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Cinematic Rap Groove
This track started out very minimal, with more of a drum-machine-heavy rap feel. As the bass line developed, I started adding strings, and different melodies began to flow from there. In the end, it turned into something very different from where it started: more of…
A Jazz-Fusion Work in Progress
This is a work in progress that will probably end up on a future jazz CD. For now, since it only has one solo, it also works as a kind of jam or backing-track demo. It’s a slightly strange jazz-fusion piece built around D minor,…
A Pop Groove with Jazz Voicings
I built this piece around a pop groove using modulating jazz chord voicings. The basic voicing uses three consecutive notes with an added note a fourth higher. The progression moves through the first four diatonic chords in C major, giving the music a smooth sense…
New Composition: Minimal Track
I’m trying a more minimal approach with this one. It’s built around just three chords, with fewer sounds than I usually use, so the focus is more on the groove and the drum tones. I started to add more, but it sounded kind of cool…