Satan, the beast crunching sinners’ bones. Lucifer, the fallen angel. Mephistopheles, the trickster striking deals.

Ted Ed Lesson: https://youtu.be/5_To7wO0Exo

Production: AIM Creative Studios
Sound Design: @andreairesaugusto and @joao_mendes07 
Music Composition and Sound Design: André Aires at @claraboia-estudio

A brief history of the devil | TED Ed

Cover of Avicii's "Wake Me Up" : 

Vocals: Isabella Stocchetti
Flute: Isabella Stochetti
Guitar: Chris J Eager
Recorded & Produced by: Andy Land 

Big thanks for Andy & Bartlomiej :D

Wake Me Up [Avicii Cover]

Performed By Gary Sullivan

Words by Gary Sullivan
Composed By John Trent Wallace

recorded 1995

Tell Me Why (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame) 1995

Kyrie (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) 1995

"Gizeh" Out now
Hiphopologist Ft. Sepehr Khalse
Produced By Ashkan Kagan , Svnta
Artwork : Eypi

Hiphopologist Ft. Sepehr Khalse - Gizeh [Prod. Kagan , Svnta ]

Mollie's Theme [commission]

Mutual Solitude

Música del Bosque - Bosque  (Forest)2017

LYRICS: 

I don’t wanna be an anchor 
I don’t wanna tie up your hands
I just wanna be a beacon 
When you’re lost and looking for land 

I don’t wanna steal your secrets
Or take your privacy away
I just wanna be a shelter
If I can in any way 

(Work so hard) Every day of your life 
(You take it all) In your stride
(I’m thinking) Thinking about you all the time 
(My love is) Really oceans wide

Let’s spend some time baby 
Just close your eyes and smile 
Cos you’re the sun in my sky baby 
So come lay your head a while 

Rest your heart
Rest your soul
Rest your mind
Rest it all 
Forget your troubles
Forget those walls 
Forget the worries
For a second forget it all 

I don’t wanna be head-pain 
Don’t wanna be a cast for you bones
I just wanna be a shoulder
You can lean on and call home  

I don’t wanna be a shackle 
Not gonna lock a single door 
I wanna open the windows 
Help you find whatever you’re searching for 

(Work so hard) Every day of your life 
(You take it all) In your stride
(I’m thinking) Thinking about you all the time 
(My love is) Really oceans wide

Let’s spend some time baby 
Just close your eyes and smile 
Cos you’re the sun in my sky baby 
So come lay your head a while 

Rest your heart
Rest your soul
Rest your mind
Rest it all 
Forget your troubles
Forget those walls 
Forget the worries
For a second forget it all 
For a second forget it all
For a second forget it all

Rest Your Heart

From 7th January 2019 to 3rd April 2019, I attended a short evening class (two nights a week) in 'Sound Design for Creative Media' at the SAE Institute, under the tutelage of Jose Macabra. The class introduced us to the history of sound in relation to the screen, as well as sound for its own sake, and how sound used to be and can be manipulated to fit another purpose, or to just escape from its original one.
Over the course of the class, we started looking into possible projects that we could all work together towards. My colleague, Constance Eldon McCaig, asked if we may be interested in contributing to the sounds in a play that she'd co-written entitled 'Salmon'. Her play is about a young man struggling to come to terms with the death of his pet dog, though as we progress, we realise all is not as it seems. We were delighted to help with the play!
Though this piece doesn't best represent the repertoire we looked at in the course (we touched on many atonal, timbral pieces, soundscapes, fine art, electroacoustic music, and Musique concrète, amongst more!), Constance requested one of the pieces to contain piano and violin, and to evoke a sadness relevant to certain scenes in the play. I had already come up with a not-fully-realised version of this idea a few years ago, but struggled to do anything with it. Turns out it was just waiting for the right commission.
Performing on this track is myself (Christopher Webb) on piano, Aradia Santisteban Anillo on violin, and Zoë Annesley on vocals. It was recorded in a studio in the SAE Institute with Jose Macabra at the mixing desk, recording, and taking videos and photographs.
There are many different versions of this piece, including ones that were slower, or with more electronics, etc. This version is one I edited myself, though I didn't do much to it, to be honest.

A Short Tune for a Play named 'Salmon'

In these uncertain times, I don't know when or even 'if' I will release another composition. Thus, I am giving the sheet music of this piece away for free. I do ask for a small donation as a token of appreciation for the piece, or as a token of sympathy for how difficult it can be to stay creative in general. Money would certainly be an incentive to continue creating, but again, at this moment in time, I cannot guarantee I will continue.

Link to sheet music: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m4pbpe5wjo2eqfw/AABupdc8JNaM1zXo9csgNi0Ea?dl=0

Link for donations: http://paypal.me/webbophone 

Let me know if these links don't work.
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Evaluation

I am writing this in haste as I have spent too long on this project and I need to get back to searching for a more stable income.
It was a different experience composing with pencil and paper; I'd always previously jumped into notation software or a DAW. I had to play the notes on a piano in order to hear them and decide whether it sounded good. This meant that I pursued ideas I would have otherwise discarded after hearing how awful they sounded played by general midi or other bad software instruments. I did, however, compose this piece on an upright piano with the practice pedal on; I was worried that this meant it would only sound nice in that context, but I hope the video proves otherwise.
When transcribing my handwritten notes into Sibelius, I tried my best to check, double-check and triple-check for mistakes, but there are a couple that slipped through the cracks. These are now corrected in what will be your copy of the score, but they unfortunately made it into the video. It should hopefully not affect your watching experience, though.
For the recording process, I used two pencil mics to get a nice up-close recording, combined with a recording from further back to capture the natural reverb of the room. I also tried to account for phase cancellation, which is something I hadn't paid much attention to in the past.
Another 'first' was thinking about the visual experience as well as the sonic; I hopefully made myself nice and presentable, wore a suit, and tried to put on some mood lighting. I may have had the camera set up wrong as the footage was quite grainy. Finally, I included a colour-coded score in the video, which is again a first for me. Highlighted in the score are the subject, countersubject, and a third motif which, once introduced, I didn't want to stop using.
The piece uses extended harmonies, but is relatively traditional. Anyone who knows me or my work knows I usually like to experiment in my music, but this one just turned out like this.
I tried to write it so that it can 'easily' by arranged for string quartet. In the folder of the sheet music, you can find a hastily-assembled version for string quartet, but I was unsure of how much detail to include vis-a-vis slurs - I have an understanding of stringed instruments, but I don't play one for myself, thus I didn't want go through the trouble of inserting marks of articulation thinking I am being helpful when I am actually not. That was my logic anyway. I've added slurs to my string music in the past with minimal problems, but time is of the essence.
I hope you like what I ended up with - the video, the scores, the lot. Be sure to let me know if you download a copy of the sheet music as I don't think I will be notified automatically.
Thank you to the church that allowed me to use their grand piano.

Fugue on Oranges and Lemons by Christopher Webb

Composer, chorister, performer, transcriber, arranger!

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A Short Tune for a Play named 'Salmon'

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