Lets Hear Your Stuff!!

[CuShMaN]

Alright, here we go..

Let's hear your stuff. I'm only interested in original compositions. And let's stay on topic.. only piano/keyboard related pieces.

So dig around, pull out some of those old (and new) works that you've always wanted to share and paste a link to them right here in this thread. If you've only got notated stuff, scan it in and let us see the music.. maybe one of us will play it for you. Don't worry if it's a bad recording.. trust me, we've all been there.. just share and get good feedback!

Don't be shy. You're among friends here.

If you're worried about possible copyright infringement.. do a quick CC registration here. (http://creativecommons.org/license/?format=audio) And then paste away.

-If you have a recording and you're not sure how to link it on the web.. email me (http://www.blogger.com/profile/7031298) directly and ask me how... and i'll tell you what to do. Or you can use a free resource like.. Soundclick. (http://www.soundclick.com/)

I'll go first. I've created a weblog to journal my compositions at Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/).
Please feel free to comment on any of the works.

Now, let's hear your stuff!

[freakmeeko]

http://www.boomspeed.com/meekotunes/synth.mid

^^Rate/10

[CuShMaN]

http://www.boomspeed.com/meekotunes/synth.mid

^^Rate/10


Sweet. I listened to it 3 times.

Totally video-game material! I would love to hear it recorded with full drums.

What else to you have?

Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[shreddy]

The only thing that I have online that you can check out is huge 35Meg video with the last band. I wrote the intro to the song (basic stuff) and a couple solos in the song. Oh yeah its metal stuff.

http://www.davidshanklegroup.com/downloads/video/Ashes_To_Ashes.mpg

[chinstrokingbluesman]

http://www.purevolume.com/lukejacksonandjoebarton

[Clive Staples]

www.purevolume.com/musicgoon (http://www.purevolume.com/musicgoon)

[Betterthanfreakmeeko]

yea alpher im sure u made that song

[freakmeeko]

I did, tyvm.

[EBGuy]

http://www.boomspeed.com/meekotunes/synth.mid

^^Rate/10
That one rocked! I agree with CuShMaN, it sounds like video game music.

[MegaPhony]

That one rocked! I agree with CuShMaN, it sounds like video game music.

It sounds like Tetris on acid.

[CuShMaN]

The only thing that I have online that you can check out is huge 35Meg video with the last band. I wrote the intro to the song (basic stuff) and a couple solos in the song. Oh yeah its metal stuff.

http://www.davidshanklegroup.com/downloads/video/Ashes_To_Ashes.mpg


Wow! Shreddy!!

..or should I say "Eddy “Shreddy” Bethishou, a true genius on keyboards, hitting the keys in breathtaking speed and competing with David on playing the fastest riffs"!

Now this is some good stuff! Who knew. If you've got the bandwidth.. the above link is highly recommended.

The funny part is that I clicked on it.. and then forgot all about it, cause I got distracted by real work.. here at work.. and it takes super long to load. So.. I'm busy working on a circuit in silence with my headphones still on... focusing on the design.. and all of a sudden.. What the ...? The song kicks in full blast! I almost jumped out of my chair. Good stuff though. The video itself doesn't tell any story though (it's profesional).. it's just that chick, you guys in what looks like a car garage, and those matrix effects in the backgrounds. They sure filmed a bunch of keyboard... nice.

You said, 'last band', so I take it you quit? What happend? Spill.

Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[shreddy]

LOL thanks.

The bio stuff and all other text on that site is so full of it. I wrote a bio and they didnt even use it. They came up with some manowar-ish cheeseball stuff to put in my bio.

There were 4 girls the very first one is my wife, yes we were married before the video lol. The video was filmed in our old rehearsal room, a warehouse.

Yeah the new band... Well lets put it this way the singer in that video left the band then we got a new singer we did a few shows with him. It got to a point when we all (vox,bass,drums,keys,manager) decided to leave the band. You should be able to figure that one out :rolleyes:. My new band is more Progressive lots of fun so far after a couple weeks of rehearsing.

Ed

[OneWingedAngel]

http://myspace.com/catmanbob
^it's the only song on there. :D

[Chimaera One]

Wow, Shreddy, you've got some pretty nice chops! You started at 18! Wow, just out of interest, is Music your "job" effectively? You seem to be a professional kind of player, but I assume you couldn't have been playing professionally in your late teens after leaving school, if you started playing at the age of 18.

And Wow, you may or may not have liked the guy, but working with a former member of ManOWar!!!! Wow!!

Oh, and freak, I like the tune, advice to make it better would be, I dunno, add something a bit more powerful? At the moment the melodies and stuff are great, the whole song just seems to be a little..."weak"...if you understand my meaning.

[IvoryMan]

Tickle My Ivory (http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/ivorymanmusic.htm)

There are several songs on here. Feel free to listen. All feedback is appreciated.

Thanks

Don

[ImmortalDeath]

www.soundclick.com/maxwellproductions

Check out my latest song: Lady on tha Side... VERY talented singer on there
Feel free to check out the other songs, were in a process to put all the songs in a CD n' sell em' b/c of high demands.

BTW I play n' write all the parts in the music, except for vocals. I've been playing keys for all my life n' drummed for ya about all my life too :P.

[Kilisab]

http://www.boomspeed.com/meekotunes/synth.mid

^^Rate/10
rofl that rocks, its been on repeat for like 20 min

8/10

[CuShMaN]

www.soundclick.com/maxwellproductions

Check out my latest song: Lady on tha Side... VERY talented singer on there
Feel free to check out the other songs, were in a process to put all the songs in a CD n' sell em' b/c of high demands.

BTW I play n' write all the parts in the music, except for vocals. I've been playing keys for all my life n' drummed for ya about all my life too :P.

Getting a bad link on this.. got another one?

Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[ImmortalDeath]

Getting a bad link on this.. got another one?

Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

Not sure how u make a good link, but if u copy n paste the link it will work for sure! :thumb:

[shreddy]

Wow, Shreddy, you've got some pretty nice chops! You started at 18! Wow, just out of interest, is Music your "job" effectively? You seem to be a professional kind of player, but I assume you couldn't have been playing professionally in your late teens after leaving school, if you started playing at the age of 18.

And Wow, you may or may not have liked the guy, but working with a former member of ManOWar!!!! Wow!!

Thanks for the kind words.

Yeah I started messing around on an old Conn Organ when I was about 16 didnt really start getting into things or getting a synth until 18. It took many many hours of practice to get to a point that I was able to jamm with other people. The first band that I joined that I was somewhat able to keep up with the other guys about 15 years ago and I was easily the worst guy in the band. Being mostly self taught its taken me a bit longer to pick up on things.

Music is just a hobby for me, I work for an IT department of a bank. Lame boring job that pays the bills and gets me some new gear from time to time.

Regarding working with Dave from Manowar, my fondest memories was when he called me to get me to join the band he went into this whole "I'm was in Manowar" speach, my reply was "Dude, dont take this the wrong way but I dont like Manowar" :lol: He wanted a recording of my playing, I felt that the previous CD I was one wasnt good enough so I showed up to one of their rehearsals with my board. I checked them out then plugged in played some stuff and afterwards I was in the band. The nice thing about being a keyboardist you can pull off things like that, there isnt a whole bunch of us that play metal stuff.

Ed

[Betterthanfreakmeeko]

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[Betterthanfreakmeeko]

Keyboards Suck

[Clive Staples]

Hey guys check out MUSICGOON (http://www.purevolume.com/musicgoon ) It's piano driven rock. I think you'll like it. Please give feedback thanks.

[Micus]

http://www.emeehan.net/micus/harpsichord%20concerto.mid

^ I wrote this originally as a piano concerto.

But after I finished it, I decided it should be harpsichord. Sounds cooler IMO.

::shrugs:: just something I pumped out one day cuz I was bored.

[Tyrnox]

Cushman,

I listened to your work and I absolutly love it, it's so great to listen to and just relaxing in general.

I am a drummer myself, but I have alot of interest in piano pieces, and I will also have to take up the piano again for my studies in percussion in college ( It is a 2nd obligatory instrument ), and that suites me just fine I guess, I really love the instrument and the aura and generates.

My main interest for the piano came from a group called Symphony X, which is a progressive metal group, with a very talented piano player ( Micheal Pennello ( Spelling ? ) ). Well the whole group is amazing, but I would always find myself listening to the key melody's in the piano and how amazing it made the music sound in general.

Anyway, all this spiked my interest to come on here and see if there had been submitted compositions to open my eyes to more genres, and I have to say you really impressed me, I've downloaded most of them to my Library ( I hope you don't mind ) and they are on my playlist. ( Which is almost a nice change from all the Death and Black Metal I listen to ...and play with my band :lol: ).

Anyway, I just really wanted to say I really liked your work and i'll be sure to keep checking your site for more!

Thank you very much.


Emmanuel

[CuShMaN]

Thanks Emmanuel.

I have great respect for percussionists. When I was in music school, the piano majors get a big head.. because all the other musicians are constantly using you for accompianment and jurys and ensembles. But some of the best musicians in the building weren't pianists... it was the percussionists.
Most people don't realize that there's no such thing as a "drummer" in music school. Percussionists have to play everything from the xylophone to the marimba. And they have to read extremely complex percussion scores. Piano is usually suggested as your secondary because most of your primary instruments are structured the same. I wish you good luck in your education.

Thanks again.



Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[CuShMaN]

Hey guys check out MUSICGOON (http://www.purevolume.com/musicgoon ) It's piano driven rock. I think you'll like it. Please give feedback thanks.


"Light up and smoke a few sonny" is cool. I listened to it about 3 weeks ago and again today. And I found myself already knowing the entire song before it even started playing. It's very catchy. If you could write more like this one.. you guys could get signed. Nice ending.. lol.




Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[Clive Staples]

"Light up and smoke a few sonny" is cool. I listened to it about 3 weeks ago and again today. And I found myself already knowing the entire song before it even started playing. It's very catchy. If you could write more like this one.. you guys could get signed. Nice ending.. lol.




Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

Haha. Thanks a lot. Glad you like it.

[Fear The Dark]

http://www.freewebs.com/mordagar/timormortis.mid

Kinda short, but hey, I did it in only 30 minutes.
Please rate ???/10.

[Micus]

http://www.freewebs.com/mordagar/timormortis.mid

Kinda short, but hey, I did it in only 30 minutes.
Please rate ???/10.

eh, it was alright
the thing that bugged me the most was how the melody just went up and down a harmonic scale. having a varied melody makes things seem a bit moer interesting

try and have a more complex base part, as well as dumbing down the right hand. In that case, less is more. Most people's brains get confused when they hear many different notes like that in succession, and it can sometimes get annoying.

One downfall to this piece is the lack of movement. I feel like it sat in one place, it didnt really go anywhere. It was loud and complex the whole way through. Try starting off loud and fast, then bring it down to a mp or p, and make a smooth melodic line. Then you can build up slowly back to the "theme". Which, by the way, I could hardly hear. Make sure you have a definite statement you are trying to say with the piece, make a passage, or a note, or something that makes the listener say "that is the main theme" make a memorable passage that the reader will be able to remember.

All in all I'd say the piece needs more work. Try spending a little more time with it, I'm sure it's salvageable.

3/10





btw listen to mine if you need any models or examples
http://www.emeehan.net/micus/harpsichord%20concerto.mid

[Fear The Dark]

3/10


Yeah, that's about what I'd expect out of that piece. I just made it out of boredom for fun. I'll work on something serious this week that I can show you guys. I'll try to incorporate some more instruments in it, A la Micus's Harpsichord Concerto, which is pretty nice. :D

[ragingrob]

http://www.boomspeed.com/meekotunes/synth.mid

^^Rate/10


omg what the hell, you call that playing?

[Micus]

omg what the hell, you call that playing?

I agree

2/10

[CuShMaN]

btw listen to mine if you need any models or examples
http://www.emeehan.net/micus/harpsichord%20concerto.mid

Ever watched the Veggie Tales Ultimate silly song (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KK5A/103-5560294-7431862?v=glance) countdown? lol.

Anyways, Micus, I swore that your piece was about to bust into a rendition of Larry's "The Hairbrush Song".. :D

Good stuff! I know you were probably very serious when you wrote it.. so I'm sorry if I was smiling the whole way through.

Do you have any more?





Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[freakmeeko]

I agree

2/10
You're harpsichord mumbo jumbo wasn't a masterpiece either, no better than mine.

[ragingrob]

i dont get all your guys things aye, ive been playing piano for 9 years and decided to have a listen to your guys stuff, are you actually trying to get the gameboy sound going?or what?

[AndyEdwardsMusic.com]

Check out the keyboard player in my band...

http://www.davewoodhouse.com/

http://www.andyedwardsmusic.com/band.htm

[Micus]

You're harpsichord mumbo jumbo wasn't a masterpiece either, no better than mine.

I never said it was.
I just gave my opinion, as did you.

[CuShMaN]

Check out the keyboard player in my band...

http://www.davewoodhouse.com/

http://www.andyedwardsmusic.com/band.htm


From what i could get from the "montage" sampler at Dave's site.. he's got Mad skills. Does he have any pieces that feature keyboards as the primary?


And then we have Mr. Edwards.. from Robert Plant's band, I presume? Dang dude, do you ever play anything in common time? All those subdivisions make my brain hurt. lol.. jk... Have you ever heard Pat Metheny's "First Circle"? Question for you .. whats the time signature of that piece?

Good stuff.. see if dave can share a little more.?







Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[AndyEdwardsMusic.com]

I will get dave to have a look at this forum.
That track is in 15/16 and has actually two relative tempos (divisions of threes and fives)

thanks for those comments...

[freakmeeko]

I never said it was.
I just gave my opinion, as did you.



http://www.andyedwardsmusic.com/band.htm
I was flaming you, I never even listened to your sound file. Nor do I want to.

[CuShMaN]

I was flaming you...


lol. had no idea what that meant when i first read it. If i said that in the U.S., my friends would think that i meant i was getting gay on them.

oh well. quit arguing.

[Heavy_Metal_For_Life]

Wow all those were very nice, Made me think about practicing my old keyboard some more... Haha, I totally play way too many instruments...
Started Keyboard at 10 years old, Drums at 12, Bass Guitar and Electric guitar at 16...

[Micus]

I was flaming you, I never even listened to your sound file. Nor do I want to.

Wonderful. Maybe you should. Or not, you don't seem like the person who would care about something like that. ::shrugs:: I dunno, maybe since I gave the time of day and actually listend to yours, you can do the same for me, and give your opinion, however generous or brutal it may be. Then again, you can be a self riteous prick and ignore it. Whatever.

[ragingrob]

dudes, just let it drop ok!

[Micus]

dudes, just let it drop ok!

:) Fine. I just love arguements. Especially when I'm right.

[ragingrob]

good boy

[Original-Kris]

Here are three of my MIDI's theyre worth a listen, i hope you will like them

[Chimaera One]

Bah, I hate zip files :(. Good stuff all, though, and that Dave Woodhouse...wow...was he trained musically?

Then again, I suppose those rhythms couldn't be mastered without a decent drummer keeping him in :).

[CuShMaN]

Here are three of my MIDI's theyre worth a listen, i hope you will like them


Good job. Philip Glass would definitely be proud. Especially on the second piece.

One limitation of midi pieces are that they sound extraordinarily choppy and mechanical.. however, on these 3 pieces.. it works. Mostly because of the style that they were written in. I love the dissonances that you create... and the determination to use chords that push us around while we listen.

If you could score this stuff and record it.. it would make great soundtrack music.

-Bill



Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[luvligirl2005]

Listen to my stuff. I sequenced it by recording multiple MIDI and acid drum loop tracks using a soft synth on Cakewalk Music Creator Pro. I sing as well and have drums etc, but the only instrument I play all this stuff on is my trusty MIDI keyboard.

www.lpnewmusic.moonfruit.com

Click on the 'Albums' tab where you find links to my songs. Cheers.

[miku]

http://www.soundclick.com/mikuonpiano

yeah

[CuShMaN]

Listen to my stuff. I sequenced it by recording multiple MIDI and acid drum loop tracks using a soft synth on Cakewalk Music Creator Pro. I sing as well and have drums etc, but the only instrument I play all this stuff on is my trusty MIDI keyboard.

http://www.lpnewmusic.moonfruit.com/

Click on the 'Albums' tab where you find links to my songs. Cheers.


Hey.. i fixed your link up above.

Did you write all this stuff by yourself? Good job!

Total 80's influences coming through on some of the stuff. love it!


"Don't go" is broken.. let us know when you fix the link.

Good production! I really enjoyed it all. Do you have more?



Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[CuShMaN]

http://www.soundclick.com/mikuonpiano

yeah


MiKU, wow!!!

I wish i write this well when i was 16!!

Now, this is good stuff.. all of it. I listend to the first couple songs.. and really enjoyed it.. i'll be going back later to listen to all of it.

Keep up the good work!!!!

What are you recording on? Where?




Ghost Notes (http://ghostnotes.blogspot.com/)

[Speedy Fingers]

The only thing that I have online that you can check out is huge 35Meg video with the last band. I wrote the intro to the song (basic stuff) and a couple solos in the song. Oh yeah its metal stuff.

http://www.davidshanklegroup.com/downloads/video/Ashes_To_Ashes.mpg
You're quite talented, and I enjoyed the music as well. I also loved the voluptuous women involved with that video. Could I have your email address? Mine's endlesssacrifice@gmail.com

Here's a video of me improvising, done last week.

http://s4.youshareit.com/files/3c92abc084ceaa1a8c01c909e280a883.html