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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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 […]
Update: Be very careful where you put your metering plugins when mixing. It turns out I had Insight one step before the final mix. As a result, my mono mixes are now about -2 to -2.5db softer than the stereo sounds, not the same as the article below says. This is acceptable, though not ideal. […]
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 […]
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Choir Labs contest
Choir labs contest From time to time I enter various arranging or mixing contests. Recently Spitfire Audio – a British company that makes very good sound libraries – sponsored a contest. They make available various free libraries, one of which is based on the Eric Whitacre choir. The contest was to compose and record music […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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Results of my contest entry
Did they even listen to my entry? So, a few posts ago I mentioned that Spitfire Audio was having a contest that I had entered. The one and half minute video was provided by them. Contestants had to write music to fit the video. It didn’t matter what sound libraries we used, it was “the […]
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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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 […]