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Curated brass ensemble arrangement for you
Hello all! Last year I graduated with a degree in music performance, with concentrations on composition and trumpet performance. In the last year, I've struggled at times to find motivation to write in my time away from work and away from like-minded creative minds. I have a simple request that will hopefully lead to your own entertainment and my own motivation... Let me know what piece you'd like to hear arranged for a 14-piece brass band! In the next week I plan on picking my favorite suggestion and finishing this arrangement, recording it with my brass band, and publishing it on a site for all of you to listen to.
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Play hot cross buns 5 times as a group, then each instrument gets their own hot cross buns, then end it off by playing hot cross buns 5 times, but the last one is half speed. This happened at an actual concert. I died at the 5th solo, out of 12.
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In seriousness, I also play trumpet (as a pastime, not good or anything) and have been trying to get through pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a medley of many of the songs there, and I can see if i can get the specific music. If that could be played, I think I would really enjoy that.
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Is that the Michael Sweeney arrangement for concert band? I think I've played that if soPengwinja wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:42 pmIn seriousness, I also play trumpet (as a pastime, not good or anything) and have been trying to get through pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a medley of many of the songs there, and I can see if i can get the specific music. If that could be played, I think I would really enjoy that.
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Yeah, that’s the one. Been struggling near the ending, but I think I got the beginning done.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:47 pmIs that the Michael Sweeney arrangement for concert band? I think I've played that if soPengwinja wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:42 pmIn seriousness, I also play trumpet (as a pastime, not good or anything) and have been trying to get through pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a medley of many of the songs there, and I can see if i can get the specific music. If that could be played, I think I would really enjoy that.
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Greetings, fellow musicians. I am the bass player in two (relatively part-time) heavy metal bands and am in the process of forming a psychedelic rock band which I will be writing new music for in the coming year.
In response to the OP, I would like to hear "Sirius / Eye In The Sky" by the Alan Parsons Project arranged for a 14 piece brass band.
Which piece of brass band music would you like to hear me work out a bass guitar line for?
In response to the OP, I would like to hear "Sirius / Eye In The Sky" by the Alan Parsons Project arranged for a 14 piece brass band.
Which piece of brass band music would you like to hear me work out a bass guitar line for?
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https://youtu.be/Y223YcNT4ks?si=-k4LoIesNUSGqeVfJamiet99uk wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:30 pmGreetings, fellow musicians. I am the bass player in two (relatively part-time) heavy metal bands and am in the process of forming a psychedelic rock band which I will be writing new music for in the coming year.
In response to the OP, I would like to hear "Sirius / Eye In The Sky" by the Alan Parsons Project arranged for a 14 piece brass band.
Which piece of brass band music would you like to hear me work out a bass guitar line for?
Check this out! It’s a brass band from Denmark. Could be neat to hear some variations on the bari sax’s bass line on bass
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What's the instrumentation set in your group of 14?Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:26 pmHello all! Last year I graduated with a degree in music performance, with concentrations on composition and trumpet performance. In the last year, I've struggled at times to find motivation to write in my time away from work and away from like-minded creative minds. I have a simple request that will hopefully lead to your own entertainment and my own motivation... Let me know what piece you'd like to hear arranged for a 14-piece brass band! In the next week I plan on picking my favorite suggestion and finishing this arrangement, recording it with my brass band, and publishing it on a site for all of you to listen to.
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5 trumpets, 4 trombones, bari sax, alto sax, sousaphone, drum set, auxiliary percussionDougJoe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:20 pmWhat's the instrumentation set in your group of 14?Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:26 pmHello all! Last year I graduated with a degree in music performance, with concentrations on composition and trumpet performance. In the last year, I've struggled at times to find motivation to write in my time away from work and away from like-minded creative minds. I have a simple request that will hopefully lead to your own entertainment and my own motivation... Let me know what piece you'd like to hear arranged for a 14-piece brass band! In the next week I plan on picking my favorite suggestion and finishing this arrangement, recording it with my brass band, and publishing it on a site for all of you to listen to.
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I once played "auxiliary percussion" in a group doing a performance. I ended up with finger cymbals. No one taught me how to play them, so I just played them like crash cymbals.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:22 pm5 trumpets, 4 trombones, bari sax, alto sax, sousaphone, drum set, auxiliary percussionDougJoe wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:20 pmWhat's the instrumentation set in your group of 14?Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:26 pmHello all! Last year I graduated with a degree in music performance, with concentrations on composition and trumpet performance. In the last year, I've struggled at times to find motivation to write in my time away from work and away from like-minded creative minds. I have a simple request that will hopefully lead to your own entertainment and my own motivation... Let me know what piece you'd like to hear arranged for a 14-piece brass band! In the next week I plan on picking my favorite suggestion and finishing this arrangement, recording it with my brass band, and publishing it on a site for all of you to listen to.
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Thankfully both percussionists are competent enough to switch off on drum set parts... but I will say some of the auxiliary parts are a bit... makeshift. The fun one is cowbell!Spartaculous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:27 pmI once played "auxiliary percussion" in a group doing a performance. I ended up with finger cymbals. No one taught me how to play them, so I just played them like crash cymbals.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:22 pm5 trumpets, 4 trombones, bari sax, alto sax, sousaphone, drum set, auxiliary percussion
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More cowbell!Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:29 pmThankfully both percussionists are competent enough to switch off on drum set parts... but I will say some of the auxiliary parts are a bit... makeshift. The fun one is cowbell!
As for what piece to arrange, my first suggestion is "Everything" from FM-84's album _Atlas_:
https://youtu.be/YYoWstToygA
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Ah, a fellow composer on webDip! I'd love to hear the brass band version of the Toccata from Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:26 pmHello all! Last year I graduated with a degree in music performance, with concentrations on composition and trumpet performance. In the last year, I've struggled at times to find motivation to write in my time away from work and away from like-minded creative minds. I have a simple request that will hopefully lead to your own entertainment and my own motivation... Let me know what piece you'd like to hear arranged for a 14-piece brass band! In the next week I plan on picking my favorite suggestion and finishing this arrangement, recording it with my brass band, and publishing it on a site for all of you to listen to.
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I like composing, too, but haven't done any thing original in a long time. Here's a few arrangements that I've done over the past few years (nothing is monetized):
Debussy, Clair de Lune, chiptune: https://youtu.be/cpCTrGBJHfU
Wasserman, X-Men Animated Series, chiptune: https://youtu.be/OEyiPyN4HXA
Double, The Captain of Her Heart, chiptune: https://youtu.be/LwFaIIfLjX4
Yamaga & Kawamoto, Section Z Areas 1-20, marching band: https://youtu.be/d-rkeVhjnio
Debussy, Clair de Lune, chiptune: https://youtu.be/cpCTrGBJHfU
Wasserman, X-Men Animated Series, chiptune: https://youtu.be/OEyiPyN4HXA
Double, The Captain of Her Heart, chiptune: https://youtu.be/LwFaIIfLjX4
Yamaga & Kawamoto, Section Z Areas 1-20, marching band: https://youtu.be/d-rkeVhjnio
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There's a song about that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLPQRTdkzrU
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Thanks everyone! I’m excited to check out your all’s suggestions tonight. Keep them coming
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This is a very fun question to ask. I am trying to think of the *worst* possible suggestion to make.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:30 pmThanks everyone! I’m excited to check out your all’s suggestions tonight. Keep them coming
So far, I have come up with the Major-General's song, but someone has already arranged it for a brass band, apparently: https://www.solidbrassmusic.com/product/gilbert-model-of-a-modern-major-general/
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I still think that the Hot Cross Buns Idea is great.Spartaculous wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:02 pmThis is a very fun question to ask. I am trying to think of the *worst* possible suggestion to make.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:30 pmThanks everyone! I’m excited to check out your all’s suggestions tonight. Keep them coming
So far, I have come up with the Major-General's song, but someone has already arranged it for a brass band, apparently: https://www.solidbrassmusic.com/product/gilbert-model-of-a-modern-major-general/
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