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Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 12-24-2009, 01:17 PM

As a composer, this is the best Yuletide greeting I can come up with. It's from the second of my suites inspired by the works of Tolkien, Travels of the Grey Pilgrim, and this movement is entitled "The Shire at Yule." It's not the best of recordings or performances, since it was done entirely on my home computer using sampled instruments (and was done before I had a better "orchestra" available to me), but it's not too bad. Though it may sound a mite tinny on laptop speakers (they really don't have much in the way of decent bass, do they?

). It can be heard here.

Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, a Good Yule to all.

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-24-2009, 01:48 PM

Something my brother just drew for you all...

Pitchwife · 12-24-2009, 06:35 PM

Ibrin, this is really beautiful music! You have a gift of inventing melodies that sound archetypically familiar, always seeming to remind me of something I can't quite lay my finger on, without ever being in any way derivative - like memories from a dream, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing this!

And Hookbill, give my compliments to your brother. Alien is especially cute on this one.

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 12-26-2009, 12:29 PM

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Ibrin, this is really beautiful music! You have a gift of inventing melodies that sound archetypically familiar, always seeming to remind me of something I can't quite lay my finger on, without ever being in any way derivative - like memories from a dream, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing this!

Thank you very much *blush*. I know that like any musician, I've had strong influences (probably the strongest being Vaughn Willams, Debussy, and Hovhaness, not to mention folk music and Gregorian chant), but I have tried to find my own voice and not be a mere echo of someone else's. Saying it's "like memories from a dream" is perhaps very accurate. All my life, I've had a sort of "soundtrack" running through my head, tunes that my brain came up with on its own, but that I was only occasionally able to get out for others to hear (usually when I could write lyrics and make a song of it). I was tough even when I studied composition in college, because by that time, I was oriented more toward voice than orchestra. Having a computer program that gave me an orchestra at my fingertips was a godsend, and I'm happy that I've been able to share it with others.

I hope everyone's Christmas was merry, and that the coming New Year will be blessed for all.

Morthoron · 12-26-2009, 02:10 PM

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Thank you very much *blush*. I know that like any musician, I've had strong influences (probably the strongest being Vaughn Willams, Debussy, and Hovhaness, not to mention folk music and Gregorian chant), but I have tried to find my own voice and not be a mere echo of someone else's.

Very, very nice, Ibrin. It is reminiscent of...many things. It rather seems as if Fairport Convention (circa Liege and Lief) played an instrumental gaelicized version of King Crimson's 'The Night Watch'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7kK24nFGJU

Or not. I've gotten an inordinate supply of Gevalia coffee in my Christmas stocking, and I am once again suffering caffeine overload.

Ibrîniðilpathânezel · 12-26-2009, 02:53 PM

Hmm, I've never heard that before (though I confess, I'm about as familiar with popular music as I am with Frisian -- I've heard the name and I know what it is, and that's about all). So I guess it may just be that Gevalia overload talking.

And a happy holiday to you, Morth!

Morthoron · 12-26-2009, 03:00 PM

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Hmm, I've never heard that before (though I confess, I'm about as familiar with popular music as I am with Frisian -- I've heard the name and I know what it is, and that's about all). So I guess it may just be that Gevalia overload talking.

And a happy holiday to you, Morth!

Frisian in popular music is an upcoming trend, particularly among the Goths.

Happy New Year, m'dear.

12-24-2009, 01:17 PM	#1
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 733	As a composer, this is the best Yuletide greeting I can come up with. It's from the second of my suites inspired by the works of Tolkien, Travels of the Grey Pilgrim, and this movement is entitled "The Shire at Yule." It's not the best of recordings or performances, since it was done entirely on my home computer using sampled instruments (and was done before I had a better "orchestra" available to me), but it's not too bad. Though it may sound a mite tinny on laptop speakers (they really don't have much in the way of decent bass, do they? ). It can be heard here. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, a Good Yule to all. __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill

12-24-2009, 01:48 PM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Something my brother just drew for you all... __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

12-24-2009, 06:35 PM	#3
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Ibrin, this is really beautiful music! You have a gift of inventing melodies that sound archetypically familiar, always seeming to remind me of something I can't quite lay my finger on, without ever being in any way derivative - like memories from a dream, if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing this! And Hookbill, give my compliments to your brother. Alien is especially cute on this one. __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

12-26-2009, 02:53 PM	#6
Ibrîniðilpathânezel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Back on the Helcaraxe Posts: 733	Hmm, I've never heard that before (though I confess, I'm about as familiar with popular music as I am with Frisian -- I've heard the name and I know what it is, and that's about all). So I guess it may just be that Gevalia overload talking. And a happy holiday to you, Morth! __________________ Call me Ibrin (or Ibri) :) Originality is the one thing that unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. — John Stewart Mill