musical pieces that are profoundly irrelevant to society, creative, musical and humorous.
Anyway, I hope you like my compositions, please comment on them and/or visit my site.

BTW I'm particularly open to collaboration with vocalists. Send me a message if you're interested.

Thanks,
Bruce

Cropleyb

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