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  • my first adventures with VSL

    Greetings, all! I used to be a passionate musician, playing a number of instruments and enjoying live performance. I became ill and developed a physical disability which prevented me from performing… and eventually led me to the discovery of DAW software on my Mac, first Garage Band, which came free with my computer, then I bought Logic Studio.

    I have now become a passionate amateur music composer. Eventually I developed some kind of a "delusion of grandeur" and decided to compose a symphony, just for myself and friends. The orchestral libraries which shipped with Logic don't seem to be suitable for much more than cheap sounding "elevator music", and I bought the VSL Special Edition.

    I'd like to thank the VSL team, and especially Maya Vinson, for their support while I was making my buying decision, and here are the finished roughs for the second and third movement of my Symphony in progress. The mix still needs a lot of attention - next year, when I am finished composing the piece. I call it The Symphony Of The Earth. There will be six movements all together.

    The second movement is called "Fire". It is Viennese School 12-tone music:

    http://www.berkus.net/sote/fire_final_15-10-10.m4a
    This also features the orchestral percussion kit which came with Logic

    The third movement is called "Air":
    http://www.berkus.net/sote/air_final_14-10-10.m4a

    Enjoy my little piece of self indulgence, if you can - both files are in the iPod/AAC format...


  • Hi Feenixx,

    I enjoyed listening to your pieces. Look forward to hear more.

    Success,

    Jef


  • Jef, thank you for listening!

    I had a look at your own site, listened to some of your music, and I am very impressed - with both, your composition/songwriting skills and the polished quality of your production.


  • Thanks Feenixx,

    let me know when the whole symphony is ready!

    jdecorte at mac dot com

    keep in touch,

    Jef


  • I'll do that, Jef - I'll probably keep posting occasional sketches and drafits. The Symphony will be ready next June at the earliest, I reckon...


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