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Slow Burn | Vivek Patel, trumpet (2013)

A song by my sister and i about our childhood:

Our house, our home was just a shell
where life became a living hell
where the child just smiled, but couldn’t feel
Because of the scars too deep to heal
And at night – we took turns dying
Just covered up the blackened eye
and told the world another lie
for what happened to us, you couldn't conceive
Truth be told you wouldn't believe
I’m running, I’m running, down the street
in my freezing bare feet
I know I’ll have to go back and get beat

we took turns dying

I’m praying, I’m praying, that lightning won’t strike
That I won’t be dead before morning light
Knowing that there will be no peace this night
We took turns dying

Your hands were supposed to embrace me
hold me and make me feel loved and free
But you beat me until I was begging on the floor
Wondering what I was apologizing for 
And at night – we took turns dying
Behind this tear soaked teddy bear
there shone a childish hope
that you declare your love one day
those three magic words you never did say 
And at night – we took turns dying

I lie now; I lie, by my teddy bear and cry
that she is impossible to satisfy.
I wish I would die – NO WAIT! - I wish I could fly
we took turns dying.
Daddy will make it, daddy will see
lets run away and be happy us three
now we've escaped and we’re kinda free
But Still – we take turns dying


We Took Turns Dying  (song)

Five | Vivek Patel (2010)

This piece is for string and Woodwind, and made using mostly Spitfire Woodwinds and CSS.  I think of it as a rhapsody for orchestra with a slightly eastern ring to it,  and it ends accelerando in the manner of a gallop

Weary Thoughts

A simple repeating form for projects, slide shows, installations, waiting rooms, lobbies, etc. (Features Military Drum Cadence A.)

Neapolitan Sixth Exercise | Vivek Patel (2021)

I found this cool clip of John Adams walking over "Invitation" and sequenced some Rhodes on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAuUKcmDpfw

Invitation feat. John Adams, bass (Bronislau Kaper)

Slim Pickings | Vivek Patel (2022)

Collaboration between Asociacion Volta Do Agro and Javier Piñeira,Project 1997
The pandeireteiras, or cantareiras, are a female musical group, typical of traditional Galician music, which uses tambourines as the main instrumental accompaniment.
Jota de Couto is a song collected by the Asociacion Volta do O Agro, a traditional Galician group. 
It was a collaboration between Javier Piñeira and Victor Villamor with Volta do Agro.

The result is what you are about to hear

Jota De Couto - Volta Do Agro

Recorded in Modesto Ca. Frans Beelaard (Basic Tracks) Steve Roy...Bass, recorded in Drummondville, Canada. Georg Boehme...Alto, Tenor, &  Baritone Saxophones. Recorded in Cologne, Germany. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano Rhythm. Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Trumpet solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Fender Rhodes Electric Piano solo. Trap Drum set full kit. Percussion Timbales, Cowbell, Zildjan 22" ride & Crash Cymbals.

Cannery Row

Newport

Apophenia

Bandcamp

Aequorin

Sad to say my trips to 'The Headstone' on Sheffield's Hallam Moor have been curtailed by my arthritic knees. But...I can see my old friend from afar and hope to commune with it one day.

Track: clarinet ensemble with soprano sax solo.

Photo....from happier times with H!

Headstoner Blues

Atmospheric Implosion

Composed Winter 2010, Recorded Spring 2015.



A Priori | Vivek Patel (2010)

Life Goes to a Party | (Live @ Crane Estate, Ipswitch, MA - July, 30 2009)

Live at the Regattabar 3/9/10, watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgpRJJOkGrg

Nick Grondin - guitar/composer
VP - flugel
Aubrey Johnson - voice
Doug Pet - tenor sax
Tal Gamlieli - bass
Lee Fish - drums

Flugelhorn Solo on "Dedication" (Nick Grondin) | Live @ Regattabar, 3/9/10

A Warrior's Creed | Vivek Patel, trumpet (2017)

(Winter 2011) 
An example of legitimate, transformative fair use.

Vivek Patel - trumpet, flute, bass, drums, guitar and keys. Produced with GarageBand.
 

Super Mario [Fair Use] | Vivek Patel, trumpet (2011)

Penumbra | Vivek Patel, flugelhorn (2017)

Modulation Exercise in A | Vivek Patel (2019)

Martin Track 1.01

Some improvised and composed variations on a melody by Ra Kalam Bob Moses.
VP - trumpet and synth orchestra
Tony Falco (virtuoso percussionist and Ra Kalam pupil) -  drum set

Peace Universal | Ra Kalam Bob Moses (2018)

Raheem Thomas - alto sax
VP - flugelhorn, Max/MSP
Ra Kalam Bob Moses - Percussion

(Composed Fall 2007, Recorded Spring 2013)

Purge | Vivek Patel, flugelhorn, Raheem Thomas, saxophone & Ra Kalam Bob Moses, percussion (2013)

Every now and then, I'll come home from work and film myself on Photo Booth to see if my embouchure and form are ok. This has helped me adapt to motor issues I developed after contracting focal dystonia in my right hand in 2012. You can see the video that this was ripped from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMn893cuNVw.

Practicing Rhythm Changes | 11/26/14

(2012)

A grumpy Monday/Tuesday, followed by an acquiescent Wednesday/Thursday, ending in a celebratory Friday/Saturday/Sunday.

3 Ringtones/Alarms | Vivek Patel (2012)

Orchestral score made in Cakewalk by Bandlab

Dance of the Fairy Queens

Bebop Ringtone(2011)

Alex Brown - Piano/Composer
Ben Williams - Bass
Eric Doob - Drums
VP -Flugel

Jamming on "Elektric" | Alex Brown (2009)

(Fall 2009)

Michel Reis - pno/composer
VP - flg
Tal Gamlieli - bs
Adam Cruz - ds

Riverside Drive | Michel Reis (2009)

Welcome to my SoundCloud page. This is a mess of original compositions, recordings, trumpet solos, rough drafts/works in progress, midi mockups, electroacoustic experiments, and educational materials/exercises I developed over the years. They’re posted in no particular order and cover several genres including jazz, classical, funk, orchestral, rock, drum 'n' bass, fusion, Latin, R&B, metal, country, world, and electronica. Hope you enjoy. 
- Vivek

www.vivekpatelmusic.com/






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Neapolitan Sixth Exercise | Vivek Patel (2021)

Vivek Patel | Trumpeter/Composer