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... at Bayerischer Hof Nightclub, Munich, October 2010.

Black Cow (Steely Dan) - as performed by the André Marselou live at Bayerischer Hof Nightclub Munich, 2010

Another version of the Christmas song "Silent Night" for the Guitar as Inspired by SUPERGAIN – The Guitar Academy

Boogie Down, playing along with a live performance version of the late Mr. Al Jarreau with a fabulous live band

Playing Along with Paul Jackson Jr. – or at least trying to keep up ;-)

Playing along with Chick Corea's classic tune, here in a live version as performed by the late Mr. Al Jarreau with his awesome live band.

I made this little clip as part of the artists challenge on Facebook in April 2021 during #covid19 and its third wave roaming the country. This probably as a call to action in displaying examples of our creative activities as an inspirational statement and in favour of the creative arts that got hit badly by the global lockdown in many areas due to a factual ban of creative professions at large. Bear with me for some technical challenges that I'm still in the process of smoothing over as best as I can seeing as I depend on minimal gear for the time being. Making excuses is usually a no–no, I basically meant to say that I'm aware of some technicalities that I'll address as I go along. Hope, you're still going to enjoy this a little. If you do, consider subscribing to my channel by "dinging the bell" icon below the video and next to this caption. I plan on releasing bits and pieces on an at least semi–regular basis. ;-)

In this video I walk you through the project template I used in coming up with my entry for #scorerelief2022, initiated by The CueTube (Bryan Waters) for a fund raising campaign benefitting "In Place Of War", a global organization that rebuilds communities and (social) life in places that have been struck by war or other armed conflict. My main motivation was to support this campaign and their cause as their work touches on very personal aspects of my own life and being. Other than that I meant to support the growing The CueTube-community and challenge myself to something meaningful. I hope that this video can help others starting out and venturing into this exciting domain of music and composing. Content chapters and all relevant links further below. ==================== I've used these (free) libraries for instrumentation (see all URLs below): - Spitfire Audio BBC SO Discover - Spitfire Audio LABS - Keepforest Free Ferrum Edition - Project SAM's Free Library (basic components of their "Symphobia") - Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol START and other NKS instruments that were Christmas Give Aways over the past years or are freely downloadable - Logic Studio Pro X stock instruments Contents I speak about (chapter markers) in terms of creative decisions taken, short demo'ing of crucial features in DAWs for authentic instrument expression 00:00 intro trailer 00:11 welcome & thanks to relevant parties 01:20 technical info 01:40 load movie into project 02:20 scene cuts / markers 03:20 track stacks, busses, signal routing 04:12 1st cue, opening scene & intro theme 04:25 instrumentation, thematic inspiration (BBC SO, ProjectSAM, stock sounds) 05:00 isolated sections for theme, e.g. strings, woodwinds etc. 07:15 orchestra basics, e.g. sections, instruments 09:05 articulations, MIDI CC: 10:20 demo key switches for articulations (BBC SO Discover strings) 10:25 MIDI CC: for dynamics & expressive articulations 11:30 "staging" / instrument sections' placement in stereo field 13:00 2nd cue: Ellie, thematic inspiration, instrumentation, piano roll view 15:08 3rd cue, "Out of the way!" 15:22 thematic inspiration, instrumentation 16:05 4th cue, Ellie discovers sprites, solo parts & instrument sections 17:50 sprites' habitat, parts & instrumentation 19:20 "Greetings!" (5th) cue 20:40 (6th) cue, sprites working away, Ellie, "Chamber Orchestra" ProjectSAM & LABS 22:53 (7th) "nightmare cue", instrumentation, ProjectSAM Symphobia 25:08 (8th) cue "Sprite's ritual", lead up to action sequence 25:52 (9th) cue, "Sprite them!" (Action Sequence w/ trigger warning for violence) 26:15 instrumentation 9th cue 27:40 synth bass & arpeggiator, Free Ferrum Edition percussion + NI Drumlab, guitars 31:35 (10th) cue, "Bird Theme" 32:12 (11th) end of Sprites' attack action sequence 32:48 (12th) closing theme before outro 33:37 (outro) "Let's burn the bodies and have some peppermint tea!" /End of cues 34:12 final remarks on orchestration and creative decisions ("spotting") 34:50 thanks & see you soon ==Libraries== https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover/ https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/ https://keep-forest.com/store/libraries/225185 https://projectsam.com/libraries/the-free-orchestra/ https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-start/get-komplete-start/ ==Other URLs relevant to this competition== https://thecuetube.com/ https://www.northernfilmorchestra.com/ https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scorerelief2022 https://www.inplaceofwar.net/ https://studio.blender.org https://wesbound.wordpress.com/2022/02/03/scorerelief2022-a-music-crowdfunding-project-in-carlisle-by-the-cue-tube-and-northern-film-orchestra/ ==================== ==YouTube Channels I regularly visit for info, edutainment and inspiration== All things orchestral composing, libraries, DAWs, sampling and music theory and composing in general (in no particular order) : https://www.youtube.com/user/jacobcolliermusic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/thinkspaceeducation/ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCueTube/ https://www.youtube.com/c/spitfireaudiollp/ https://www.youtube.com/c/NativeInstruments/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinHeidenreichComposer/ https://www.youtube.com/c/DanKeenMusic/ https://www.youtube.com/user/CinematicComposing/ https://www.youtube.com/c/BlenderAnimationStudio/ https://www.youtube.com/c/Omeleto/ https://www.pianobook.co.uk/ ======================================================== Guitar-centric materials: https://www.youtube.com/c/RickBeato/ https://www.youtube.com/c/mjlettieri/ https://www.youtube.com/c/Premierguitarofficial https://www.youtube.com/c/DarrellBraunGuitar/ https://www.youtube.com/c/sweetwater ... and generally what's in my list of subscriptions ==================== Thanks for stopping by and taking a view and listen! *thanksmoji*

I'm looking at the chord progression in the intro/1st verse of both songs following some remarks on my Facebook profile that stated they are identical chords. Are they? Let's take a closer look....

This is my entry into #scorerelief2022 as initiated by #BryanWaters of #TheCueTube on behalf of supporting crisis relief efforts of #InPlaceofWar with the associated crowdfunding campaign at crowdfunding.co.uk/scorerelief2022, which to me is really a 100% matter of the heart for even personal reasons. Hence... I went above and beyond my current limitations – some personal, some technical – in order to come up with something, which you and the jury for this contest are hopefully going to enjoy. This animated movie is another brilliant work of the good folks at Blender Studios (please see link below) who have already supported last year's #scorerelief2021 with another most heartwarming beautiful little story to rescore. (which was a most rewarding project irrespective of the massive effort it took for me) This one here is a little different from last year's. But ... no spoilers, it'll be best if you just watched it, I think it'll be worth it ;-) Please also take notice of the links below for further supporters of this campaign - i.e. Northern Film Orchestra – and most importantly, please support the crowdfunding campaign for #scorerelief2022 at crowdfunding.co.uk/scorerelief2022. Any donation, no matter how small or large, is highly appreciated! **************************************************************************** Blender's original Sprite Fright animation with music by Ben J Lee - https://youtu.be/_cMxraX_5RE Blender Studio: https://studio.blender.org/ SCORE RELIEF 2022 For details on the contest and fundraiser - https://www.thecuetube.com In collaboration with Northern Film Orchestra (https://www.northernfilmorchestra.com/) and Metapop (https://metapop.com/) Score Relief 2022 is a free contest alongside a voluntary fundraiser, collecting donations in support of cultural regeneration in war-torn zones with charity partner In Place Of War. Our fundraiser - https://crowdfunder.couk/scorerelief2022 **************************************************************************** Watch Sprite Fright: https://youtu.be/_cMxraX_5RE Blender Studio: https://studio.blender.org/ **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** THE CUE TUBE The Cue Tube is a free community, over 7,000 members strong as of Jan 2022, providing networking and skill-development opportunities for composers as well as sound designers and resources for filmmakers and game developers who need bespoke music. More details, along with registration and access to our library of unscored video clips here: https://thecuetube.com ****************************************************************************

#scorerelief2021, my contribution to CueTube.com's crowdfunding competition easing the #covid19 impact on film and music industry's related branches. #thecuetube

This is a remix of one of my original instrumental tracks (the original is "I Count On U", as performed here: https://wesbound.bandcamp.com/track/i-count-on-u-2) bandcamp_download at https://wesbound.bandcamp.com/track/icou-dance-remix-2

I was given the incredible opportunity of sitting down with guitar master, producer and successful wearer of many hats, Mr. Chuck (†) in 2010 right after soundcheck for his headlining appearance at Smooth Jazz Festival Augsburg, and chat with him on his then recent taking of the guitar seat with Jazz supergroup Fourplay as well as his own solo project(s) and entire music career. R.I.P., Mr. Loeb. (what a kind & wonderful human being he was)

I dedicated this song to Jascha Sonis of http://jsonisdesigns.com about a year ago. It is inspired by her work in general as well as in particular on behalf of the DO Foundation (http://www.dofoundation.net). Naiads are a type of nymph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiad). Thanks to my best buddy Wolfram for shooting the video and contributing some great creative ideas - I hope, I did you proud in how I chose to edit them. Thanks, man! This was real fun to do! You're a born videographer to me! Hope, you'll all enjoy this one. It's my first real music video - at least, that's how I'd like to think of it ;-)

I'm in the process of rehearsing a little repertoire I plan on presenting by the end of next month. I know, I still got some mileage to do before being ready again to hit the stage. However, here's a little sample of what I'm doing. The playback is a karaoke/playalong file you get to purchase on e.g. iTunes. Otherwise, I wouldn't have know, how to build a repertoire of some 20+ songs that quickly. Hm... Let know, whether you think it'll work this way... (I know, more rehearsing... :/ )

This one will require more practicing... and being a lot cooler about handling all the recording applications at the same time as playing - which puts a lot of stress on me, I must admit. I'll be following up on this - hopefully soon and with a better version. This is rather an experiment, as I have played and recorded all the tracks of the backing track (drums, piano etc.) by myself. update: I noticed that handling the recording really stresses me to the point, where the easy flow gets lost from being too tense... I will have to work on that.

Here's a song I've been trying to practice as well as possible over the years (not on a daily basis, but everytime I would sit down at the piano). I'm not a piano player per se, although I've enjoyed some classical training in High School years. However, I've always enjoyed the sound and versatility of the instruments, as it gives you a full "soundtrack" in its own, without need for further instruments or backing track or anything. I've always loved the song "My Funny Valentine", and especially the version appearing in the soundtrack of the "Fabulous Baker Boys" starring Michelle Pfeiffer and the Bridges Brothers (Beau and Jeff). So...here's my little tribute to Mr. Dave Grusin.

Here's one of my favorite songs (for the groove): Chaka Khan's "Eye to Eye".

This short clip explains how to add the stream's URL of your favorite web radio station to your iTunes library. Update: OK, per your request http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFIEVDKK-7M - an updated video file, showing how to add streamed audio to a user defined playlist in iTunes 11. Enjoy!