My original composition, “November” won the Down Beat Student Music Award for Best Extended Composition (Graduate School Level)!
Recently, on the facebook machine, I have been linking to videos (usually youtube) of music (usually older or lesser known, but not always) with the precursor: “I would like to remind you all that this exists.”
On a suggestion from Alastair, I have done just that.
The content on that site will usually be a video link with possibly a few sentences after it. If/when I have longer or more in depth content, I’ll post it here (to you 4 people who read this blog). In the meantime, check out This Exists to know what I’m listening to and thinking about.
http://johnguari.com/music/JG-BetHesNice.mp3
I’ve been listening to the Beach Boys album, “Love You,” which has a bunch of classic sounding Beach Boys melodies but with a ton of Moog and other synths as the primary instruments. I’ve recreated the track “I’ll Bet He’s Nice.” Check out the original:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfC2iovCzu4
So, Lab 2009 didn’t win either of its Grammys, but a good time was had by all anyway!
Congratulations to the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and all the other Grammy recipients this year.
http://johnguari.com/music/jg-smackimprovisation.mp3
A MicroKORG XL improvisation over a Reason Drum beat I made.
http://johnguari.com/music/JG%20-%20improvisation%20palutena.mp3
This is an improvisation on MicroKORG XL
http://johnguari.com/music/jg-hideandseekend.mp3
This is me on the vocoder playing the end of Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek.”
http://johnguari.com/music/novemberclip-lab09.mp3
I decided to splice up this clip to give a taste of what my chart “November” sounds like on Lab 2009. Previously I only had the version from my Graduate Recital up. Buy the album if you please!