09-18-2014, 07:38 PM
I found classical music at the late age of 19. Most people who end up working in that field as professionals begin at the age of 5. So you can say there was pretty well no chance that I'd end up in an orchestra or any sort of performance related field.
And yet, something about classical spoke to me. I found Haydn first, then Mozart, and then Bach. I started noticing classical tracks being used prominently in a few films. I was entranced. And so I bought a cheap digital keyboard, and then later rented a budget piano for a monthly fee, and I taught myself to read music and try to co-ordinate myself on this musical instrument known as the piano. It did not proceed smoothly, to speak kindly. Perhaps it would have been best if I found a tutor or instructor, but me being headstrong as I was could never learn from another human being. So I learnt through the books.
Playing gave way to composition, as I tried to deconstruct the musical language; at least the technical aspects. This was a journey that unfolded over years and years, and I eventually settled on studying the works of Bach and Beethoven as my touchstones, with the Well Tempered Klavier being my Law of One of musical technique. In these 24 Preludes and Fugues (one for each minor and each major key) the pinnacle of concision, precision, and understanding was laid out for those who would take the time to deconstruct the language bar-by-bar, much like one tries to deconstruct Ra sentence-by-sentence.
With enough time, I managed to absorb the essence of musical structure and technique, as understood by JS Bach.
Over the years I had composed sporadically, sometimes with more deep intent, and other times to just punch out a piece because I wanted something novel to listen to, and how better to gain novelty than to create a musical piece that has not existed till that point?
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well anyway, my musical endeavours have very much been on the backburner for many a year now, with isolated creative outbursts.
However, I think that a new musical journey is underway, and I can offer this first piece today, which I only wrote a few days ago, after my Wednesday shift at work when I was in quite a flowing state.
It's a 10 minute track for Organ, and I have to be honest, it's not easy fare to grind through. I've listened to it maybe a dozen times now, with full concentration, and it takes one to some interesting spaces. It begins consonant enough, and well ensconced in the home key of C Major, but with the organ especially, any dissonances in harmony are exacerbated because of the pure tones being used. That is neither good or bad; but rather, just like catalyst, it is fuel and challenge for the mind. The piece progresses to some unexpected places, with the 3 voices working in different ways.
anyway, enough words, here's my First Track, entitled:
1 The Magician
https://soundcloud.com/theplenum/1-the-magician
And yet, something about classical spoke to me. I found Haydn first, then Mozart, and then Bach. I started noticing classical tracks being used prominently in a few films. I was entranced. And so I bought a cheap digital keyboard, and then later rented a budget piano for a monthly fee, and I taught myself to read music and try to co-ordinate myself on this musical instrument known as the piano. It did not proceed smoothly, to speak kindly. Perhaps it would have been best if I found a tutor or instructor, but me being headstrong as I was could never learn from another human being. So I learnt through the books.
Playing gave way to composition, as I tried to deconstruct the musical language; at least the technical aspects. This was a journey that unfolded over years and years, and I eventually settled on studying the works of Bach and Beethoven as my touchstones, with the Well Tempered Klavier being my Law of One of musical technique. In these 24 Preludes and Fugues (one for each minor and each major key) the pinnacle of concision, precision, and understanding was laid out for those who would take the time to deconstruct the language bar-by-bar, much like one tries to deconstruct Ra sentence-by-sentence.
With enough time, I managed to absorb the essence of musical structure and technique, as understood by JS Bach.
Over the years I had composed sporadically, sometimes with more deep intent, and other times to just punch out a piece because I wanted something novel to listen to, and how better to gain novelty than to create a musical piece that has not existed till that point?
- -
well anyway, my musical endeavours have very much been on the backburner for many a year now, with isolated creative outbursts.
However, I think that a new musical journey is underway, and I can offer this first piece today, which I only wrote a few days ago, after my Wednesday shift at work when I was in quite a flowing state.
It's a 10 minute track for Organ, and I have to be honest, it's not easy fare to grind through. I've listened to it maybe a dozen times now, with full concentration, and it takes one to some interesting spaces. It begins consonant enough, and well ensconced in the home key of C Major, but with the organ especially, any dissonances in harmony are exacerbated because of the pure tones being used. That is neither good or bad; but rather, just like catalyst, it is fuel and challenge for the mind. The piece progresses to some unexpected places, with the 3 voices working in different ways.
anyway, enough words, here's my First Track, entitled:
1 The Magician
https://soundcloud.com/theplenum/1-the-magician
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