Comma (2000)

Comma
Copyright © 2000 by Tom Law
	Overture	pan flute, guitar, percussion	are we ready to RUMBLE?	0:40	642K
	Serpent	pan flute, organ, bass, percussion		1:38	2.0M
	Whirlabout	guitar, piano, synth, percussion		1:55	2.0M
	Hudson	guitar, clarinet, synth, percussion	I'd like to hear this played by a real clarinet	1:16	1.3M
	Aftermath	synth, guitar, pan flute		1:31	1.7M
	Green Eyes Sparkled	bass, percussion, pan flute, piano	this reminds me of something by Michael McDonald (!)	2:03	2.2M
	Mirage	vibraphone, bass, percussion, clavinet	simple melody, but I still like it	1:23	1.8M
	Dog With Bone	drums, guitar, bass, synth, strings	uh-oh	2:17	2.7M
	Dog Reflect	strings, bass	dog is thinking	1:04	985K
	Dog Jump	bass, organ, drums	stupid dog	0:30	572K
	Dog Without Bone	strings, percussion, bass, organ	will the dog remember his lesson? I doubt it.	1:29	2.0M
	Zabulon Skipper	percussion, bass		1:01	1.4M
	Shell Toss	guitar, percussion, strings		1:24	1.4M
	Dust Devils	french horn, electric piano, guitar, strings, bass	inspired by the horn on one of Colin Newman's albums	1:43	1.7M
	Stars	percussion, bass, strings, trombone, piano	what the hell is trombone doing in the middle of this	6:06	7.8M
	B4 Crow	percussion, guitar, pan flute, bass		1:04	1.1M
	Black Dash	rhythm loop off of some sample cd, synth, bass, clarinet, electric piano, pan flute	Isaac Hayes in South America. What?	3:10	3.6M
	Crow	percussion, strings, guitar, synth, pan flute		2:23	3.0M
	Mourning Cloak	percussion, oboe, electric piano, bass, harpsichord, synth		3:33	4.7M
	Cloudless Sulphur	percussion, pan flute, bass	Pee-Wee Herman would have liked this... also, I can't remember what the voice is saying	0:27	396K
	Canadian Tiger	percussion, synth, bass, strings		1:58	1.8M
	Calling; Waiting	percussion, bass, strings		0:48	1023
	Unfettered	piano, guitar, clarinet, strings	more clarinet!	1:34	1.7M
	Comma	guitar, circus organ, pan flute, percussion, synth	I hear a bit of Mike Oldfield influence in this now	2:05	2.3M
	Immolate	percussion, synth, flutes, electric guitar, trumpet	and the flurry of flutes in this one reminds me of Ommadawn	3:20	2.9M
	Upshot	percussion, synth, bass, organ	the battle; the victory... also a quote from Close to the Edge	2:59	2.9M
	These are my favorite selections from the three Spring Dance Concerts* that I scored for Hand Middle School during the '90's: The Sea Serpent's Daughter Aesop's Fables The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe At least one of my two stepdaughters was in each production, and the choreographer was my friend Wrenn Cook. I had a mess of fun each time, trying to come up with 60 minutes of music in about a month. It's a great way to work. As I recall, I used the stock sounds on a Boss Dr. Synth, almost always emulating real instruments... and Dr. T's excellent KCS sequencer on my trusty Amiga. * I actually did a 4th score for them (Puff the Magic Dragon)(!), but my time was limited that year, so I mostly used MIDI files of works by Monteverdi, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi that other folks around the world had created and posted online. (I did get permission!) It was still fun, rearranging parts drastically and using completely inauthentic instrumentation, sometimes even adding drum parts. I also used one MIDI file of King Crimson for a crowd scene, and composed original music for the pirate captain's big dance (performed by my stepdaughter Burgess!).

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