Coconut Monkey Cornerclub

[Zed Clampet]

Thanks Zed, kids are going to love it tomorrow seeing there is a like. I promised I will post it tonight and I try to keep to my word best I can especially when it comes to the kids.....(Lead by example kind of thing)

No problem. I genuinely liked it. Reminded me of an older style, kind of like Jerry Goldsmith.

 

[Charagma]

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I really enjoyed that. I would tell you what it reminds me of, but the comparison, which is only surface-level and shallow at best, might seem insulting. Really, I think it's only the tone and the sound quality that is causing my brain to make the comparison. I'm not a trained music critic, so the only thing that actually matters is that I enjoyed it and want to hear it again

Thank you. LMAO I can tell you what is wrong with it.

I made it so I will find wrong with everything from time scale to chord progression.

It's hard to explain actually. The piece was for teaching purposes. If I show you the actual Scoresheet you would understand. In short that was a combination of a few classes. Glissando's, progression, Capo's and mainly changing rhythm without adjusting tempo (Probably the hardest thing to teach and I do not understand why they struggle with it.

But you welcome to listen to it. I just do not share them since they are pretty much incomplete (Not been through a DAW) and most people do not like music like that anymore. Awesome for teaching purposes though. I will see how many hits I get, will maybe start posting some more. Just need to confirm any legality issues beforehand.

 

[Charagma]

No problem. I genuinely liked it. Reminded me of an older style, kind of like Jerry Goldsmith.

Original artist was country Genre and was performed by John Michael Montgomery. After that a band named all 4 one (I am under correction of the band here) made a hit with it.

 

[Zed Clampet]

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Thank you. LMAO I can tell you what is wrong with it.

I made it so I will find wrong with everything from time scale to chord progression.

It's hard to explain actually. The piece was for teaching purposes. If I show you the actual Scoresheet you would understand. In short that was a combination of a few classes. Glissando's, progression, Capo's and mainly changing rhythm without adjusting tempo (Probably the hardest thing to teach and I do not understand why they struggle with it.

But you welcome to listen to it. I just do not share them since they are pretty much incomplete (Not been through a DAW) and most people do not like music like that anymore. Awesome for teaching purposes though. I will see how many hits I get, will maybe start posting some more. Just need to confirm any legality issues beforehand.

Original artist was country Genre and was performed by John Michael Montgomery. After that a band named all 4 one (I am under correction of the band here) made a hit with it.

Do me a favor and forget I wrote that first comment. I've had a really long day and am not thinking clearly.

I'm going to post it to my Facebook when I can get on the correct PC. I have several musician friends I want to listen to your version.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Things just don't slow down, do they? Feel like I keep waiting for stuff to calm down and it just doesn't. Have I made this post before?

That said, did some analysis on Sunday and think I've realized what my problem was, but I'll spare y'all the details.

You just don't want to spill the beans on your new Super Secret Strategy.

 

[Charagma]

Things just don't slow down, do they? Feel like I keep waiting for stuff to calm down and it just doesn't. Have I made this post before?

Went to that tournament on Saturday and got wrecked. Lost my first game 4 to 10 points, my next one I lost by 1 point and the last game I got too drunk to care. That said, did some analysis on Sunday and think I've realized what my problem was, but I'll spare y'all the details.

But then had a nice date with my wife Sunday, went to a thing on Monday and then just had to hide and not go to a neighborhood BBQ, because my introvert battery is more than drained. I just need to hide for awhile and see no people....maybe a month or two.

Unfortunately, gotta prep my van for another road trip. I want to doublecheck my brakes and make sure the rear drums are good, as well as maybe replace the front rotors and pads because I'm feeling vibes at high speeds.

I'd rather be sorting out my problems with my new (to me) 3d printer. But oh well.

I am not up to date about your sports activities but saw the last line of the 3d printer. What size bed did you get? Mine is ULTRA small (110mm x 110mm) think that is roughly converted to 4inches x 4 inches. Originally got it to repair broken equipment parts like microphone casings etc. They always tend to fall, crack or break somewhere and it is cheaper to print a new casing than to replace it. Unfortunately using it for anything other than what I got it for is not viable unless you glue the parts together. Hopefully you will be able to do more with your 3d printer than I am able to do with mine.

 

[Charagma]

Do me a favor and forget I wrote that first comment. I've had a really long day and am not thinking clearly.

I'm going to post it to my Facebook when I can get on the correct PC. I have several musician friends I want to listen to your version.

Why would I forget what you said......Being compared (or confused) with a Legend like Jerry Goldsmith. Not something I would want to forget and actually took it as a complement. Unfortunately, not everyone know they hear Jerry Goldsmith's music almost every time they watch a movie. Honestly not a name I was expecting to see in this forum and least of all be compared (confused) with it. So, request to forget denied (LMAO). Just having his name mentioned on something I arranged is a great honor to me.

I can however recognise some similarities in it being the "push and pull" between the instruments which is what I think made Jerry Goldsmith famous.

 

[Charagma]

Seeing that this turned out to be my daily "go to" forum and thread for pretty much anything. I got some very interesting news a few minutes ago.

The school where my students are at (Local school not far from me) called me earlier (Few minutes ago) and I was informed that the school will be cutting my funding. This was however not the sad part. I listened to the new headmaster telling me all the reasons as to why and I pretty much just agreed to whatever she had to say. (Sad that the arts & culture funding gets cut but a new stadium (Sports) is being built, but that was a different part of my conversation (Argument) with her)

I had to correct her on several things, however:

1. For the past 7 to 8 years I have been helping the kids after school (extramural activity) out of my own pocket. The only time I receive money from the school is when Tracks, scoresheets etc is purchased for a school play or a band or a show and that is at minimum rate just to cover costs incurred on my side (Paper, ink, travel). Anything other than that including taking the kids to concerts is sponsored by myself (I put the fuel in the school bus out of my pocket and pay for their tickets) and every once in a while, I will have a parent or parents (and artists) that appreciates what I am doing and donates some funds or sponsor a specific event I am planning. So, if that is the funding she is referring to, she will have to take it up with the respective parents/artists.
2. I do not teach the school curriculum but do follow it (Hence get each year's curriculum in advance like the other music teachers at the school, which I personally BUY from them at the beginning of every year). If the students learned a specific thing in class recently, I apply that to a different genre keeping them interested in music. E.g. Showing a notation technique used by Mozart (School Classes) and then again used by say someone like Kelly Clarkson (My Classes), pretty much just remove the "boring" out of the studies and motivates them to keep going.
3. Assistance in any play or band at the school is out of own free will and no one pays me to stand there to tell the kids to maybe consider a different octave or mix the sound a bit differently. In addition, if an artist performs at the school and it is one of my clients I negotiate a better rate for the school since artists do not perform for free.
4. If it is indicated anywhere that I am receiving some form of compensation for any of this, I would like to know where the money went because it surely did not reach me since everything mentioned was privately funded.

She was un-aware of the situation, and my funding application is now under review ...................................(HUH?)

So, by the sound of things what was originally a "cut your funding" phone call now sounds like a "you might now be funded" call.

LMAO this is going to be an interesting thing to watch unfold. Clearly shows the left-hand does not know what the right-hand is doing.

I will however refuse funding if approved. Not why I am doing it. Managed to keep the "boat afloat" for so many years and met awesome young and upcoming artists through the years (Many of which are still my clients and (here and there) they sponsor some of the kids directly)

................Why change the way the wheel is turning?