It's been a lot of fun creating this song. When you're listening to it I highly recommend lay back and close your eyes. It starts out really laid back and peaceful, and you could probably easily fall asleep to it, and of course that's the point. Throughout the song it slowly builds up and different synthesizer lines, bass, chords, and piano join and then before the very end the drums join in and it's pretty intense, but still in a laid back kind of way. Then finally the last few measures calm it down again and the song ends with piano.

Entering The Dream - Night

This is the second song in my instrumental concept album, "Night". This song represents the good beautiful things that you experience and see in your dreams.

Soaring Seas - Night

This song was my test run song, I guess you could say. I just started writing different melodies and tones on top of each other, but I went back and fixed up most of the rough spots, so this is the opening to my, what I guess you could call a instrumental concept album that for the time being I'm naming "Night"

Opening Theme

This song is actually pretty much the same as my last post "Nightmare", I re-recorded the piano part and I added a few things. You can hear my brother Kristian, playing electric guitar on a few parts in this recording. This song is a bit darker than any of the others I have composed so far, but I wouldn't say it deserves the title of Nightmare, it still has the calm dreamy feel all the song have in common so far.

The Dark Of Night - Night

Here's another song in my "Night" series. A bit darker, but still laid back. If you have any feedback let me know!

Alone - Night

Bill Bicknell's one of the most wonderful people I've ever known. Here's an old picture of him, that's me on the left and him on the right resting after a long day of bird watching. No song could ever capture his character, but here's my try.

Bill Bicknell

"People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart" - Candice Bergen. I hate seeing how often beauty is wasted. Physical beauty is such a manipulative thing, to people have it and against people who don't, and it just doesn't seem like it should be that way, it's sad. With this song I just repeat the same four chords over and over Em C G D, a common progression in pop music, and it's supposed to sound beautiful and with a hint of pain and sadness underneath, but it just keeps repeating with a few flourishes here and there. It's a pretty song, but it's a simple with chords that have been heard thousands of times before. The title was originally the name of a friend of mine, but of course I decided not to share that and it's such a common thing that it can be directed towards a lot of people I know and I'm sure that you know too.

Wasted Beauty

It's wonderful anytime two amazing, kind, and caring people find each other and learn to love each other. I know two people like that and when I found out they were getting married I had to write a song. That was roughly a year ago, but now they have a daughter which makes me more happy than I can express, so I hope this song helps express some of it for me. Sophia, you're lucky to have the parents you have.

Britainy & Joshua

This is a song that I think I've put more thought into than any other piece I've written before. There are many incredible people I've met in the last few years and quite a few of them I don't know if I'll ever see again, because we're separated by countries and oceans. I think about them all and I've realized I would give more than I have to give to be with them all again or even just to know that I'll see them all again one day, but one can't make deals like that in the real world. And that's an important part of this song it's themes represent reality against dreams. I introduce various melodies, but the melodies are hardly given a chance to develop (The melody represents the dream of being together) by the time the melody seems to have reached a consistency it's interrupted with either a new melody a change in pace or a new octave. Eventually by the second half of the song the piano finally gets into a steady rhythm and the dream almost becomes reality. I use a very familiar chord progression Am  F  C  G, which can be heard in countless songs. It’s a predictable progression and a safe reliable progression, but it’s never fully complete in this piece. Instead of a solid Am  F  C  G progression I use Am7  FM7  C  G7 with the sound that it’s leading into something but never resolving. After playing around with that progression a few times it eventually gets closer and closer to being resolved in a sweet nostalgic repetitive pattern where the progression is now Am  F  C  Gsus4. It’s so close to becoming that familiar satisfying four chord progression, but the Gsus4 just doesn’t allow it until the second to last note is played finally resolving it into a full G major chord. I rest on that note for a short while with gratification and a recognition of all the good that has come from these amazing people in my life and that even if I never see a single one of them ever again my life is better for having met them. Then the G leads into Am. The song ends in a minor chord as a reminder of the pain, but with a hope that the major chord stays strong and present in the listener's mind after the song has finished.

Worlds Apart

It was great getting together with my friend, Jerry to work on this small project. The first day we got together we recorded the audio here and the second day we recorded a video to go along with it; if you have the time check it out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zrFEA9Vrfo

Purpose (feat. Jerry Carlson)

Here's a song for my best friend Jake in memory of the good and the bad times alike. Different themes represent different memories that have come from our friendship: singing with friends, storycubes, mistakes, watching sunsets, and jazz. Thank you for everything Jake.

My Life

Jake Friesz

A song written by my brother, arranged and performed by me. I threw in some Ukulele, piano, and jazz organ, but you can't get much better than the recorder.

Min Blokk Fløyte - Single

Min Blokk Fløyte (My Recorder)

This is my Kristian's (my brother) fifth Lego Zombie Animation and it's been a great project composing the soundtracks for his series. If you have the time check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBnncCJd0s0

The Lego Zombie Apocalypse V

Monsters (Main Theme)

To all my dear friends I keep in touch with by the hand-written word. Here's an old original I wrote with them in mind sprinkled with a taste of a jazz.

Letters

A constantly moving beginning and end to represent Solvei's constant movement covering several octaves representing her lack of limits. For the middle of the song I arranged variations of one of her originals, "Home".

Solvei Stenslie

It's been a fun project composing the music for Kristian's Lego project; the videos keep getting better and better and I get more practice with each one to compose a better soundtrack. Here's a taste of the music and make sure to check out Kristian's video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMvW89k1wyA

The Lego Zombie Apocalypse VII

Prison Break (Main Theme)

A song for my brother. He's so interested in the world in all it's complexity, but there's a simple idea he seems to live by; life is good, so do what you can to enjoy it and experience it without harming others. So I kept the melodies simple and to the point as well as mixing in one of Kristian's originals in the middle.

Kristian Stenslie

Here's an original song Moshe and I wrote together with the help of Waswa, Daniel, and Sachin. It's a pretty simple song with a summer pop feel featuring verses in English and Shona.

Summer Friends - Single

Summer Friends

I'm a young guy from a small town in a small state, but I have the same passion as I'm sure all of you on here have, music. It's always been a big part of my life. I've been listening and making music ever since I can remember. And I've been attempting to write my own pieces for a while and that's the stuff you'll find here. So take a listen, give me feedback, anything is greatly appreciated.

Johan Stenslie

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