I have been working on this piece for months. About four to be precise. FOUR.

I'm actually uploading it a bit late, I finished it a while ago, sort of early March-ish, after starting it in November. It was inspired by a project I was doing in drama class, a murder-mystery kind of thing about an exploding pub in Victorian London (this didn't happen btw). I started with this little riff on piano, which is now featured on the acoustic guitar. It's a simple chord sequence of Fm7 - Cm7/Eb - Fm7 - C7. From that, various themes were created. The main character's theme is heard in the brass in the opening, then a "rag" theme which represents the tavern. Beyond that, it's mostly just development of that stuff, until the solo violin section, which features a hint at a theme for the villain.

Most of the orchestra is Sibelius with Noteperformer - my musical knowledge is very classical-based, so I find this easier. Also I couldn't afford any good orchestra libraries without cancelling my Sibelius subscription, which I need for school.

The guitar, as demonstrated, is an amazing free library called Ample Acoustic Guitar. I love it. The bass guitar is also free, again from Ample. These are both doubled (very quietly) with some cool Spitfire LABs patches. LABs is the greatest thing in the world.

The solo violin is also from Spitfire, and the percussion and strings are all Spitfire originals. The piano is the crazy bit. I must have tried about 100 pianos with this piece. Not one sounded quite right. Eventually, I gave up, and began preparing to publish the piece as it was, using some rubbish honky-tonk thing from Native Instruments' Kontakt Factory Library I think. Then, Spitfire released the Mrs Mills piano. It was perfect. I barely even changed the default mic settings.

Anyway, here is this piece. Please never make me listen to it again. I have heard it 9,632,886 times now. My ears suffer.

Feedback appreciated as usual. If anyone wants a score or anything, I can provide either just the piano part, or a complete mess of a Sibelius file. Let me know if you want that.

Thanks for listening,
 - Joe :)

The Old Tavern Rag

Made using entirely free samples and plugins from Pianobook, Spitfire LABS, and Kilohearts essentials, with a little help from stock Ableton effects.

Pianobook samples used:
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/rjs-classic-electric/
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/royale-rhythm-percussion/
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/packs/far-croak-percussion/

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Spy Theme

Hi there! 

I have something a little different today. I was trying out all of the free synthesisers that come with Mixcraft 8, and this was the result. A fusion of Classical Film Score music, Ambient Electronic music, and Chinese traditional music (hence the Dizi). As I made it mostly in Mixcraft, the score may be slightly inaccurate, but I think it's about right. 
Anyway, thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy!

Musescore - 
https://musescore.com/jtemusic/the-train-station

YouTube -
https://youtu.be/6VD5Pxm2-HA

There's not really a story to this one. Just imagine being in a huge, open, grand train station, a little bit of steampunk, a little bit of sci-fi, probably somewhere in the far east (hence the Dizi). There aren't many other people there, so it's quite. Everything feels a bit surreal, a bit strange, a bit like in a dream. 
And everything echoes.

The Train Station - Cinematic Fusion Music

I've been struggling a lot for inspiration during lockdown. "The Kestrel" is a peaceful classical soundtrack which I wrote at the beginning of the pandemic, based on another work using similar motifs which I will share later.

The image I had in mind was of a windy headland of British coastline on a bright spring morning, with a kestrel swooping overhead. The piece features a lot of strong wind melodies and interplay between the various wind instruments, featuring solos for the Alto Flute, English Horn, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, and Bassoon.

Please give your thoughts and opinions. I always welcome feedback; it's one of the main reasons that I'm on this site. More detail on the piece on musescore.

Thanks for listening,
Joe

The score (albeit a slightly outdated version) is available on musescore:
https://musescore.com/jtemusic/the-ke...

View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QehjU90cpjU

If you want to perform this piece, promote it, or use it in a video for any reason, please contact me before doing so. I'm a strong believer that things should be available for anyone to use, but I'd like to know about it first. Thanks.

Joe Edgar

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