My music tech from last year. Check it out! Thanks to 

Michel Michev - Guitar
Freddie Jensen - Bass
Joe Hill - Piano
Oren Mcloughlin - Drums
Sam Knight - Tenor Sax

Song For Bilbao (Cover)

This is my recording for Music Tech A2. Thanks to 

Jonny Mansfield - Drums
Freddie Jensen - Bass
Joe Hill - Piano
Rory Ingham - Trombone
Sam Knight - Sax

I also wrote a cheeky counter-melody.

Enjoy!

Giant Steps

This is a piece I entered for the NCEM competition 2012 - http://www.ncem.co.uk/composersaward2012 - I managed to get to the final, where it was sung by the Ebor Singers!

Enjoy!

Ascension

A bit of Piano & Sax duo - Sam Knight, Joe Hill

What's New?

My Music Tech Elective, assignment. My first go at a track like this.

Chiswell Street

This is a revised version of the previous version of 'All Change For White Cities & Wood Lanes' which has now been removed. It's an experiment I have been trying on Logic, and Is inspired by Don Blackman, Erykah Badu & Jill Scott.

All Change For White Cities & Wood Lanes (Revised) [with download]

I was inspired by Wayne & Herbie's letter to young musicians, so I decided to write a short tune. 'Consider This...' is about discussing problems rather than fighting. It bewilders me, how much violence and greed plagues this world. I think I might perform and record this with my band, 'Standard Procedure'! I also whacked out and recorded my Soprano for the first time!!

Consider This... [with download]

This is a tune called 'Move On Out'. It was definitely fun to make, especially finding out how low I can get the distortion since I was using my computer's internal mic!! (Tenor 'Chorus' IS deliberate : I also need to purcháse a decent microphone). Again, it was inspired by 'I Remember' on Snarky Puppy's new Album, 'Family Dinner, Vol. 2'. I was also trying out some sort of metric modulation at the ending as well as singing.

If you would like to listen to this track in higher quality and have the opportunity to download it, follow the link below and check it out on Bandcamp...

https://samknightsax.bandcamp.com/track/move-on-out

Move On Out

A little recording I made of 8 saxophones playing a transcription of...

Corelli: Adagio, From Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 In G Minor, Christmas Concerto

(again, laptops internal microphone used so apologies for the sound quality... I tried!)

Corelli: Adagio, From Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 In G Minor, Christmas Concerto

This is my first recording with my new microphone! Inspired by the most reflective lake I've ever seen, Wastwater.

If you would like to listen to this track in higher quality and have the opportunity to download it, follow the link below and check it out on Bandcamp...

https://samknightsax.bandcamp.com/track/wastwater

Wastwater

For P.A. by Kenny Wheeler - Live

Practicing a quick record session, vocal harmony and composition. This tune is about the fact that most of the day I hear music in my head! It used to be quite annoying but now I love it - like my own personal life soundtrack! This is the tune I heard today and wrote it out for you! Enjoy!

I'm also a keen photoshopper (joking)...

31/09/2018

There's a Song In My Head

A little wintery track I created back in 2018.

I Was Sitting In My Room

Sam started the saxophone when he was 8 years old and after completing grade 8 by the age of 13, it was clear that he wanted to follow music as a career. When he was 14 years old, Sam enrolled on the Junior Jazz Course at the Royal Welsh College of Music in Cardiff which he attended every Saturday for two years.

After completing his GCSEs, Sam moved to Manchester to study at Chetham's School of Music where he would deepen his knowledge of Jazz, take his A-Levels and prepare for Music College auditions. At Chetham's, Sam studied under Iain Dixon, Steve Berry, Les Chisnall, and attended masterclasses taken by Dennis Rollins and other worldwide artists. Sam has also performed in venues such as the Bridgewater Hall, Band on the Wall and Wakefield Jazz Club as the supporting band for Brandon Allen. In addition to these accomplishments, he has performed as a member of a saxophone quartet for the Director General of the BBC at his inauguration party as well as playing alongside Steve Waterman at Middleton Arena.

In 2014, Sam accepted a position at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where he quickly became a member of NYJO (National Youth Jazz Orchestra), serving as an official deputy for the Tenor Saxophone chairs. He has also been a member of the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra since 2014 and has performed such works as Kenny Wheeler's 'Sweet Time Suite' in Autumn 2015, as well as John Taylor's 'The Traveller's Tail' in Spring 2015 alongside special guest, Huw Warren.

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