A reharmonization of Bob Dylan's classic, Blowin' in the Wind, done as an assignment for Berklee Online's Music Theory & Composition 4.

Yes, the intro is gratuitously JPop. No, I'm not sorry. 😁

Artwork: "The Girl I Left Behind Me" by Eastman Johnson, ca. 1872
(https://www.si.edu/object/girl-i-left-behind-me%3Asaam_1986.79)

Blowin' in the Wind (Reharm)

A reharm & parody of Cult of Elysium by Drakon Prizrak (@metallion98's band), done as a Secret Santa gift on the 8-Bit Music Theory Discord server.

What was heavy metal is now a jazz ballad; what was a song about a demon-worshipping cult is now about Santa turning all the "bad kids" into elven slaves. 😆

Original track:
https://drakonprizrak.bandcamp.com/track/cult-of-elysium

Factory of the Damned (parody of Cult of Elysium)

My first attempt at chiptune! An arrangement of the "prologue song" from Avenue Q, made for a weekly challenge on the 8-bit Music Theory Discord.

All sounds created with Magical 8bit plugin.

What Do You Do with a B.A. in English? (8-bit Arrangement)

At last, I wrote something in Japanese!

An arrangement of the Chocobo theme from the Final Fantasy series, written and performed for a weekly challenge on the 8-bit Music Theory Discord.

(FFT concept art belongs to Square Enix.)

Nihongo de Chocobo 〜日本語でチョコボ〜

A "shop theme", written for a weekly composition challenge on the 8-Bit Music Theory Discord server.

Clarinet performed by @jdbrownmusic! 😎

MoogMarket

In honor of the writer's-strike-iversary, here's...

Slipping from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, reimagined as a boss battle for a weekly challenge on the 8-bit Music Theory Discord.

Slipping (but it's a boss battle with Dr. Horrible)

A song about the challenges of a new normal.

Special thanks to wilm0x42 for help with vocal production. 🙇

Artwork: "Landscape with Path through Forest" by Edward Mitchell Bannister, after 1870
(https://www.si.edu/object/landscape-path-through-forest:saam_1983.95.14)

Lost

My entry for Austin Wintory's Stray Gods challenge (use the first twelve pitches of Adrift's melody to make something interesting).

Although the challenge wasn't about lyrics, I couldn't resist having my song also be a sort of response—Adrift begins "like a boat, lost at sea"; this ends "on solid ground". 🙂

• Lead sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hz1yln1rhv75xdb1c4wih/on-solid-ground-lead.pdf?rlkey=8cqw33z0b4p5mxwv4gisok55h&dl=0
• Full score: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gwgq2es95hf2r2y2uopx9/on-solid-ground-full.pdf?rlkey=g4ah680kvspq3s36ulz7gdac9&dl=0

(Alternatively, this could be viewed as a follow-up to my previous song, Lost, which I wrote just before Stray Gods was launched and which expresses a very similar sentiment to Adrift. 😊)

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Artwork: "By the Seaside, New Jersey Shore" by Francis A. Silva, 1883
(https://www.si.edu/object/seaside-new-jersey-shore:saam_2022.58)

Ross Kirsling

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