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Feb. 10th, 2005
Look what this started
Feb. 10th, 2005 08:07 pmSo, after finishing the men's piece, I've decided to assist in the rehearsal of this piece by using oh-most-wonderful GarageBand to do my bidding. So, what Tim will do is record the music on the keyboard and save as an mp3. I'll take the file or CD of this and plop it right into garage band as it's own file, where I can then record each voice over the piano part. Once all four parts are recorded, I'll save four different files, one with each part and piano, for each voice. Then, as an extra bonus, since I'll have all four parts recorded anyway, I'll include a track of all four parts (sans piano) to give the others an idea of what the whole piece will sound together.
But is that enough?? NooOOOoooo... See, I arranged a men's acapella version of the contemporary Christian song "Sanctuary," which Tim would like to do as a quartet. I'm having him include that piano version as well, where I'll do the same thing as with "Seek". Each CD that I burn, then, will include each rehearsal part of "I Seek Your Face" along with the acapella version, [edit- forgot this part last night]*and* each rehearsal oart of "Sanctuary" along with *it's* acapella version. (I've already fooled with it- it's wierd to hear a four-part piece sung only with your own voice. Cool, but wierd.)
Yeah, that'll keep me busy. NOT. I've also decided to continue writing more "Amen"s, of which I already have 10 and our church choir has performed two of them. What I want to do is write enough to make a collection that can be used for many different purposes, prayer responses, benedictions, or whatever. They can be sung as one-, two- or four-part pieces, with accompaniment or acapella. The top part can even be printed in the church bulletin for congregational participation. I figure 30 total will be enough, and as 10 are already in 4/4 time, I'll write 10 more in 3/4, and 10 in 6/8. I'm also writing them in the fine tradition of J.S.Bach- steal from yourself. I'll write two or three with similar motives, with subtle melodic or harmonic changes, so all I need is three or four ideas for each batch.
It feels good to write again. Since I'm not playing in band again, just yet, this wonderfully fills a creative void. Can't wait to hear how this sounds.
But is that enough?? NooOOOoooo... See, I arranged a men's acapella version of the contemporary Christian song "Sanctuary," which Tim would like to do as a quartet. I'm having him include that piano version as well, where I'll do the same thing as with "Seek". Each CD that I burn, then, will include each rehearsal part of "I Seek Your Face" along with the acapella version, [edit- forgot this part last night]*and* each rehearsal oart of "Sanctuary" along with *it's* acapella version. (I've already fooled with it- it's wierd to hear a four-part piece sung only with your own voice. Cool, but wierd.)
Yeah, that'll keep me busy. NOT. I've also decided to continue writing more "Amen"s, of which I already have 10 and our church choir has performed two of them. What I want to do is write enough to make a collection that can be used for many different purposes, prayer responses, benedictions, or whatever. They can be sung as one-, two- or four-part pieces, with accompaniment or acapella. The top part can even be printed in the church bulletin for congregational participation. I figure 30 total will be enough, and as 10 are already in 4/4 time, I'll write 10 more in 3/4, and 10 in 6/8. I'm also writing them in the fine tradition of J.S.Bach- steal from yourself. I'll write two or three with similar motives, with subtle melodic or harmonic changes, so all I need is three or four ideas for each batch.
It feels good to write again. Since I'm not playing in band again, just yet, this wonderfully fills a creative void. Can't wait to hear how this sounds.
