{"id":587,"date":"2019-11-25T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T11:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?page_id=587"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T11:04:24","slug":"compositions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?page_id=587","title":{"rendered":"Music Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page is a catalog of some of my compositions.<\/p>\n<style>\ntd {vertical-align:top;width:auto;}<br \/>\ntd.min {width:20%;whitespace:nowrap;}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 15%;\">Date<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 30%;\">Title<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 55%;\">Comments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"metal-chain\">\n<td class=\"min\">2019-12-05<\/td>\n<td>MetalChain<\/td>\n<td>This was written to provide the backing to a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hvBO68WplNY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> about the new<a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?p=645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> MQ Blockchain Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the technically minded, the percussion track was written to continually add things, a bit like the Blockchain ledger. (Though the final version runs through that process twice to make the necessary length.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MetalChain.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MetalChain.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MetalChain.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"slow-march\">\n<td class=\"min\">2019-10-25<\/td>\n<td>Slow(ish) March<\/td>\n<td>No particular comments on this one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Slow-March.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Slow-March.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Slow-March.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"uhe-waltz\">\n<td>2019-10-19<\/td>\n<td>Uhe Waltz<\/td>\n<td>This came out of exploring the presets with a couple of new synths I&#8217;d bought &#8211; the u-he <a href=\"https:\/\/u-he.com\/products\/zebra2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zebra2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u-he.com\/products\/repro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Repro<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/UHE-1-Waltz-Extended.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/UHE-1-Waltz-Extended.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/UHE-1-Waltz-Extended.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"prometheus-counting\">\n<td>2019-09-09<\/td>\n<td>Prometheus Counting<\/td>\n<td>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dCTTZWh5NDw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> backing.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a &#8220;live&#8221; bass guitar track (had fun working out the cabling needed to get that recorded). One mix included a real brass section that I recorded one instrument at a time, but I decided it made things too thick, so I stuck to synth brass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PrometheusCounting.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PrometheusCounting.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PrometheusCounting.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"rising-sun\">\n<td>2019-09-05<\/td>\n<td>Accidental Plagiarism<\/td>\n<td>This started out as a pleasant-enough chord\/bass improvisation. Nothing special but perhaps it would inspire something. Unfortunately, when I started to put a melody on top, it began to sound a little familiar. It&#8217;s a bit jerky because once I got to this point I didn&#8217;t bother cleaning up the performances. And now I can&#8217;t think of any other tune to go in there.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Broken Chords:<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBass.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBass.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBass.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Add a melody:<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBassOboe2.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBassOboe2.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/PianoBassOboe2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"omni1\">\n<td>2019-05-27<\/td>\n<td>Omni1<\/td>\n<td>I had just bought the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrasonics.net\/products\/omnisphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Omnisphere<\/a> soft synth and this started out while exploring its preset sounds. I particularly liked the guitar that shows up in the middle section here. Though I did end up using other instruments too.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Omni1.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Omni1.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/Omni1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"mq-cbt\">\n<td>2019-01-30<\/td>\n<td>MQ CBT<\/td>\n<td>I was working on a <a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?p=421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a>, and it was mostly silent so needed something behind it. I had a deadline for delivery of the video, and didn&#8217;t have long to think about what to do for the soundtrack. Rather than use &#8220;library&#8221; music, I decided to have a go, and this was my first real use of Studio One as a DAW.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-CBT.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-CBT.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-CBT.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"mq-theme\">\n<td>2016-01-01<\/td>\n<td>MQ Theme<\/td>\n<td>My first public composition &#8211; a short phrase used at the start of a number of MQ-related videos. Originally created with Sonar, but later recreated in Studio One. The full background to this piece is in <a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?p=75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this post<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-587-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-Theme-Orch.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-Theme-Orch.mp3\">https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/Music\/2019\/MQ-Theme-Orch.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"last-modified\" style=\"border:1px solid;padding: 10px;\">This post was last updated on December 6th, 2019 at 11:04 am<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page is a catalog of some of my compositions. 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(Though the final version runs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?page_id=587\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Music Archive&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":588,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-587","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Music Archive - Mark Taylor&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/marketaylor.synology.me\/?page_id=587\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Music Archive - Mark Taylor&#039;s Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This page is a catalog of some of my compositions. 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