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Arranging Reaper Sibelius Website News

New MP3 recordings at the website

Two new mp3 audio recordings have been added to the music catalog. Chord Flavors The first, Chord Flavors, is a recording of the original composition Chord Flavors. It is a flowing, rhythmic transition between various chords. This transition and interplay of chords ends up making for a nice melody as well. If you’ve followed any of […]

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Arranging Reaper Sibelius

Music Soundtrack Example

I’ve put together another video on YouTube. This one is focused on the music, not the video. The music is an original composition for potential use as background music to a video — a soundtrack. For the sounds used, I used instruments from Komplte 8 Ultimate. There are 2 Massive tracks (Blue in Grey and […]

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Arranging Reaper Sibelius

From arrangement to recording

After considerable difficulty with video cap and editing software, I’ve finally gotten two new videos done. I decided to make an arrangement. I did it in Sibelius 7 and Reaper. The first video shows the process of making the arrangement. This arrangement was for violin, cello, piano, guitar, bass and drums. The 2nd video shows […]

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Arranging General Piano Lessons

Introduction to Chords, part 6

Another in our Introduction to Chords video series is now on YouTube. This video takes a look at chord progressions – the flow of chords from one type to the other. Comments and more importantly, suggestions for future videos are welcome. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNqpv3Q6_eM?hl=en&fs=1] Enjoy the series.  

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Arranging General Website News

New additions to the catalog

Some new mp3 instrumentals have been added to the music catalog at http://www.jamesgilbertmusic.com/catalog.php The two new title are Leoni in Africa and Sweet Feel. The first is a blending of African drums and Middle Eastern melodic instruments. A considerable portion of the music consists of a variety of African drums.  The melody is added on […]