The Moon Goddess

An ambient piece for flute and percussion.

MP3 at AMazeFM
http://www.amaze.fm/artist/Ed_Sharpe/the-moon-goddess/


Score and MP3 at SibeliusMusic.com
http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/index.php?sm=home.score&scoreID=166121


PS: You do not need to install the “Scorch” plug-in to listen to the MP3 file, only to view the score. The MP3 uses only JABB.



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“The Moon Goddess”

Back in April 2009 I wrote a detailed critique of an ambient piece of music written for flute, piano and strings. While critical, I felt that my critique was fair and even-handed. The reaction to my critique, which was in response to a post on the forum by the composer, was silence by the composer, followed by two posters who had never posted to a chat page thread before, nor since, and finally the original poster (composer) deleting his initial post. This was disappointing as I was also trying to deal with the limitations of an “ambient new-age tinged” piece for flute and strings. I was curious if what I saw as limitations and weaknesses in the “style” where shared by others.

Unable to come to a satisfactory solution to static and bland harmonies, static harmonic movement, and static/repetitive rhythms I shelved the flute theme I was working on. At the same time I was working on a piece for un-pitched percussion. This piece had its own problems and limitations to over come and like the piece for flute and strings I shelved it. After working on and finishing some other pieces I went back and took a look at several unfinished scores I had lying around. Coming across the flute piece and the percussion piece I decided to smash them together into a single piece. I got rid of all the string parts in the flute piece, double the note values of the flute part and then re-bared it in 6/4 time and dropped it on top the percussion piece that was notated in 12/8 time. Thus was born “The Moon Goddess”.


The original critique: Walking

Jazz, Scat Singing, Prepared Piano and a girl singer, what more could you want?

Quartet / In & Out of Order - Isorhythm Nr.15


Jazz, Scat Singing, Prepared Piano and a girl singer, what more could you want?




Quartet / Isorhythm Nr.4





Quartet / In ferne Himmel

Scat singing like a Dolphin, way too kool!

My Videos

I have over the last several years have created eight videos of an eclectic sample of my music. My most watched video, by a large margin, is “20,000 Songs Fall Silent”. Though I am at a lost to explain why.

While I have many more pieces I would like to create videos for, I currently lack the skills and tools to create what I envision for my music. So I am on the out look for a video oriented person to collaborate with. Until then, enjoy:

The Videos:

The Heat Death of the Universe



[My most watched video]
20,000 Songs Fall Silent



Meisa's Lullaby




Until They Took Her Away




Nagoy




What Ever




The Sun Princess




Amen

Steve Blair Jazz Septet "The Mystic Chord"

Enjoy:

Until They Took Her Away (Video)

Until They Took Her Away

A Tone Haiku for Fute, Koto, and Percussion.

Beer Lubricated the Rise of Civilization

Beer Lubricated the Rise of Civilization, Study Suggests:


“... Their argument is that Stone Age farmers were domesticating cereals not so much to fill their stomachs but to lighten their heads, by turning the grains into beer. ...”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20101108/sc_livescience/beerlubricatedtheriseofcivilizationstudysuggests

Today's listening is a bit atypical for me (Me and Redheads!)

Today's listening is a bit atypical for me, but I found it to be interesting, perhaps reflecting my mood today?

Sirenia - The Other Side




Epica - Cry For The Moon




Epica - Never Enough

bluegrey clouds

rain and bluegrey clouds
midnight rain on red roses
the tears of Angels.

Random Poem Of the Day.

Over the years,
to cross the chasm between
experience,
and
people
and
space
and
knowledge
is clear to me

New Recording

"Until They Took Her Away"

At Acid Planet

At Amaze FM

In Remeberance of Megumi Yokota

At this time there is no score available on SibeliusMusic.

The Heat Death of the Universe

The Heat Death of the Universe for solo bass clarinet (plus effects). This piece uses a limited number of pitch classes.

New Recording of Heat Death ...

The Heat Death of the Universe

For Solo Bass Clarinet (with effects).

Score and MP3 at: The Heat Death of the Universe


Process: Paper & Ink -> Sibelius -> Sonar -> mp3


Ursus Demens