I just published a new arrangement of “When We All Get To Heaven” on my sheet music page. If you are a monthly hymn arrangement club subscriber, don’t purchase it. It will be coming to you shortly. This is not an easy arrangement, especially for those that don’t have swing in their bones. This is […]
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As promised, here is a video I did to demonstrate some tips for how perform We’re Marching to Zion (my new arrangement). I don’t know that I have ever talked here on the blog about a few of these things but then I don’t know I have ever published an arrangement like this before either. […]
As I am knee deep in my new project, I thought I would share a video that talks about the collaboration process with the orchestrator and how I use software to help. If you don’t see the video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13oPbWWKMX0
I am a big fan of cross rhythms which I would define as playing patterns that intentionally do not align uniformly with the beat divisions they are played on. I know that sounds complicated but here is an example. Let’s say that you repeat a four note pattern on top of a triplet rhythm. Because the […]
I just published a new video demonstrating simple ornamentation (grace notes) as an arranging strategy. If you don’t see the video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zopr9ZBm6JY
Here is a new video I recorded this afternoon discussing my favorite tag. For those that don’t know, tag is a music slang term that refers to repeating part of the song (such as the last phrase) to create a more stylized ending. If you don’t see the video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpDluxCCSuo
I have been lax on doing videos but plan to get back to them over the coming months starting with this one today. By the way, thank you to the 20,000 YouTube subscribers I have (I just noticed I went over that threshold). If you are not a subscriber and want easy access to maybe a […]
Earlier in the week, I gave you a challenge to arrange “A Shelter in the Time of Storm” with me. Several of you have let me know you are on board with that. Make sure you have printed off the rough sketch of the harmony I provided in that last blog post. Then, here is […]
Here is a video demonstration of how I use the biiidim7 chord. If you don’t see the video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV5l9LDe6ew
Here is a demonstration of one of the easiest and most effective reharmonization ideas I know. If you don’t see the video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VtuEJSegcw
In case you missed it, here is part 1 of my interview with Faye Lopez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzQ4CK1CYtE Today, I posted part 2 which covers her arranging process and some tips about texture. If you don’t see a video below, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCQzH-XrSQ