A song about being internally driven.

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Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

My Obsession

Suite for String Orchestra
Duration: 15'
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/suite-for-string-orchestra
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/composers/robert-paterson/
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PROGRAM NOTE
Unlike some of my previous works, Suite for String Orchestra is not inspired by an over-arching programmatic theme. Although there are some technical and motivic relationships between some of the movements—particularly the first and fifth—the movements are generally unrelated and are meant to be noticeably distinct. It is in five short movements and is intentionally written in an “old-fashioned,” somewhat archaic style. I initially played around with the idea of titling this work Old-fashioned Suite or Old Time Suite, but there seems to be a sufficient sprinkling of “new fangled ideas” in this work to make these alternative titles seem inadequate.

The first movement, Allegro vivace, is written in a “mid-20th century American” style. My model for a few of the sections in this movement is the evocative, German phrase Sturm und Drang, which literally translated means “storm and stress.”

In the second movement, Trapped waltz, I imagine an ethereal, yet cognizant waltz floating above the stratosphere, looking for a place to rest, but hobbled and shackled by a pounding rock and roll drumset. I see this as a metaphor for the various dances throughout history that have come and gone but are continually vying for attention in contemporary culture. The movement fades out at the end, as if the waltz is eternally looking for a place to settle down. Admittedly, I was somewhat inspired by the collage works of Charles Ives.

The third movement, Nocturne, begins slowly and sadly, and I imagine the pulse in the beginning as similar to the gentle breathing of someone who is asleep. The middle of the movement is much more intense and violent, and the end is as soft and calm as the beginning. The first chair violin and the first chair violoncello have brief solos in this movement.

Although material from the middle of the fourth movement, Balinese scherzo, is derived from a Balinese scale, the beginning is somewhat chromatic and the ending is essentially based on the E-major scale. This movement is distinctive in that the orchestra is asked to play pizzicato almost the entire time.

The fifth movement, Finale: allegro moderato, is the movement that is most reminiscent of the first movement. The ending combines material from the beginning of both the first and fifth movements.

Suite For String Orchestra - III. Nocturne

On youtube too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J5PXJNMPDU

Ronnie Fransson (lead vocals, choirs) SWEDEN
Lucas Diaz (guitar, bass, keys and drums) ARGENTINA
Eemeli Miettinnen (guitar) FINDLAND

Fire & Ice

It rust and slowly crumble
our trust and soon it change

In dust our feet they're stumble  
It kinda feeling strange

to accept the only way through

fooling around
we can't see our ground

oohh  
try to get through 

It's about life
and a cold world
this is how we strife
through fire and ice

This is our life
this is how we live
try staying alive
through fire and ice

oohh

It is a long life struggle
and the time is too short
all we wanna do
is to find, find a way through

It such a lonely crumble
so lost when stand alone
 
In dust our eyes they're fumble  
sometimes we're on our own 

to survive the only way through

fooling around
we can't see our ground

oohh  

try to get through 

It's about life
and a cold world
this is how we strife
through fire and ice

This is our life
this is how we live
try to survive
through fire and ice

we can't see our ground

oohh

try to survive

It's about life
and a cold world
this is how we strife
through fire and ice

This is our life
this is how we live
try to survive
through fire and ice

through fire and ice
through fire and ice
through fire and ice

Fire and Ice

The Lighthouse By The Lake

Likes and comments always appreicated, I have no network so please repost if you like, it will push me to create more work :) <33 the community!

Not Alone

Currently working on a project for my dIploma and for this I needed something to record. Couldn't come up with anything but then I realised that I love this song and The Man In Black, so I ended up with the intro that this is. Really happy with how it's turning out and I think I will upload a few more drafts (maybe) until I've got the finished version.
Tell me what you think about it and stay untuned.
So rebellious..

Cheerio.

The Inspired Ones

Hurt

Hurt - Re-Imagination, 3. Draft (Intro & Buildup | Incomplete)

Check out the new video here! https://youtu.be/0odGp6mgM0M

Featuring Dmitry Lisenko on bass. 

Lyrics

You're our self-destruction
You're our permanent obstruction
You're our addiction
You're our counterfeit salvation
Two entangled singularities
I hear a thousand lamentations 
Discharges of electricity
If you step through, fate only knows what you'll see
On the other side it's mystery 

A tempest of corruption
Descends and sucks out all the light
They bow before delusion  
A collective wish for suicide
Their nightmares now reality
Your present defined by past stupidity
An aristocracy of trash
Divide us, laughing at our futile clash

 
Go Down, go down, go down
Go all the way down
Go all the way down
Go all the way down

Go Down

I thought City Lights had even more narrative potential. So I revised my composition and rearranged it for solo piano

Enjoy listening ;-)

Variations on City Lights

Inspired by the Finnish folk tale; Revontulet.

Lament III: A Vulpine Tale

Something pretty special happened here. I accessed a very vulnerable space in my mind I've never been to before. And now I can't wait to go back!

A HUGE thank you to Dan Phillipson for making one of the most beautiful musical pieces I've heard in my entire life. And for letting me sing along! Anyone interested in buying instrumentals that are chalk full of emotion check him out here! 

https://www.premiumbeat.com/artist/dan-phillipson

The Lighthouse By The Lake

The Shade Of Light