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Track Notes
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This is my second track inspired by the BBC show "The Last Kingdom", which is set in 800s England at a time when the Vikings invaded the then very shaky and segmented handful of warring kingdoms that made up the British Isles.

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments:
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Bowed Strings: hurdy gurdy, nyckelharpa, tromba marina, cello
Plucked Strings: medieval lutes x2
Percussion: frame drum x2, snare, timpani
Wind: vulture bone flute, fujara, war horn
Vocals: two female soloists, female shouts/whispers/breaths, male shouts

Heathen

For more orchestral tracks please check out my full orchestral album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/orchestral-works-original

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As the track title and image suggest, "The Dark Side" is a sonic homage to the world of Star Wars. A rousing, energetic kaleidoscope of bombastic brass and operatic vocals, this track is meant to pull the listener into an epic planetary battle between the cosmic forces of good and evil. May the force be with you as you enjoy this journey with a good pair of headphones!

Thank you for listening (and reading)!

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Instruments:
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Brass: trumpet ensemble, horn ensemble, bass trombone, tuba ensemble
String: violin ensemble (legato and spiccato), cello ensemble (spiccato), viola ensemble (spiccato), bass ensemble (pizzicato)
Woodwinds: piccolo flute, solo flute, flute ensemble, bassoon ensemble, contrabassoon
Percussion: timpani, cymbal, gong, bass drums
Vocals: female choir, male choir

The Dark Side

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Track Notes
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About a week ago I was having a dream. In this dream I saw a sort of ancient, enchanted landscape, more or less like something out of Lord of the Rings. There was a broad waterway of some sort, with a narrow stone bridge crossing it. The waterway and bridge were actually quite long such that the ends disappeared into the mist. There was a young woman running toward the base of the bridge. She then turned onto the bridge and as she did so, music started playing. It featured an ethereal Celtic melody sung by a female vocalist. There were also some heavy, bassy drums thumping along, driving the song, and perhaps the girl, forward. At that moment I awoke from the dream. It was the middle of the night. The melody still fresh in my mind, I opened the voice memo app on my phone and sung the melody into it repeatedly. Several days later I recorded this song. The A and B melodic lines that appear repeatedly throughout the song (performed by a number of instruments including the main vocalist, the soprano whistle, the lute) are note for note the melody that I heard in my dream and subsequently sung into my phone. I honestly didn't even know that it was possible to compose a song in a dream. I'm still a bit baffled. But also very pleased as I very much like this tune and I think that the final composition has done my subconscious proud! Another interesting point, this time on the name ... it is complete gibberish but interestingly ALSO came to me in the semi-conscious state immediately following the dream. I have absolutely no idea why or how, but it did and somehow I feel it's rather fitting as it has a vaguely old english / ancient / Celtic sort of quality that feels well suited to the music.

Anyway, please put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy this little Celtic journey! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments:
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Bowed Strings: nyckelharpa (performing a drone-like bass line during the choruses), hurdy gurdy drone + rhythm (the one making the buzzing noises, my favorite instrument of all time)
Plucked Strings: cittern (B melody, panned hard right), bass citole, plucked psaltery, theorbo (for accents)
Percussion: tympanum romanum, frame drum x2 (one centered, one panned hard right), taiko (panned hard left in latter half of song)
Wind: soprano whistle
Vocals: female soloist, male soloist, female shouts, male shouts, female whispers

Aefthere Ahno

Æfthêre Ahnó

For more orchestral tracks please check out my full orchestral album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/orchestral-works-original

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Track Notes
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My goal with this track was to create a Hitchcock-esque retro thriller type of vibe. There are 4 particular things that are rather unique to this track as compared to my other orchestral works:

(1) This piece is a fair bit drier than most of the rest of my orchestral work as I preferred a strong sense of clarity over putting my listeners in a particularly reverberant space. The increased dryness I think adds to the immediacy of the sound and makes it feel therefore more menacing/threatening in a way. 
(2) I used quite a few non-traditional orchestral instruments (basset horn, cimbasso, etc) in unison parts in the track to create a rather unique sonic palette. 
(3) I use quite a few less common articulations (ricochets, marteles, rips, various trills) to add additional sonic interest and engagement.
(4) I added some intentional dissonance in spots to further lend to the creepy vibe. 

Hopefully my little experiment has been successful. Please put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!

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Instruments:
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Brass: horn, tuba, bass trombone, cimbasso, euphonium
String: violin ensemble, viola ensemble, cello ensemble, double bass ensemble
Woodwinds: flute, piccolo, oboe, bass oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn, saxophone, contrabassoon
Percussion: timpani, marimba, xylophone, tom ensemble, bass drums, piano (used percussively)
Vocals: female choir, male choir

War of the Worlds

My full medieval album: soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/vox-populi
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"La Vie Simple" is French for "the simple life". This piece is meant to be a light medieval ode to the simpler things in life. Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!

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Instrument Discussion
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Plucked Strings: Gittern, Psaltery, Bass Citole, two more medieval lutes

Bowed String: Jouhikko (melody and backing rhythm), Hurdy Gurdy (drone and rhythmic buzzing), Tromba Marina

Percussion: tympanum romanum, dayre (similar to tambourine), medieval snare, tom, multiple frame drums, shaker

Vocals: male countertenor, female soprano

La Vie Simple

For more orchestral tracks please check out my full orchestral album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/orchestral-works-original

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Track Notes
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As the track title and image suggest, "Rebel" is a sonic homage to the world of Star Wars and a sequel of sorts to my prior Star Wars themed epic orchestral track "The Dark Side". A rousing, energetic kaleidoscope of bombastic brass and operatic vocals, this track is meant to pull the listener into an epic planetary battle between the cosmic forces of good and evil. May the force be with you as you enjoy this journey with a good pair of headphones!

Thank you for listening (and reading)!

Image: "The Mandalorian" by Andrew Sebastian Kwan (https://the-andrewkwan.artstation.com/)

Rebel

For more orchestral tracks please check out my full orchestral album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/orchestral-works-original

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Track Notes
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"Metropolis" draws much of its aesthetic inspiration from Fritz Lang's famous 1927 German science fiction film of the same name as well as various sources from comic book canon (especially Superman and Batman). A lively and rather bombastic piece, this track is meant to conjure up images of a sprawling, hectic, dystopian metropolis. Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!

Thank you for listening (and reading)!

Metropolis

**Note** I will be going back to rework this shortly. The composition should basically remain the same but since I've composed this I've learned a lot about sound engineering/music production and I can definitely use that knowledge to make this track a lot better! 

Atlantis

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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Never have I had a stronger desire to finish and upload a piece as I did with this track. Please enjoy with a good pair of headphones!! :)

Solstice

Please check out my full piano album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing
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This song has been in the works for 2-3 months. I would work on it for little bits at a time but would always get distracted by other projects. This is only my second ever piano solo. I'm not entirely happy with the execution but nonetheless I feel like I've come a long way since starting to play the piano a year ago. Hope you guys enjoy! :)

Image credit: Shawn McNulty

Endless Blue

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods
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Track Notes
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The chorus for this song popped into my head as I was driving on the freeway a couple weeks ago. The rest is history ;) Please enjoy with a good pair of headphones!

Cliffs of Dover

Please check out my full piano album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing
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This song is dedicated to everyone who has had their heart broken.

My sincere thanks for listening.

(please use headphones)

Still Standing

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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The imagery that this piece evokes for me is so strong and so specific that I've written a little introduction to the setting:

Setting: Venice, Italy circa 1432

As night tightens its icy grip on the city of Venice, people flood the streets for the annual festival of Carnivale. Hidden behind elaborate gowns and masks, they shed the restrictive chains of station and allow their baser instincts to navigate them through the Venetian night. Spectacle, pomp, and debauchery abound in the soft glow of lantern light that floods the cobblestone below. In the shadows however there lurks a different thing entirely. Something dark. Something sinister. An assassin.

My sincere thanks for listening.

Masquerade

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods
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Track Notes
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Hope you guys enjoy this little snowy adventure! **Please use headphones**

Image credit: "Snow on trees in Bavarian Black Forest" by Konrad Wothe

Into the Woods

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Track Notes
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With this track my aim was to compose a piece which not only evoked images of medieval times, but that actually sounded like it might have been composed during that time. I'm not an expert on medieval music, but at the very least I think this one comes closer than any of my other pieces.

The name "Ad Domum Dei" is Latin for "To the House of God". The image, meanwhile, is one of a monk sneaking a drink of an alcoholic beverage. The combination of the track title and picture allude to the corruption in the church during the middle ages.

I hope you guys enjoy this trip back to the 1300s. Please use headphones!

Ad Domum Dei

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods
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Track Notes
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I hope you guys enjoy this latest voyage into the middle ages. This track was somewhat inspired by the BBC series bearing the same name, which is set in 800s England at a time when the Vikings invaded the then very shaky and segmented handful of warring kingdoms that made up the British Isles.

Please enjoy with headphones!!

The Last Kingdom

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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Hope you guys enjoy this little foray into the east. Turn this one up with a good pair of headphones and you will not be disappointed! My sincere thanks for listening :)

Desert Rose

Please check out my full piano album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing
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I composed the majority of this piece a while ago and subsequently forgot about it. I then happened to listen to it a few days ago and it hit me like a ton of bricks (particularly the piano segment at the end) ... and I knew at that point I needed to complete it. Hopefully you guys will connect with it as well. 

Image credit: "Lost Love" by Rave-Heart
http://rave-heart.deviantart.com/art/lost-love-329850720

Broken

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in human history. At its height in the 14th century it stretched all the way from the Far East through Central Asia and the Middle East up to the edge of Central Europe. This track has a mixture of influences/styles, including Far Eastern, Middle Eastern and European Medieval which, as a whole, is meant to give a sense of the extensive cultural and spacial breadth of this fascinating civilization. Hope you guys enjoy! (As always please use headphones!!)

Khan

For more tracks with an eastern ethnic fusion vibe, please check out the full "Jasmine" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/jasmine
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Track Notes
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Crank this one up on a good sound system (or with headphones!) and you won't be disappointed :) Thanks for listening!

Image: "Desert Flower" by jennyeight (DeviantArt) http://jennyeight.deviantart.com

Jasmine

My full medieval album: https://soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/vox-populi
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"Vox Populi" is a latin phrase meaning "voice of the people". The name of the song, combined with the image chosen, are meant to serve as a reminder to leaders that their power is not absolute and that the will of the people can only be ignored for so long.

Since I started composing two years ago, medieval influences have formed the backbone of nearly all of my ethnic pieces. That being said, up until this time only once have I attempted to compose a piece that not only conjured up images of medieval times but sounded as though it might have actually been composed during that time frame. In my opinion, that piece, www.soundcloud.com/pianissimo/ad-domum-dei, is one of my best ... though I personally feel that this second attempt at the medieval genre has eclipsed the first. Hopefully you all will agree :)

My sincere thanks for listening!

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Instrument Discussion
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This track, like so many of my medieval-influenced pieces features a hurdy gurdy that supplies both a steady drone and the characteristic rhythmic buzzing that makes that instrument so unique. New in this track though is my usage of that same instrument's melodic functionality. You can hear it playing during the choruses and it's most easy to hear it when it initially joins in at 0:20. 

Also new in this track is my usage of a Chriminia (which plays during the choruses). You might mistake it for a bagpipe as it is also a reed instrument, but the tone and style differ somewhat. That instrument lent itself well to the somewhat "eastern" medieval vibe I wanted to achieve in this track.

The plucked instrument you hear is a Gittern, which I use pretty frequently in my ethnic tracks. Meanwhile percussion is supplied by many of the usual suspects: tambourines, frame drums, snares and hand drums.

Vox Populi

Sometimes the tallest peaks are the ones we most need to climb.

For more tracks like this, check out my full piano album: soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing

Image by Amy Lighthall (https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmyLighthall?ref=l2-shopheader-name)

Mountains

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods
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Track Notes
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Following in the footsteps of "Into the Woods", "Kilgharrah", and "Enchanted", this piece represents my fourth journey into the mystical realm of Celtic/Fantasy. I hope you guys enjoy. Please use headphones!
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Instrument Discussion
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Percussion: kettle drum and two taiko drums
Wind: bagpipe and Bulgarian piccolo flute
Bowed: violin
Plucked: celtic harp
Vocals: several different female vocalists, male vocal shouts

+ additional atmospheric sounds to create a cool ambience

Moonlight

This is my third ever orchestral track and my first ever epic/orchestral track in the celtic/fantasy realm. I've been wanting to release this type of piece for years but didn't have the proper instruments to do so until now. 

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods

Dance of the Elves

For more Celtic/Fantasy tracks, please check out the full "Into the Woods" album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/into-the-woods
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One part Celtic, one part Bluegrass, and 100% Pianissimo. Hope you guys enjoy!

Instruments: irish flute, irish soprano whistle, bodhran (irish drum), tenor banjo, acoustic guitar, irish fiddle, ocean drum, vocals

Song of the Sea

Please check out my full piano album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing
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Epilogue (noun):  a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

I wrote this song for someone that was very dear to me. I hope they know how much I care about them.

My sincere thanks for listening.

Epilogue

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This track incorporates ethnic balkan, gypsy, klezmer, and flamenco influences. It's the first track in a gypsy/klezmer album by the same name. Check it out here: 

soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/sofia

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments: 

Brass: tuba, euphonium, trombone (all performing staccato articulations)
String: gypsy guitar (chords), gypsy guitar (finger picking), turkish oud (chords), upright double bass (pizzicato)
Percussion: tarambuka, bass tupan, claps, shouts, whistles
Wind: clarinet (lead instrument)

Image credit: "Gypsy Dancer" by Anna Razumovskaya

Sofia

For more orchestral tracks please check out my full orchestral album here:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/orchestral-works-original

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Thematically this track went on a very interesting journey from its inception on through completion. To explain that journey adequately I need to first explain how I typically compose ... 

Nothing is more important to my composing process than IMAGERY. My songs tend to be rather evocative. They all live in their own world replete with their own history, their own culture, their own lore. The songs then give a window into that world by painting images in the minds of my listeners (I hope anyway!). People often ask me what inspires my music. The answer is that this imagery inspires it. The world that the songs live in inspires it. 

What's interesting though is that said imagery is not actually present at the time that I sit down at my piano to start on a new piece. Rather typically I'll just sit down and start messing around until I latch onto some interesting sonic ideas. Then once I have a fledgling new song, the imagery around it slowly starts to take shape. It's that initial imagery that then informs further development in the song. And then once the song is further developed, the imagery comes into even sharper focus ... and so on and so forth until the song is finally complete. In this way, my inspiration is actually almost paradoxically derived from the music itself. So how then does this whole process I'm describing relate to this particular piece of music?

Well the initial version of this song, despite not being terribly far removed from the final version, had a rather different thematic aesthetic. Initially it evoked strong imagery of Russia, soviets, communism, order, marching soldiers, etc. (I kept imagining those soviet-era propaganda posters in my head.) As a result, the initial working title of the piece was "Tsar". 

Once the piece developed further though, it outgrew this initial moniker. Instead now it was evoking a rather dark, industrial vibe. I saw factories, machines, gears, clocks. Cobblestone streets shrouded in a sky tainted with soot.  There was also a bit of a retro, dystopian sci-fi vibe that emerged. I saw robots, automata, an army of drones (and this is where it tied into the original soviet imagery). This new imagery informed some development in the composition and I ended up changing the working title to "The Machine". 

But then the piece developed further and once again the song outgrew the name. Some of the original imagery remained, surely, but there were new elements now. There was an element of fear, but also an element of excitement, adventure, and almost child-like curiosity and wonderment. Now the imagery in my head revolved around exploring an uncharted and perhaps somewhat scary/forbidden land. This is when the name "The Black Forest" emerged as I feel that it ties in all of these ideas. The wonderful piece of visual art also ties in nicely with the name and the music and rounds out the world that this song lives in. I imagine that the little girl in the image has escaped home. Adorned in her little crown and dress she makes her way rather naively into The Black Forest, the place that all children are forbidden to enter. She's afraid but she also has a lot of courage and she stubbornly marches on into the unknown. 

I invite you to please put on a good pair of headphones and march right along with her :)

Thank you for listening (and reading)! 

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Instruments:
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Brass: tuba (staccatos + legato)
String: violin ensemble (legato), cello ensemble (spiccato), bass ensemble (pizzicato), solo violin
Woodwinds: piccolo flute, c flute x2
Percussion: timpani, toms, bass drums
Vocals: female choir, male choir, children's choir
Other: music box

Image credit: the Swedish painter John Albert Bauer (4 June 1882 – 20 November 1918)

The Black Forest

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This is a cover of the extremely popular Game of Thrones theme song by the very talented Ramin Djawadi. There are about 10,000,000 covers of this song already out there, which is a testament to the broad appeal of the song (if not at least the broad appeal of the show). Most covers tend to stay pretty close to the source material in melodic structure. I decided instead to have a very "liberal" take on the original song, clearly retaining key characteristics of its core identity while also introducing as much of my own aesthetic as possible. Whereas the original piece is very heavy on bowed strings, my take contains none. Instead I've opted for a focus on plucked strings, of which there are seven instruments. The goal was to create something of a kaleidoscope of plucked string sounds ... a thick atmosphere rich in melody and harmony. Hopefully I've succeeded!  

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!

Here is the original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8
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Instruments:
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Plucked String: bouzouki (x2), bass citole (x2), gittern (x2), zither
Wind/Reed: Uillean Pipes
Percussion: tympanum romanum, tom ensemble
Vocals: two different female soloists

The King in the North (Game of Thrones Cover)

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"Clocks" has always been my favorite Coldplay song and I've been intrigued by the prospect of covering it for quite some time. Whereas the original features the standard Coldplay spread of instruments like piano, guitar, percussion, vocals etc, this cover features only strings, specifically 5 violins and 3 cellos. Also the original song is in G# I believe whereas this is in G.

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!

Here is the original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d020hcWA_Wg
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Instruments:
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5 violins and 3 cellos

Violin 1: legato -- lead instrument
Violin 2: staccato
Violin 3: sul pont staccato
Violin 4: legato (rhythmic)
Violin 5: tremolo swells (panned hard left)

Cello 1: legato (harmony in first verse)
Cello 2: staccato
Cello 3: tremolo swells (panned hard right)

Clocks (Coldplay Cover)

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This is the sixth track in my growing gypsy/klezmer album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/sofia

Like the others there is a rhythmic and harmonic foundation of brass staccatos and double bass pizzicatos with a smattering of other melody instruments overlaid on top. (See below for full instrument list.)

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments:
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Brass: tuba, euphonium, trombone (all performing staccato articulations)
String: turkish oud, upright double bass (pizzicato), guitar, violin
Percussion: bass tupan, cymbal, claps, shouts, whistle
Wind: turkish clarinet (lead instrument), gaida (balkan bagpipe)
Vocals: female soloist (legato)

Image credit: Rudolf Schweitzer-Cumpăna

The Farmer's Daughter

Please check out my full piano album:
soundcloud.com/pianissimo/sets/still-standing
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I wrote this song for my wonderful, amazing, beautiful girlfriend <3 

My sincere thanks for listening.

(please use headphones)

Love

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The name of this piece refers to the nymph from Homer's "Odyssey" that rescues Odysseus after his shipwreck. The piece features a typical staple of medieval instruments, though does also feature a cello which technically didn't exist until hundreds of years later :) The track starts serenely enough, with dueling whistle and bombarde parts in a type of "conversation" with each other. This then gives way to some ethereal vocals backed by a medieval lute and a baroque guitar ... before all hell breaks loose and the song moves squarely into its second act.

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments:
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Bowed Strings: cello, hurdy gurdy drone + rhythm, tromba marina
Plucked Strings: bass citole, medieval lute, baroque guitar
Percussion: frame drum, snare, dayereh (similar to a tambourine), tom ensemble
Wind: soprano whistle, bombarde (a medieval reed instrument)
Vocals: 3 female soloists, male shouts
FX: waves, thunder

Image: "Venus" by Lindsay Rapp (https://lindsayrappgallery.com/products/venus-original-painting)

Calypso

I'm a 35-year-old software engineer and amateur composer living in the beautiful city of Seattle. I have no musical training or background at all. I taught myself to play piano in August of 2014 and then started actually composing in January 2015.

I focus on crafting atmospheric, evocative pieces that take my listeners on a journey through both time and space. Although my focus in the past 6 years has been on cinematic ethnic music (celtic, middle eastern, medieval), I'm now starting to venture into the orchestral realm and couldn't be more excited to mix some of my ethnic sensibilities with more traditional orchestral elements.

Every piece you hear on my cloud is 100% original music that is composed, recorded (using VSTs), and produced by myself. No remixes, no covers (unless explicitly stated), no loops, and absolutely NO prerecorded "musical phrases" of any kind (with the *very* rare exception of an occasional vocal phrase to lend some added color and depth). I manually compose and record every single note of every instrument you hear ... whether it's a violin, flute, vocals, drums, or anything else! 

Also, don't be shy! Feel free to shoot me a message even just to introduce yourself. I love connecting with other soundcloud artists :)

Now that that's all out of the way, put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!

~Tim

Pianissimo

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