At one point in the semester i felt crazy, irritable, frustrated, and just stressed out. Like in cartoons when the smoke comes out of the ears when the brain is overloaded. Anyway, the 10 minutes or so it took to conduct this piece will go down as one i will never forget. AND this was only the second take, i can imagine what it would sound like with a week of rehearsal...i can dream...I think this piece covers a few emotions in a brief 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Conducted and Composed by ME
SDSU Orchestra
Instrumentation:
3Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 English Horn, 2 Bb-Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoon, 4 Horns, 3 C-Trumpets, 2 Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Vibes, Marimba, Bass Drum, Harp, Celeste(subbed piano, celeste was not available) Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

On Letting Go, a Prelude in A minor

This is an old song from 5+ years ago, orchestral-electronic influence

Times A Wastin

Heres one of the first tracks i ever made.

Darkslide

G.I.T.M.

2008 created. there is a faint descending melody in the far left ear channel and that was kind of the first sound that led this song into existence 

Memories

2011 just something darker sounding. with a lot of bass

Floating Face Up

This was a thing i had to make for a music tech class, the only rule being it cant repeat itself anywhere. Karlheinz Stockhousen was very important to the beginnings of electronic music. i decided to sample my professor during a lecture, with his permission of course. this was made with Garageband and i abused the time stretching function.

Karlheinz Ketchup

kinda experimental, still pretty simple over all. nothing too crazy, just uploading another old idea i never finished.

Dark Days

Heres another fun one from music tech class, made in garageband! the idea here was to use sounds and make them not sound like their original state. I used drum sounds, piano and strings, pumped them up with musical effects and steroids and this is what i got. I was trying to create and alien atmosphere something strange and bubbling. the end is a quote from my professor saying "its a great idea, you know it is..." (recorded at a random time in a previous class meeting) it just seemed fitting after all the nonsensical sounds. 
Listen with Headphones!

Im not saying its aliens, but its aliens

Paradise Birds

An Awesome Fission
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High & Mighty