I tried writing for a couple of times this week, but I’ve been more than busy. I’ve noticed that if I don’t really give myself much personal time then I just don’t seem to be able to come up with any unique ideas.
Today, was the first day in a while that I didn’t have to go somewhere or do something as soon as the day started. So, I spent today pretty much doing nothing. After SotW rehearsal, I took an afternoon nap, and then started watching episodes of Firefly. I know I’m behind the curve on that show. Curses be to Fox for keeping all that other reality-TV lèsè, and cancelling a show that had so much more soul. But oh well.
Incidentally, when writing today, I was reminded that parallel thirds (especially the borrowed third from the parallel minor) are really useful for creating that “western” sound. I’ve got to remember that in case I ever score any pseudo Sci-fi western commercials, heh.
Anyway, the file I’m posting today is the first romantic ballad type piece that I’ve worked on in a while. No, no, this isn’t some sort reflection of personal life (at least I don’t think so). Rather, I’m trying to practice writing in this particular style. I was definitely out of practice, as I was stuck in diatonic mode for the first half hour or so.
Although there are some signs of a melody in there, most of today was just figuring a good chord progression. This is just a sketch, so the piano is not as polished as what I’ll finally end up with. I also need to spend a bunch of other sessions figuring out a melody on top, adding some strings, etc. This piece will probably change a bit before it’s all finished anyway.
Note that the first 4 seconds are intentional silence. This is because sometimes Pro Tool’s MIDI acts all goofy if you start the music right at the first click. I’m going to take it out when I done fleshing out all the parts…this is a sketch anyway.