Greg's Gazebo

[greg]

I don't know that but you should use the Cloverfield monster while you're at it.

Never saw the movie. Looks like a wimpy version of "Sin" from Final Fantasy 10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/tF4JJKYo0Uo&feature=related

[mikkeljs]

Hi Greg! Guess what I just found today!  In a bound of free scores from the conservatory library, there was an original handwritten score and sketch of a cadenza by Nørgård. The cadenza was written to the concerto no. 12 by Vagn Holmboe...

There were also lots of scores with signatures from Nørgård, one from Finnisy, and an extremely interresting letter written to Nørgård 40 years ago. The composer who wrote the letter, had send Nørgård a song for chorus, and he write, that one of the melodies in the work can develope new stuff infinitely, because it has a self similarity, and he decided to call it "the infinity seria" - as if Nørgård didn´t knew that phenomenon already!   

[greg]

Hi Greg! Guess what I just found today!  In a bound of free scores from the conservatory library, there was an original handwritten score and sketch of a cadenza by Nørgård. The cadenza was written to the concerto no. 12 by Vagn Holmboe...

There were also lots of scores with signatures from Nørgård, one from Finnisy, and an extremely interresting letter written to Nørgård 40 years ago. The composer who wrote the letter, had send Nørgård a song for chorus, and he write, that one of the melodies in the work can develope new stuff infinitely, because it has a self similarity, and he decided to call it "the infinity seria" - as if Nørgård didn´t knew that phenomenon already!   

Which composer wrote the letter? Are you saying Norgard got the idea for the infinity series from a friend? 

[mikkeljs]

The letter was from a totally unknown danish composer. I can give a translation of it later, when I get time. Many danish composers has used the infinity seria after Nørgård, but the way the composer write about it, it just looks like, he try to explain the idea, and that he decided to call it the "infinity seria"! 
That´s vierd!

[greg]

I can give a translation of it later, when I get time.

looking forward to it!

[mn dave]

Greg's garbanzos.



So, do you have yourself on YouTube yet?

[greg]

Greg's garbanzos.

puke.......

So, do you have yourself on YouTube yet?

nope...... have no idea when i will be.
made a recording a few months ago playing a song, don't know what happened to it......
i'm still working on the same song that i just started. Of course, now that the inspiration is gone from the day I started it, it's nearly impossible to continue it.... same problem as when writing op.13 

i keep at it...... trying to play through and add something.... trying....... if only it were possible to write the whole thing in a day, it'd be great.

[mn dave]

Man, you composers need to get your stuff on YouTube, so the millions can watch you do your thing.

[Brian]

Man, you composers need to get your stuff on YouTube, so the millions can watch you do your thing.

Like that Carly Comando or whatever her name is, with "Every Day."

[greg]

ok, i guess i'm going to try a different way of composing.
Instead of progressing through what i'm writing and expecting to write straight through (which would be more ideal), i'm just going to start coming up with fragments that may or may not fit with what i'm writing.

Also, I've started a couple of fragments of a new work for piano, "ForeverZero" which is actually the name of an attack of an evil video game character who i used to have as an avatar. It's an awesome attack, the whole screen goes black and everything explodes! 

As for the guitar work, i'm not sure what the title will be...... i don't quite have a clear vision for the rest of it, either, which i plan on possibly developing with my new work style.

so, it'll probably be like this:
op.13 ForeverZero
op.14 (guitar work)

And as for the guitar thing...... i've decided it'd probably be best to eventually record EVERYTHING myself. This means, if i do something like rock instrumentals, i'll play all guitar, bass, and keyboards and synth (which i have to practice, obviously), and either learn the drums or use a drum machine or computer program.
But what about live performances? You could just use a backup track along with guitar. Unless i find people who are willing to do everything i say, which won't happen at the beginning, obviously......

[greg]

hmmmm

i might possibly be in a band soon, or at least meet them and play together. Possibly.

First of all, i chose to work only weekends when i start school- i should make just enough to get buy- which means i'll have off 3 pm till whenever on weekdays.

A guy I work with (known him for nearly a year now) just mentioned he was a band promoter (just told me because he saw me playing guitar). In fact, he told me a story today- almost got a band to go BIG.... they were the top band in Central Florida, ready to be signed by Universal Records. They were out there listening, and planned to sign them when the guitarist confronted the lead singer about him sleeping with his girlfriend, and then the lead singer said, "i'll never sing for you again" and they all broke up.


He has a band that needs 2 guitarists. But this stuff is more "screamo", and heavy music. If the band he was talking about (i guess it's a different band) and I meet, we'll probably scare each other, most likely. "Wtf are you playing?" And then i'd think "man, this is some horribly stupid music." Or we could work together to create a new type of metal, like Shostakovich death metal. Or Boulez death metal. But I don't see that happening. But you never know, if it worked out I could become a rock star and then break away and do my own thing.  0:)


I just e-mailed him a recording of the op.12 (95 Measures) so he could get a taste of my style, or at least my influences, but not the exactly style I want to continue. And I'm trying to get him on myspace, so I can direct him to my page and ask him what he'd think about Shostakovich death metal (since I have Shosty 4th right when you visit my page).

[greg]

A'ight, here's an arrangement I made of the 12th song of Schoenberg's Book of Hanging Gardens (for strings).

I just felt the urge to post what i have up so far, since i could get the urge to tweak it for eternity (and might end up doing so). There needs to be a better balance of dynamics and slight tempo adjustments in there.

Any thoughts? Would the song cycle sound better for orchestra? It's obviously good enough to need some sort of arrangement.

[greg]

Here's a waltz idea i have, just a few bars but i thought i might save it. Except I'm not looking for waltz ideas, I'm looking for adagio ideas! 

[karlhenning]

So, save the waltz idea for another time.

Don't complain when you get an idea 

[greg]

So, save the waltz idea for another time.

Don't complain when you get an idea 

Exactly!


Well, yesterday I got an idea i really can't complain about- an adagio idea i've been searching for all along! The part circled in the score is what i wrote yesterday, the rest i filled in just now but realize that i'll have to actually take some time to rewrite it, since it doesn't sound that good. 
(also, the main theme needs glissandos)

maybe i could throw the waltz idea as a B theme or development section of the adagio idea? 

(midi file right above picture)

Just trying to direct myself here with these little ideas...... up until now, my music has been directionless, although i think fun to listen to- but i don't want to keep writing that way forever, and only that way. Gotta get closer to the many other aspects of the way i want to write.

[greg]

(yeah, forget that last post- i could use something from that somewhere, though....)

oh well, on with the experimentation....... the ultimate goal being to make myself my own favorite composer one day 

[karlhenning]

Hit it!

[greg]

Hit it!

[Renfield]

the ultimate goal being to make myself my own favorite composer one day 

A worthy goal!

(And incidentally, well-chosen soundtrack for the MySpace profile: had me entrapped for a good few minutes, there. )

[greg]

A worthy goal!

heck yeeaaaaaaaaahhh you gotta aim for space from the beginning or you'll never get there. 

(And incidentally, well-chosen soundtrack for the MySpace profile: had me entrapped for a good few minutes, there. )

you're not the only one! 
probably i should keep it where the Mahler 10 plays first when you open up the page, because it goes PERFECTLY with the background, but the Shosty 4th just catches your attention much more......