Ballad No. 2

short clip made from distorting and stretching samples

Let's do it

Music by Shelly Wade
Lyrics by Shelly Wade and Olivia Stoherer
Produced by Charles Schiermeyer 


Written for a dear six month old girl named Katie. She has had 6 surgeries so far for her laryngeal cleft and her mom says she is incredibly strong and always "smiles" no matter what she's going through.  I wrote this about her and her teething ring, "Sophie the Giraffe". I mentioned all of her family members and how she likes to walk in her wagon and other fun things 6 month old babies like to do. 

I had the pleasure of co-writing some of the lyrics with one of my songwriting students at Garden Street Music.  

I hope Katie and her song will inspire all of us to "Smile" no matter what the circumstances. If Katie can, we can too. =)

 
Smile (for Katelyn Hallet)
Music by: Shelly Wade 
Lyrics by:  Shelly Wade and Olivia Stoherer
Produced by Charles Schiermeyer 


Me and Sophie the Giraffe
You know she’s like my other half
Because no matter I’m at she’s there
 
We’re sittin’ blowing bubbles
And forgettin’ all our troubles
Just a’ kiddin’ with my uncle Chris
 
Hello, my name is Katie. I’ll do anything;
I’ll walk for miles through all the rain that’s fallin’
from the sky so high
I’ll always show my biggest smile
I’ll keep on blowing kisses while
We’re on this road no matter what the trial, I’ll smile
 
Smile, smile, smile.
 
Nanny’s in the kitchen
So we’re dancin’ and a mixin’
Now I wonder what she’s fixin
For me
 
Mommy’s runnin’ errands
Grampy’s hummin’ and a’ sharin’
Smellin somethin’ in the air and it’s cookies!
 
Hello, my name is Katie. I’ll do anything;
I’ll walk for miles through all the rain that’s fallin’
from the sky so high
I’ll always show my biggest smile
I’ll keep on blowing kisses while
We’re on this road no matter what the trial, I’ll smile
 
Smile, smile, smile.
 
Walkin’ in my wagon
I’m criss-crossin’ and zigaggin’
Just a’ talkin’ and a’ braggin’
To my daddy
 
Hello, my name is Katie. I’ll do anything;
I’ll walk for miles through all the rain that’s fallin’
from the sky so high
I’ll always show my biggest smile
I’ll keep on blowing kisses while
We’re on this road no matter what the trial, I’ll smile
 

"Smile" for Katelyn Hallet

Peter Black & POE - Low (Black's Get Lower Mix)

Peter Black - Ladies & Gentlemen

Untitled

Sounds from Thursday morning

I have been working on this song for a while, but could never find the right mood. After today's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary however, I felt compelled to finish it. This song is dedicated to the families who lost their children in Newton, Connecticut. Their children were dreamers, they were believers, and they were the future.


Dream Dancer

As some of you know, I'm a big fan of the Christopher Nolan Batman movies and I really like the music Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard composed for them.

I was recently listening to the original soundtrack and decided to make an unofficial EP with remixes from the movie's theme music. I mixed and transformed the orchestral takes and soundscapes until I had some new refreshing songs - hope you like them! I'm giving this EP away for free, so please share as much as possible :)



(This EP contains samples from the Christopher Nolan Batman movies. Music by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard)

03 Prototypes (DnB)

04 Microwave Stolen (IDM)

Aaron Johnson - Alto 
Me - Soprano/Tenor
Danny Rivera - Bari

Quartet 1

Electronic Music at http://soundcloud.com/lunaticbeatz

New York City native Danny Rivera's Orchestra have previously been featured at Drom's "Under the Radar" Showcase. Winner of Downbeat's 2009 Student Music Awards for Outstanding Performance in the Big Band category, and winner of ASCAP's Young Jazz Composers award. Danny's quintet was commissioned by ASCAP to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. for a series called "Songwriters: The Next Generation" and followed that by headlining the Toms River Jazz Festival in New Jersey.

Notable sideman appearances include playing to 17,000 people in Lincoln Center's Out of Doors series and playing to 5,000 people in Verona, Italy for the Verona Jazz Festival with Bobby Sanabria, Blue Note and Kennedy Center Jazz Club with Jon Batiste, Birdland and Aaron Davis Hall with Arturo O'Farrill, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola w/ Gary Smulyan's Baritone Summit. Notable arrangements include "St. Louis Blues" for Steve Wilson at the Allen Room in Lincoln Center, "Such Is Love/ Little Rock Prophet" by Howard Johnson arranged for studio orchestra, and numerous arrangements on the "Kenya Revisited" and "Tito Puente Masterworks" albums by Bobby Sanabria which were both nominated for Latin GRAMMYs. Danny can be heard as a sideman/ arranger on Bobby Sanabria's GRAMMY nominated albums "Multiverse" and "West Side Story Reimagined" on the Jazzheads label.

Discography:

as a sideman/ arranger:
Bobby Sanabria - West Side Story Reimagined(2018 Jazzheads) *
Sean Taylor - The Art of Sean Taylor Vol. 2: Introspection (2013)
Manhattan School of Music Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra - Meditations Suite (2012 Jazzheads)
Bobby Sanabria - Multiverse (2012 Jazzheads) *
SHWIZZ - SHWIZZ (2009)
Captain Coconut - Everybody’s Business (2009)
Captain Coconut - Shoop (2007)

as an arranger:
Bobby Sanabria - Kenya Revisited (2009 Jazzheads) **
Bobby Sanabria - Tito Puente Masterworks - (2011 Jazzheads) **

* - nominated for a GRAMMY
** - nominated for a Latin GRAMMY

Ballad No. 2

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