Crudblud's Craptacular C(r)ompositions

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Mahlerian

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on December 18, 2017, 04:21:09 AM
Tangentially, on the theme of the concert hall conveying any kind of legitimacy:  I find John Williams's music for the screen superior to any of the "concert music" he has written.  My personal working hypothesis there is, that in the case of his movie soundtracks, he had others to whom his work needed to answer.

Without making any comparison in terms of quality, I think the case of Wagner may also be instructive in that his "absolute music" is, almost exclusively, lackluster compared to the dramatic projects that inspired him.
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

Karl Henning

Quote from: Mahlerian on December 18, 2017, 07:38:25 AM
Without making any comparison in terms of quality, I think the case of Wagner may also be instructive in that his "absolute music" is, almost exclusively, lackluster compared to the dramatic projects that inspired him.

Aye, that thought crossed my mind, I do admit.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Crudblud

I have not had much in the way of musical ideas lately, since the big one last year it's been a bit of a drought, on top of that I just haven't had much time or energy to devote to it. This is the first thing I've been able to complete since, not counting some extremely simple soundtrack work.

https://www.youtube.com/v/RNg3hjHgVmo

Karl Henning

Quote from: Crudblud on February 17, 2018, 08:15:59 AM
I have not had much in the way of musical ideas lately, since the big one last year it's been a bit of a drought, on top of that I just haven't had much time or energy to devote to it. This is the first thing I've been able to complete since, not counting some extremely simple soundtrack work.

https://www.youtube.com/v/RNg3hjHgVmo

Charming!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Crudblud


Crudblud


Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Crudblud

Thing I started as a doodle could possibly be first section of large weird ensemble thing? All this (and more!) in the next however long it's going to take for me to figure it out.

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot


Crudblud

As some of you will be aware, a while ago I was working as a writer and composer for a game studio, but was forced to leave when the project I was working on started to have major issues with investors. The work I did for the game ended up coming back to me, so I decided that, rather than let it go to waste, I would write a bunch of articles about it and try to provide as much context as possible. The series has gone on for some 14 weeks, and today I have published the final article, this one about the music I composed for the game. I thought I would make a post about it here since the work occupied so much of my composing time last year. There is a link to a YouTube playlist with substantial selections (some rougher than others) from the prototype soundtrack at the end of the article.

Crudblud


Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Crudblud

Some vanity-posting (what else?): I have at last beaten writer's block. Stay tuned.

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Mahlerian

Quote from: Crudblud on August 06, 2018, 08:00:12 AM
Some vanity-posting (what else?): I have at last beaten writer's block. Stay tuned.

Huzzah!  I'm waiting with bated breath for your latest.
"l do not consider my music as atonal, but rather as non-tonal. I feel the unity of all keys. Atonal music by modern composers admits of no key at all, no feeling of any definite center." - Arnold Schoenberg

Crudblud

Thanks for the interest. There is still much work to do, but I'm confident in saying that the new work will be ready to go in the first half of September.

Karl Henning

Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Crudblud

At last!

https://www.youtube.com/v/ynLgop6eujY

You may also download it if you wish, presently available in your choice of mp3 and FLAC, as always. I'm thinking about ditching FLAC because it's one more thing to upload and I stopped believing I could tell the difference some time ago, but for now it stays!

EddieRUKiddingVarese

Good too see your still hard at work Crud  ;)
"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes"
and I need the knits, the double knits!