Piano Sonata; Part 4

Well, readers, after a solid three hour sit down session, I've written out the entire first movement as well. I'll tell you, it ain't Beethoven, or even Beethoven's dog bashing away the piano keys, but I'm mighty proud of the two. Now comes the really hard part, though. Sorry, so excited I had to "scream it from the mountains". Do you think if Jesus had existed now, do you think he'd have had a blog? Hmmm.

Piano Sonata; Part 3

If you've watched the video below, you would've seen I've had some ideas for the second movement of my sonata. Turned out, those ideas stuck, and over the last few days, I've rounded off the second movement and I must say, I'm very happy with it. I never expected this movement to take long, it's the other two I'm worried about. I still got diddly-squat as far as those go. I'll upload a video of me playing the second movement sometime, maybe in the next songwriting vlog. Just figured I'd let you guys know I'm one from three.

Songwriting Video Blogs; Number One

I'm starting up a series of songwriting video logs. Here's the first one.

Piano Sonata; Part 2

Well, last night, I wrote out some ideas for Movement One, and a full AA1BA section for Movement Two, and I have now decided I hate everything I've written.

Because of the relative ease of the Movement, I'm beginning work on Movement 2. I'm going to spend part of today just sitting at the piano trying to work out some melodies. Hopefully I should come up with something nice.

In other news, I've just finished writing the music for a very MUSE inspired song, which I'll record today, if I can get some lyrics written. That's it, you're up to date:)

Piano Sonata; Part 1

First cab off the rank, and I have a little story for you.

For those who don't know, a Piano Sonata is a solo piece of classical music, usually of three distinct movements (the first of which in sonata form), for, can you guess? Piano!

Some famous Piano Sonatas you may know:
Beethoven's Sonata in C# Minor (Moonlight)

Beethoven's Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique)

Beethoven's Sonata in F Minor (Appassionata)

Mozart's Sonata No. 16 in C

(for those who can read music)

Why am I telling you this? Because, dear readers, I am going to attempt to compose one.

So in these following blogs, I'll be keeping all of you up-to-date on how the composition process is going. So far, I've decided on two things.

It shall be called Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Minor (Mystique) and will have three (3) movements:

Mov. 1: Allegro Con Moto (in sonata-allegro form)

Mov. 2: Andante Tranquillo (Binary AA1BB1 Theme and Variations)

Mov. 3: Scherzando (Rondo Form)

I'm going to fiddle around with some themes this afternoon and update this in the morning, or if any major development takes place.

Roll Up, Roll Up

Well, it's the grand opening, as they say, of my new blog. I spend a lot of my life writing, listening, performing and generally drowning in music, and people have started to enjoy my output. On that note, I have decided to make myself a blog. In this blog, I shall long tales about my songwriting, albums, performances, life in general, maybe do some reviews, let you know some good bands hiding out there in the murk, and give away some free stuff. In this first post, I would like to give away a song from my new album, I'm Fast Asleep, I'm Dreaming.

A Little Night Music

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I wrote this song after watching the movie Once (if you haven't seen it, I recommend it to everybody. One of the greatest music films ever made.) It was late at night, and I basically stumbled downstairs to my studio and played out these three notes on the piano. A-B-C. Thankfully, I decided it was a very good idea to record my playing, so I hit record and just played for 3 or so minutes. I then scribbled out some words, whisper sung a melody, then passed out in bed. In the morning, this amazing song was there to greet me. I love late night epiphanies.