Music for the Mind

It is almost 12:30 a.m.

I wrote this song
at about 11:30 p.m.

Is titled 041813b.

Scorched earth
and twisted landscapes.

It all began in the land of Mordor,
near Mount Doom.

There is just something so NOW
about that landscape
and concept.

I just can't seem to
get it out of my head,
as the last several compositions
so well attest.

Tonight I decided to go with D minor.

It is a favorite key of mine
to compose in.

Too much so.

So that I actually avoid writing
in it as a primary key.

But, it is just so perfec...

It  is 2:15 a.m.
on Thursday,
4-18-13.

All is quiet
from where I sit.

I went to bed 
at about 9 p.m.
and then  woke up
at about 12:30 a.m.,
ready to go,
and thinking
that the sun is about to come up.

Ooooops.

Not so.

No point in laying
while flipping and flopping
all over the place.

So I got up.

I have listened to way too much music
during past several weeks
(editing),
so that I am badly burned out.

So, what to do? 
what to do?

I sat down at keyboard
and began to play with it
but did not like anything ...

It was about 11 p.m.
and I am getting ready for bed
(to lay awake
and wonder
why I am laying there)
when I decided to write a song
to test the new template some more.

I changed some of the parameters
to emphasize different sounds.

I decided to write in the key of D major,
again.

I have always liked that key
for string writing.

Lots of strings here.

And strengthened the choir a little.

So, here we go ---


And there you have it,
041413a.




Hope all is going well
with all of those who matter
so extraordina...

I am in the midst of making
some new sound templates
for synthesizer music.

In this case (041313c)
I have piled 8 synthesizers
on top of one another.

Four of the 8
are dedicated
to male and female choir.

The other four to
aetherial synthesizer sounds
and harp.

I wrote this at 11:30 p.m. last night,
but was way too tired to convert it
and post it.

So I rested for awhile
before completing tasks.

I started work again at 4 a.m.

It is now almost 4:30 a.m.

Hope you enjoy this.


w/love

vw

4-14-13
Sunday
4:30 a.m.
V...

I felt the same way
about the second half of 032213a
as I did about
the first five minutes of 031813a.

So, the sound editor in me came out
and whacked off the offending material.

Must get on the road.

Just finished with a business meeting, 
changed back into my street clothes,
and am heading north
on a whirlwind round trip tour.

It is windy and wild out, right now.

Should be exciting.

Let's just not hope too much so.


w/love

vw

2:42 p.m.
3-8-13
Monday
Ventura, California, USA

I have been writing for choir and organ
during the past several months.

As can be seen with some of my earlier work
(this year)
I will combine the various different movements
together in different ways
when it seems beneficial.

In this case
I have hated 031813a
from the first moment that I heard it.

But upon further consideration
I realized that it was only the first five minutes
which was simply ruining the rest.

It is like
it was taking me several minutes
to come to life.

No big deal,
except
whe...