Orpheus |
I wrote it for a young and very talented asian girl (who received an art scholarship to work in Venice) so made the flavor oriental.
However, she didn't like it and was more in tune with REM and others, so there you are. My friends all like the original (10 changes back) rather than this one, so if you don't like it you're not alone.
This is my personal life's trial, I think, and will probably change it again to make it sound more like the SoundChaser version. (and again, and again). So have a listen. It's probably the last chance you have to hear this version.
I live near a Marine military base, and the name is a military term used for ground manovers when advancing on the enemy.
Hopefully, no enemies on the Net.
Don't know what else to say about this one, except that it was a dickens of a job not to drown out the guitar with the orchestra. I still managed to do it though in some spots, but it turned out OK in the long run.
Born (1942) and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Earned two degrees
from St. Francis Xavier Univ in Nova Scotia, then taught high school
music for a number of years in Canada. Studied composition at Indiana
State Univ under Jon Polifrone, a former pupil of J. Nadia Boulanger,
(Jon, are you out there?), and eventually earned a masters degree in
music (composition). Joined IBM as a mainframe programmer (go figure) in
1973, and have working in the systems development area ever since.
Currently I'm taking a sabbatical for a few months to spend some time
writing music in beautiful San Diego - sort of a once-in-a-lifetime
thing. (Eat your hearts out). So I'll bang away on my keyboard and get a
few other pieces I have in my head out of the way.
lph