Wow! Dual guitar action going on here. Nice!

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Here's the finalized version of the score "The Assassination of Henry William McCarty". This piece I decided to focus on the 1928 Steinway Legacy piano sound. I had been listening to a lot of Thomas Newman's work so everything from "The Road to Perdition" to "Cinderella Man" to even soundtracks like "A Beautiful Mind" by James Horner and "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis. Actually it was "The Assassination of Jesse James" that inspired me to write the music with that subtle tone and it was Thomas Newman's styling that helped develop this score. 

Anyway, as the title also entails, this is my submission for the 8Dio contest where you highlight one instrument of theirs in your score. So as I mentioned I picked the 1928 Steinway Legacy scoring piano for my main instrument. I wish I had the Adagio Strings because I know that would have enhanced my score WAY more but alas I'll have to work with my EWQL strings until then. 

Anyway, enjoy the piece and I'll have my other "A Farewell to the Infamous William Henry McCarty" piece finished soon. Share, Comment, Like.

F I R S T | E D I T I O N S - The Assassination of William Henry McCarty by J Scott Rakozy

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How We Be

My favorite Shins song :)  I burned a lot of calories strumming!

Kissing The Lipless (Shins Cover)

Spoon - Inside Out (Tycho Remix)

Also available on Extreme Music XMT618 as 'Start Of An Era'

Dawn

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 501st Bash

From the self-titled debut album by Spissy (Bloomington, IN).

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Spissy - "Her Heart"

If Not For You - Bob Dylan/George Harrison

Here's the first playlist.  It includes most of my recent recordings as well as some from from the band I was a part of at BYU Reachin' For Peaches!

This Boy (Beatles Cover)

While recording, i played this song ove and over and it grew on me even more.  What a fantastic late 90's alternative rock song!  (I tried to be as faithful as i could to the original... but at the end, i figured i should work out some three part harmony :)

How's It Going To Be (Third Eye Blind Cover)

I love this song, its haunting, beautiful, sad and redeeming.  Singing it was harder than expected since I had to connect with the lyrics deeper than I had previously connected, and they are on a tough subject. It was simple to record though, and I used my uke as a banjo, and my synth for the brass (though I changed that to a softer sound).  Enjoy!

Casimir Pulaski Day (Sufjan Stevens Cover)

one of, if not my favorite Flaming Lips song... we listened to it in 5.1 last week and it inspired to try recording it.  The full title is Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (how awesome a title is that!).  Its tragic, simple and beautiful.  Had fun with synthesizers on this one! 

Ego Tripping (Flaming Lips cover)

I finally got a chance to record a Wilco song.  Loved figuring out the piano part (no tabs thats all me baby!)  Great Song, Great Lyrics and very fun to put together.

Theologians (Wilco Cover)

A test of Logic Pro 9's virtual guitar.

all improvised and unedited.

How's It Going To Be (Third Eye Blind Cover)

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