Dave's Music Page - From The Past

From The Past
Name	Composed	Notes
Something	1984	This was the first song I made up on guitar as a teen. I had arranged it with synths and deticated it to my mom. I've redone it here and added me playing in the background along with the synth guitars. I can't seem to get a good sound out of my guitars pickups so I will try to mic it later.
Bell Tune Start Bell Tune	1992	This is not really a song, but rather, what I call a musical doodle. A doodle, which I have a bunch of, is a short composition containing one or more musical ideas. This doodle was later arranged into an orchestral piece called BellTune, which is here now!
Ballad By The Shore	1992	Composed by me and my friends KR and Keith in Raleigh. Rearranged a bit after I got a Proteus of my own in 2005. I also added real ocean and seagull sounds. It’s still really a work in progress, it has a couple transition problems, thick in the pad, and of course it needs a melody and some lyrics!
Some Place Else	1988, 1991, 2005	I composed this orginally in 1988 as a three part guitar piece that I had recorded on a four track recorder. I later rearranged for the synths using strings and a duet between a flute and harp. The piece is in 3/4 time and now uses patches from all 4 synths. It sounds good on most sound systems, but treble turned too high can add a lot of hiss.
Reflection 20	1988	This "is" the original song that I had recorded; it's amazing what you find in those old boxes tucked away in dark corners. There are a few bum notes here and there, but I think it turned out fairly well. The few pops at the end are just noise on the tape. The piece is in 3/4 time and there are actually 3 1/2 parts. I laid down each track separately on a Tascam Porta One four track recorder. (Which is why you'll hear the four lead in taps on the guitar body.) I originally called this "Reflection" and in 1988, I wasn't sure why; but now I know. I intend to rerecord this at different intervals to measure my progress on the guitar. This is now called Reflection 20, since I was 20 years old when I recorded it. Reflection 37 is in the queue... Disclaimer: I performed this in 1988 on an Ibanez Acoustic classical guitar; no synths here, only amateur music... It is what it is...
Awestruck	1992, 2005	This doodle is my first attempt at writing for piano. The original version was more new age sounding using a number of synth patches, but I've rearranged it for orchestra using the new Orchestral Collection expansion boards for the Triton. I'm not entirely happy with the mix, but I had to move on, so here it is.
Forest	1992, 2008	Composed by me and my friend Keith Malsbury; performed by me. This one is in flux; it's getting longer. There is a synthesized version with guitars, strings, and recorders that I plan to rework and play the guitar part.
New Horizons	1993, 2013	This is more of an oveture. I will eventually make an orchestral version of this and it could use some more rework with insturments, but here it is for now.
More coming soon...