OK -- enough %@&*ing notes!?!
Ladies and Gentleman, the orchestration for "TranZendental Danse of Joi" is finished! I can't wait to hear it -- I really departed from typical wind orchestration on this one, and kinda reconceptualized the ensemble as a jazz big band with additional orchestral winds and brass. I also threw out the typical percussion ensemble (no timpani, no cymbals, no bass drum, etc.) in exchange for more of an urban/street sound (4-gallon paint buckets, dowel rods, flower pots, etc.). I also added some African, Latin, and Jazz percussion instruments for extra color.
There's a percussion break that still needs to be worked out (but I'm getting some guys together to help me with that tomorrow), and there's still a solo to write... and then, of course, there's the copying of the score into the computer, the proof-reading, then extracting the parts (and there are a LOT of parts), proof-reading the parts (did I mention there were a lot of parts?)... and then I've gotta find someone to PLAY it...
BUT THE ORCHESTRATION IS FINISHED!!!
[if you'll excuse me, i think i need to lie down for a moment...]
There's a percussion break that still needs to be worked out (but I'm getting some guys together to help me with that tomorrow), and there's still a solo to write... and then, of course, there's the copying of the score into the computer, the proof-reading, then extracting the parts (and there are a LOT of parts), proof-reading the parts (did I mention there were a lot of parts?)... and then I've gotta find someone to PLAY it...
BUT THE ORCHESTRATION IS FINISHED!!!
[if you'll excuse me, i think i need to lie down for a moment...]
1 Comments:
It's about time someone scrapped the dullest instruments of the standard percussion section. If I never see another B.D./Sus Cym./Sn. Dr. section again it'll be too soon. That battery sounds TERRIFIC Looking forward to seeing it.
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