I thought I’d give you an update as to what I’ve been up to lately. Links to all places mentioned below can be found in the menu above. Piano lessons. I am still teaching piano lessons via video conferencing software on the internet. I am also available to teach in person lessons in Micanopy. Computer […]
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Year in Review – 2021
A look at what happened with JamesGilbertMusic.com this past year. The ongoing worldwide pandemic has dramatically affected musicians throughout the world including me. The number of piano students I have declined dramatically in 2020. I have been unable to gain any new students in 2021. You can be anywhere in the world to take piano […]
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New Album Release
Starting March 1, 2021 my latest album will be available on streaming sites everywhere. Please leave comments and questions here in the comment section. I also have 13 other albums available on all digital music streaming sites (Scroll to the bottom for links to all the sites)
Classical Music for solo Organ I’m happy to announce that my 13th album is now available. You can listen to it on YouTube at: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mv5_JJPl9WFBnKCAV-yTDfqFEuzdGECaM You can also purchase it at https://music.apple.com/us/album/classical-music-for-solo-organ/1544011235 or listen on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/album/6Qz1uT9cZSc3ZQmdp6I2t5 This album is an all Organ music album. It features the following short works. Sortie-Franck (2:45)Allein Gott […]
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Videos and links
Update: @JGSheetMusic is my Twitter handle Since January of 2020 I’ve posted quite a few videos on YouTube. These videos are demos of various sheet music titles I have available. They are full length recordings along with the sheet music. You can see them all at my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesgilbertmusic I also released a new […]
Hymns – Plugged In I’ve been at it again. A new album is now available. It is title Hymns – Plugged In. A collection of traditional hymns set in contemporary styles using all electronic instruments. Available at: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083TPXRBP as well as on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and all digital music sources. Here is a demo […]
No Time To Relax Track 9 from my album Sampler. It can be found wherever digital music is available A melancholy piece featuring pads, light drums and vocalise melody to start with. Then the track adds in some synth leads and synth bass part. The end echos the feel of the start. The Gravity sound […]
Continuing with my series of liner notes for my album Sampler, we get to track number 8. This is a darker sounding track. It consists of 6 instruments and various effects. You can find all of my albums anywhere digital music is available. First up is the Bass, the Padaboom patch from the Substance library […]
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Exciting times (track notes)
Continuing my liner notes for my July 2018 album “Sampler” Track 7, Exciting Times, was my first experiment on doing something entirely from loops. Not audio loops, but MIDI loops. The entire track was produced from MIDI loops. I use to subscribe to a magazine that included a download link or a DVD that had […]
To continue with my notes on the songs on my 11th album, Sampler, we get to the 6th track. That title is called Very Confused. The description of how I did it may be as equally confusing. As inspiration for and as a way to try different ways of composing, I took an existing piece, […]
Escape Is This Way This is both the 5th and 11th tracks. Please leave a comment if you like these liner notes. That way I’ll know that you want me to continue posts for all the tracks on the album. Track 5 is an “acoustic” version and the 11th is an “electronic” version. The piece […]
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It Is Different (Album track notes)
It Is Different The fourth track on our album Sampler The album and audio samples available wherever digital music can be found. Please leave a comment if you like these liner notes. If nobody comments, then I will probably not include all the liner notes for all the tracks. This track is one of the […]
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Looking Ahead track notes
Looking Ahead The third track in our album Sampler The album and audio samples available wherever digital music can be found This track is one of 3 tracks where I was experimenting with brass instruments. Please leave a comment if you like this liner notes or I may not include liner notes for all of […]
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Engergizing Daydreams track notes
Energizing Daydreams The 2nd track from our album Sampler This is part of my continuing series providing what are essentially liner notes for the tracks on my album. Please leave a comment if these liner notes are of interest or I may be inclined not to do notes for all the tracks on the album. […]
Sampler Beginning The Adventure (This is the first of a series of articles about the tracks in my new album Sampler) The album is available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon MP3 The first track is called Beginning The Adventure. As a side note, I have to say that coming up with titles for my music is […]
New Album It’s been nearly 3 years since I released an album so I thought it was about time to release a new one. This one is a sampler of various styles of music I compose, arrange or record. Some of it is available in sheet music from my website. Look for it June 1, […]
Current news I’m always looking for subjects to write about here or tutorial to do on YouTube. Please use the comments section to give me some ideas. I’ve not shown a map of where people are buying and performing my sheet music for some time, so here’s the latest (as of Mar 31, 2018) I’m […]
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New Album available
So I have nothing better to do than teach piano, compose music & record albums. Oh, and perform from time to time. And of course, I have no idea how to publicize it (and all my efforts at learning how haven’t worked). Here’s my my 10th album. Variegated Plate.
Wonder what this might be? var·i·e·gat·ed ˈver(ē)əˌɡādəd/ adjective 1) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks. Botany: (of a plant or foliage) having or consisting of leaves that are edged or patterned in a second color, especially white as well as green. 2) marked by variety. Think definition number 2. Coming soon…….
Website update I’ve made some major changes to the website in the past two months. Visit JamesGilbertMusic.com to see all the changes. More free music In the process of getting rid of collections (see below), I decided to move several titles to the free category (listed at the bottom of the music catalog pages). As […]
Please let me know in the comments or on twitter how you listen to music. Listening to music Why I’m asking this question. I noticed in my collection of computer “junk” that I had a speaker system of a powered sub-woofer and three speakers. They were from a 2006 era computer. The sub-woofer is good, […]
Summertime It’s always slow in the music world in the summer, at least for me. Everyone’s out and about and the last thing they want to do is buy sheet music. I guess most people don’t buy CD’s to begin with, but even digital music (MP3) slows down in the summer. Even my piano students […]
For those who may not know this, SheetMusicPlus – an online distributor of printed sheet music – is also selling music digitally. As a composer/arranger, they allow me to submit material to be published digitally. I get the impression they prefer original material rather than your new typesetting of a public domain title. From the […]
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My music on Soundcloud
My music on Soundcloud For those that did not know and for those that would like a single link, I have a number of titles available on Soundcloud. Some are full-length titles and a few are only found on Soundcloud. Here’s a list of everything I’ve got on Soundcloud. Here’s the Soundcloud list: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/users/1114965″ […]
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I Won’t Give Up (New Album)
I Won’t Give Up That is the title of my latest album. Available now in digital download from the sources listed below. The album is a collection of New Age titles, with pop, rock, jazz and electronica influences. Track list: I Won’t Give Up Somebody I Use To Be Awakening Give Me A Reason Lead […]