Playing from a Leadsheet for solo pianists Back in 2014 I did a tutorial video on YouTube titles How to play a Leadsheet on solo piano. A followup to it is below. The video pretty much tells all you need to know to get started playing a leadsheet. One correction is that the D7/F […]
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New Sheet-Music
New Sheet-Music I’m trying to compose or arrange more music than I usually do. Since I am a church musician, the obvious music to write is music of a utilitarian nature. That is, write music I can use or that another church musician can use. Click on the link for each title to see sample […]
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Creating Music for a Trailer
Creating music for a trailer In late December 2017, Spitfire Audio, a London based music software company announced a contest in celebration of the 10th anniversary of its Albion 1 software. The contest was to compose and record the music for a promotional trailer for the 10th anniversary version. Any software library was fair game. […]
Goodbye to 2017 To start the blog being moved to this location, I thought I’d start with an article reviewing the past year, 2017, and my musical efforts. Personally, two things impacted me more than anything else. First, Hurricane Irma impacted where I live more than other hurricanes in the past have. (I went through […]
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News (March 2016)
Monthly (quarterly?) post Posted on March 29, 2016 by jamesgilbertmusic News I know I’ve been a bit behind in regular posts here and on my YouTube channel. You can also follow me on Twitter @JGSheetMusic Arrangements As mentioned in my last post, I’ve been arranging some copyrighted material for distribution via SheetMusicPlus. I have some […]