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  1. Checking out this recent release from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson -- they used to play together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

    The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? Fiddle and Banjo Music of North Carolina"

    rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com/a

    I love Giddens and like how diverse her musical perspective is, but it's really nice to hear her playing here, doubly so as she's with one of her early musical partners. They're so comfortable together.

    The whole set feels like a homecoming in the speakers, an afternoon with friends. And of course the music itself is just like a big warm hug of the best sort.

    #NowListening #RhiannonGhiddens #JustinRobinson #NewMusic2025 #MusicNotes

  2. Checking out this recent release from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson -- they used to play together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

    The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? Fiddle and Banjo Music of North Carolina"

    rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com/a

    I love Giddens and like how diverse her musical perspective is, but it's really nice to hear her playing here, doubly so as she's with one of her early musical partners. They're so comfortable together.

    The whole set feels like a homecoming in the speakers, an afternoon with friends. And of course the music itself is just like a big warm hug of the best sort.

    #NowListening #RhiannonGhiddens #JustinRobinson #NewMusic2025 #MusicNotes

  3. Checking out this recent release from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson -- they used to play together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

    The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? Fiddle and Banjo Music of North Carolina"

    rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com/a

    I love Giddens and like how diverse her musical perspective is, but it's really nice to hear her playing here, doubly so as she's with one of her early musical partners. They're so comfortable together.

    The whole set feels like a homecoming in the speakers, an afternoon with friends. And of course the music itself is just like a big warm hug of the best sort.

    #NowListening #RhiannonGhiddens #JustinRobinson #NewMusic2025 #MusicNotes

  4. Checking out this recent release from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson -- they used to play together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

    The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? Fiddle and Banjo Music of North Carolina"

    rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com/a

    I love Giddens and like how diverse her musical perspective is, but it's really nice to hear her playing here, doubly so as she's with one of her early musical partners. They're so comfortable together.

    The whole set feels like a homecoming in the speakers, an afternoon with friends. And of course the music itself is just like a big warm hug of the best sort.

    #NowListening #RhiannonGhiddens #JustinRobinson #NewMusic2025 #MusicNotes

  5. Checking out this recent release from Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson -- they used to play together in the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

    The album is called "What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow? Fiddle and Banjo Music of North Carolina"

    rhiannongiddens.bandcamp.com/a

    I love Giddens and like how diverse her musical perspective is, but it's really nice to hear her playing here, doubly so as she's with one of her early musical partners. They're so comfortable together.

    The whole set feels like a homecoming in the speakers, an afternoon with friends. And of course the music itself is just like a big warm hug of the best sort.

  6. Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
    #musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome

  7. Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
    #musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome

  8. Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
    #musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome

  9. Hi, can anyone help me in my music notation learning journey? Finding the good and free/cheap ressources are difficult. I'm starting by myself and will get some distance ressources in some time but I'd life to work on reading music alone
    #musiclearning #musicnotation #musicnotes #MusicSheets #partitions #partitionreading #musicreading #musicalinstrument #musiclearning #musiclearners #musicaltheory #music #musicbeginner #musiclover #readmusicalnotation #learningresources #boostswelcome

  10. Lots of interesting stuff out for #NewMusicFriday -- I'm looking at you, new #Darkside album -- but tbh, I've just been listening to #Raveena all morning, lol.

    Her album from last year, "Where Butterflies Go in the Rain," took her already interesting pop perspective into a space between 70s AM radio and 90s r&b.

    It's sexy and light and flirty in a way that reminds me of what flirtation and young love was like as a teenager.

    She's also kind of a weirdo in the best way, as this video for "Lucky" suggests, lol:

    youtube.com/watch?v=FjXFANXi__

    #MorningListening #MusicNotes

  11. Have been thinking a lot about Lupe Fiasco's "CHANNEL NO 3" today... in it, Lupe recasts common video game tropes and structures as part of mastering the game of life.

    youtube.com/watch?v=s9_cKL5t4I

    It doesn't sound all that clever but the overall effect is really smooth, with bars like:

    "Just know when to run
    Or when to jump or just when to slide
    Know where the secrets are
    Know where the treasure hides"

    and

    "So we ain't resetting to the beginning
    Memorizing the maps, a collection of positions
    In my mind, start flying, we running outta time
    If we can reach the next checkpoint we'll be fine"

    #LupeFiasco #MusicNotes

  12. But the good thing about #RabbitHoles are they lead you to new places. I started listening to #LuzmilaCarpio as I reviewed her discography, and I kept listening even after I thought it might be a dead end.

    Her recordings are often very simple, with just an acoustic guitar, some percussion, and some other harp/stringed instrument. She sings with a very distinctive voice and is often accompanied by several other singers.

    It was while listening to a self-titled release this morning that the tune of "Mariposita" floated up to my ears --- is this it, I thought?

    I listened closer --- yes! The tune is from Carpio, indeed, but under a different name, "Pilpintu," which you can hear here:

    youtu.be/_RFq7xRG5Q8

    4/?

    #MusicNotes

  13. I poked around a few other search results for "Mariposita" on different platforms but had no luck.

    So I went back to the credits to the Elhajli album on Bandcamp --- which are not present on the front page of the album, but songwriting credits are given on individual tracks.

    That's when I noticed a name, #LuzmilaCarpio. Carpio is an artist whose work also catalogs and represents Quechuan traditions and language -- cool, so I'll look her up.

    But as I looked through the tracklists for different albums I could find from Carpio, I didn't see the name "Mariposita" anywhere --- bummer, especially considering she's released a lot of albums.

    So the search was still on...

    3/? #RabbitHoles #MusicNotes

  14. Have been transfixed for the last week by a song played by Miriam Elhajli on her album *Brand New Mexican* -- the song is called "Mariposita." It is based around a very simple refrain, sung here with two vocal lines and two guitars.

    miriamelhajli.bandcamp.com/tra

    Elhajli plays some traditional/folk tunes, many from Latin American lines, and I wondered if it was a cover or interpretation of another tune. So I went a-lookin'...

    1/?

    #MusicNotes #RabbitHoles ##MiriamElhajli #Music

  15. From the Busoni/Brahms on to the recent album from #TakacsQuartet, "Takacs Assad Labro," just released in March 2024.

    All contemporary works, several of which were written for this recording/setting, from #ClariceAssad, #BryceDessner, and the #Bandoneon performer #JulienLabro. Labro performs on several of the pieces as well (yes, that's a string quartet and the bandoneon --- which works quite nicely!).

    There is also an arrangement of a #MiltonNascimento song and a performance of #KaijaSaariaho's "Nocturne."

    Honestly, this album was a delight to listen through. There is a real diversity of style and sound here, and all of it packs a real punch. But on first listen, I think it's the closing "Clash" by Assad that feels like the most mandatory listening.

    Nice background on the album's origins and recording here: nativedsd.com/news/message-fro

    #MusicNotes #NowPlaying #ClassicalMusic

  16. At first glance, some of today's album releases I'll be checking out today/this weekend include...

    #PomPoko - Champion (art rock-ish, a bit proggy)

    #RosieLowe - Lover, Other (alt r&b?)

    #BenSollee - Long Haul (folk-ish? though I haven't checked him in a minute)

    and eventually probably that #Tinashe album...

    No full-length hip hop of interest to me this week?!?! Still working through the lists, so maybe one will jump out later. I'll put that new 38 Spesh on the backburner for when I'm in the right mood.

    A quieter release day but these will keep me busy as I finish syllabus and resource prep to start classes next week.

    Oh, and first faculty meeting of the semester today.

    #NewMusic2024 #NewAlbums2024
    #MusicNotes

  17. ICYMI: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings released a new album this year and it is *great*. Great album for a chilly fall night: highly recommend!

    (Actually, it was a bit of a slow burner at first... Now it won't leave my speakers...)

    #MusicNotes #GillianWelch #Music

  18. Version w/Nascimento, Criolo, and Amaro Freitas on piano:

    youtube.com/watch?v=OY_JspW87j

    I'm actually not as wild about this one - everyone does great but it feels a little more overwrought? - but what Freitas does with the piano outro is really interesting.

    #MusicNotes

  19. End of Summer (Piano Solo)

    Here's another piece that will be on my album '2024'. It's been a while since I've done a piano solo/video. Hope you enjoy it :)

    Listen here: youtu.be/hY-ZAa9kQx8

    #piano #composer #music #musicnotes #neoclassical #pianist #musician #classical #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians

  20. The whole thing lasted just a few days, but out of this small question - "Is this an original tune?" - I not only found the original, but also got a small entry into Bolivian and Quechuan music and cultures that I didn't have previously. I learned of Carpio, a new name to me, who I feel like I should have heard of earlier... she seems super rad. I'll be working through her catalog and work for sure.

    *And* I learned the "Andean Music" is a style tag on Discogs, which means I can keep dipping my toes in this pool for as long as I want.

    discogs.com/style/andean%20mus

    All in all, a pretty rewarding journey for what started as a casual question.

    #MusicNotes

    #5/5

  21. Broken Dream

    New music today! I wrote this originally when I was at a pretty low point and wasn't sure I wanted to share it afterwards because of what it represented for me at that moment.

    I felt like I had no motivation or drive to write at the time, and that I was out of all/any ideas and had no creativity left. I was burned out and felt like I was going nowhere.

    Somehow this piece managed to come out of those feelings. I decided to revisit it, finish it, and share it, because even the bad days are still part of the journey.

    ➣ Full song: youtube.com/watch?v=tRdc8O9txc

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    #composer #dtm #desktopmusic #music #orchestra #neoclassical #virtualorchestra #fantasymusic #violin #piano #sheetmusic #classical #classicalmusic #classicalpiano #pianist #musician #contemporary #contemporaryclassical #daw #cinematicstudio #sibelius #notation #musicnotes

  22. #MorningListening is the recent album from #Halvcirkel, a string quartet from Denmark focusing on 20th c. and contemporary #Classical / #PostClassical.

    halvcirkel.bandcamp.com/album/

    This album is all original compositions. They shout out #TerryRiley a lot on their Bandcamp page, and reference #ArvoPart, #CarolineShaw, #BrianEno, and #CarlNielsen among others. If those names perk your ears, you should definitely give it a listen -- it's great so far!

    #NowPlaying #NewMusic2024 #MusicNotes

  23. Haven't listened to much from this #TalkingHeads tribute record yet but I like the left turn this cover of Slippery People took

    youtu.be/oAjRk-7e7eY

    #NowPlaying #MusicNotes

  24. Put on #PeaboBryson and #ReginaBelle's "A Whole New World" as a joke bc my wife had the song stuck in her head... but was reminded there's no joking about Peabo and so now we're on *Born to Love*, the classic duet album with the equally iconic #RobertaFlack and I think this may be a thread we carry through the night...

    #MusicNotes

  25. After listening to #TAXIDERMIA, I bounced around a bit then landed on improvisational harpist #AmandaWhiting's recent "The Liminality of Her."

    Probably won't return to this a ton but it was a nice, low-key listen. I'm always down for a good jazz-ish #Harp record.

    #MusicNotes

  26. Winding down from a busy weekend of yard and house work as we continue to settle in at our new place, so good time to put on some tunes.

    First up, Friday's new release from Brazilian artists #Jadsa and #JoãoMiletMeirelles under the name #TAXIDERMIA: "Vera Cruz Island"

    These two work together often, with the latter handling production duties on Jadsa's excellent #OlhoDeVidro.

    So far this short release is a typically eclectic outing that's difficult to describe. The lead single, "Clarão Azul" is a nice intro but maybe a bit misleading --- there's some noise and avant twists and turns here, too.

    youtu.be/8f_2jwzRUVw

    #MusicNotes

  27. Hanging out with #FerruccioBusoni and #JohannesBrahms via this excellent recording of their respective violin concertos. #FrancescaDego with a beautiful performance on each.

    The opening of the second movement of the Brahms always makes me hum think of the opening notes to "I'll Fly Away" ("One fine morning...)

    chandos.net/products/catalogue

    #NowPlaying #MusicNotes #ClassicalMusic

  28. Going to be a long weekend of (finally!) moving stuff that we've had in storage into our new place.

    But that's also an opportunity to catch up on some music this year, maybe throw on some old favorites to keep us moving, too.

    #NowPlaying:

    #BrotherAli - Love & Service

    This track with #AesopRock is doing *everything* I need to it at 6 am.

    youtu.be/uOCWwnuzTYk

    #MusicNotes

  29. Working on a piano arrangement of ‘City of the Western Winds’. 🎹✨

    This is one of my favorite songs from my album ‘Relics of Aeternum’ and I think the piano arrangement is really capturing the energetic vibe of the original. Will share the complete arrangement soon!

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    #composer #fantasy #melody #musician #solopiano #piano #keyboard #pianist #pianosolo #pianosong #pianomusic #pianosolos #originalcomposition #classicalpiano #animation #animationmusic #rpg #rpgmusic #dnd #dndmusic #pianonotes #pianokeys #musicnotes

  30. Lost to Time

    I finally made a score/sheet music video for this song! I hope you enjoy it!

    It has a bit of a story in the description of what I imagined while writing it- sort of Zelda/Ghibli vibes :)

    🎵​ Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=uQAL5qMXIa

    (I was going to upload a preview but as usual, Mastodon is picky about when it feels like letting me upload content directly to the site)

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    #composer #dtm #fantasy #newmusic #orchestra #animation #vgm #fantasymusic #animationmusic #videogamemusic #classicalmusic #newmusic #neoclassical #sheetmusic #musician #ghibli #ghiblivibes #zelda #zeldavibes #gamedev #indiedev #gamemusic #contemporaryclassical #music #cinematicstudio #daw #reaperdaw #sibelius #notation #musicnotes #musicnotation