new transcription

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:23:58 -0400

Added a transcription of an Arcangelo Corelli prelude on my free music page, I would rate this advanced difficulty.

VP Music Media

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:21:43 -0400

Just came across this great site for free sheet music. This person has done a wonderful job presenting this little known music, it’s quite a treasure, I have added VP Music Media to my links page as well. Make sure you express your appreciation.

new sheet music

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:40:02 -0500

Added a couple of new sheets, “Alone Together” by Arthur Schwartz and a Welch folk song called “Ystwffwl”, which translates to (The Door Knocker) Alone Together is a jazz standard that I have played for years, (never played the same way twice,) so it was a challenge to actually notate it. I will update it and add some fingering when I find some time. The Welch folk song I got from a book of fiddle tunes and I hope to make similar arrangements in the future. Cheers, AO.

Cavatina

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:41:19 -0500

Just posted Stanley Myers Cavatina on my recording page, what a tough little piece of music this is, it sure doesn’t seem that it is when you listen to it. I know the recording quality really sucks. I started by recording it with Ambrosias Studio Pro but it kept crashing when I put it into mono mode, so I imported a wave file into Logic but for some reason it carried over the reverb from Studio Pro. There is no other effect on this recording. Well at least there aren’t too many clams, I’ll have to try to redo all this stuff sometime when I can figure out how to get a good sound.

John’s College essay

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:04:46 -0500

When people are sleeping they are like babies. They don’t intend harm upon each other in the slightest. The sleepers subconsciously collect their thoughts and win and lose battles their minds set up for them. What a flawless way to live, in sleep. What if a whole community of people could lay in eternal sleep? The scene would be out of a science fiction novel of a utopian society where everyone is in this eternal sleep because it's easier than being awake. Life is much better when it is dormant, and though I can’t speak for the populous, I’d put a bet on it that the majority of people if asked would hold this belief. So as sleep progresses it turns into an obligation: waking up. The morning of the worker is the antithesis of a sound sleep even though one leads to the other. Waking up is a battle many of us struggle with each day, and that many of us overcome each day without being late to our places of work or study. The scenic and physical aspects of mornings, if appreciated can transform negative emotions to positive ones.
I hear my alarm in the morning. My alarm plays the recorded military bugle call “Reveille” so as to make me feel that whether I wake up or not isn’t a choice. Still I am hesitant to wake up, but I usually make the bell. Humans are not supposed to wake up by anything other than the rising sun. It is unnatural and unhealthy to wake up at a scheduled time. The business world has capitalized on everything so far except for the sleep of their work force; they would find it beneficial for productivity to make the first shift start later. The same applies for schools. A common understanding at school is that most of the students and teachers are sleep deprived. People treat each other differently because of this. Nobody gets too angry about the early beginning to the day because the lethargy overpowers any hint of anger.
Many are oblivious to the morning. If we lived still as hunter-gatherers we would know the morning’s true essence. Not many of us can really grasp this during the workweek but I try my hardest. I walk to school by choice, at least. I observe what is around me before I reach my destination. It allows me to unwind and relax before I start school. Days when I am late and resort to a car ride, I am provided no buffer zone between home and school. Walking provides a one-and-a- half mile mental equalizer.
On my walks to school I have no choice but to observe the details, day-to-day variations, maybe different pieces of trash on the ground, or seasonal changes that occur on my route. I walk over a bridge and look at the progression of the ice cover on the river, if any, and the mallards and geese that reside there all times of the year. I know which cars pass me when, and can tell how much time I have before homeroom based on where on my route, certain cars pass. It’s the time of day when I am most content. The simplicity of the morning with its desolate lighting and its marble colored sky, certainly are matched by no other part of the day. When I get up and anticipate a vigorous and complex day, I drink my coffee and walk down the streets to rid myself of the stress that typically accompanies a vigorous and complex day. I am grateful to the morning.

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