Own songs

Abstrakt wrote: You sound really talented!

thank you

im currently working on what i thought was going to be a 3 part suite, but is now going to be either 4 or 5 parts (working on part 4). It's still unnamed. I used riffs, melodies, and other ideas and interchange them within each song. Kind of inspired by Dream Theater's 12 Step suite, and Frank Zappa's conceptual continuity.

for example there is one riff played once in part 1, and i expanded on it in part 3, which made the bulk of the song. Part 2 plays the main theme from part 1 to connect the theme from part 2 to this jazz-fusion-like section. there is also a sad sounding 2 chord sequence for solos that runs though the suite, part 1 contains a fast 6/8 version of it with trombone soloing. Part 2 features the same 2 chords, but in 4 and a little funkier (at least in the groove) with a hammond organ solo. i currently working in another version of the sequence with extra harmonies for part 4, but i dont know which instrument is going to take the solo.

part 1 is very dark, and extremely jazzy. there's a bunch of King Crimson influence, but thats only because i enjoy working with tri-tones. A little Planet X sounding in certain parts. lots of electric and rhodes piano. part 1 is about 3 and 1/2 minutes

Part 2 is (so far) the most prog rock of the suite, it goes through different themes, and a couple of melodies (one being the main theme) and is played over the original chords to accompany it. however, as i was writing part 2, the sad sounding chords sounded awesome under the main theme. so you hear both at some point in the song. it goes into the jazzy part, with the sax ripping it down over an interesting melody. it goes to a happy, triumphant section, which you hear throughout the song, but here it is expanded on and played in full, sounding more upbeat. the end sounds like it would be the end of the suite, but the final chord is a very dissonant chord giving you the feeling that it's not over. part 2 is a little more than 8 minutes.

part 3 is mostly an expansion of one riff from part 1, and so far is the shortest one, with lots of odd meters, poly rythyms and such. there is another hammond solo over a walking bassline with the guitar playing the chord sequence under the theme from part 1. there is one riff from part 2 that is brought back, and played in cut time. this one's really technical, and really hard to play. part 3 is not even 2 minutes long.

part 4 is so far the most jazz fusion of the suite, but not finished.

so far, there are no guitar solos in the suite. there probably wont be either. (im a guitarist)

as one whole suite this will be my 39th completed composition. they easily can stand by themselves as individual songs as well, so if you count it like that, and if the suite becomes 5 parts, they will be my 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, and 43rd completed song. i kind of prefer to cound all of them as my 39th because, unlike the 12 step suite, im writing them all in one shot, plus i want my 40th work to be spectacular, though i dont think about the numbers too much anyway.

i would like to show it to you guys when im finished, but i dont know how to do that. they're MIDI files, and i have a weird sound recorder on my computer.


Edited by darkshade - August 28 2009 at 16:43

Seems to go well together with "Frågetecken"! 

I have a few bass lines/riffs in A minor that might end up being some song. But i don't feel like working on that now 

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Abstrakt, my Mac wouldn’t play your music.

 

Anyway, you can listen to some of my music here:

 

http://www.musicwebtown.com/jellyfishinice/275259

 

I’ve written a little bit about the songs in the Get the word out-section (Recording Ashflame). Any comment would be welcome, and feel free to ask questions.

Em9 would consist of the notes E, F#, G, B and D. So basically the Em7+add9 is written out as simply Em9.

Yes, what HolyMoly described is I think a suspended or sus chord.

Add2 is that you simply take the chord and count up to the second step and then you ADD it. (add - get it? :P) Emadd2 for example is the E minor chord with the note F# added there. F# being the second step from the root of the chord - E. (I am in the key of E minor, so F is an F#)

So yes... it can also be written as an add9. E, F#, G, B.
add2 and add9 are the same thing technically. Though Em9 would be another thing entirely.
My music teacher said to me that add2 is the correct form of writing the chord down...
I wouldn't know though, I've come across add9 constantly too.

Btw, you said earlier that you don't know how to put GP5 files to MP3's. Well if you look, then you'll find that GP "file" has an export file option. You can export your GP5 music as a WAVE file. Then all you need to do is a find a program to remake Wave files to MP3's. And there are free to DL programs available for that. I suggest just typing "WAVE to MP3" to google and I think you'll find one.
Only thing is that, while playing the GP while recording it to WAVE you have to adjust your sound from the control bar so that it wouldn't record anything but what you hear from the speakers.


Edited by Hyardacil - August 12 2009 at 09:19

Abstrakt wrote: What the hell is an add2 chord by the way?

I just sat by the keyboard and wanted to come up with something. That i just picked the key of C# minor, because i think it sounds cool.
Then i just noodled around until i came up with a decent riff or a decent chord sequence.
VOILA!

Abstrakt wrote: Blowin Free wrote: I wish I could write a prog piece.... So do i! I don't know if my songs can be called prog really. "Ingentitelän" changes between 7/8, 6/8 and 4/4, in different tempos, but other than that i think it's more like heavy prog/hard rock. "Frågetecken" has a canterbury/jazzy melody, but other than that it sounds almost like an indierock song

Edited by PROGMONSTER2008 - August 09 2009 at 19:39