| Title |
File size |
Description |
Length (Min:Sec) |
Copyright |
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Sonata in Eb minor
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1.1 MB |
My arrangement of a segment from Beethoven's Piano
Sonata in Eb minor - complete with electric guitar and other interesting
instrumentation decisions. This is not how Beethoven would have
envisaged it, but I have been careful to maintain the essence of
the composition.
|
1:07 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| Volleyball Ad |
0.5 MB |
Originally composed for a radio commercial, this ad is backing music
only (ie. without the vocals) but is entertaining nevertheless.
This ad was not submitted for final mixing and was recorded for an
Indoor Volleyball Centre ad.
|
0:30 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| Emu of Eternity |
2.2 MB |
This was my first instrumental recording effort. I performed Emu of
Eternity without any sequenced parts - it's all human (me).
The instruments I played are drumkit, saxophone (tenor) and the
ubiquitous keyboard.
The recording studio used here was low quality but I couldn't afford
anything else. As you will hear, my style is to chop and change amongst
various styles and I was fond of squeezing in the odd time-signature
change (just to impress my music teacher).
|
3:06 |
© Peter van der Woude 1988 |
| Guitar Sonata no. 2 |
1.7 MB |
Despite a questionable classical-guitar technique (for this
instrument I remained self-taught) I managed to scratch out a few
little classical-like pieces on my nylon-string.
|
1:45 |
© Peter van der Woude 1987 |
| Power-tool Ad |
0.5 MB |
This piece is meant to invoke the impression of steel, power and ...
well, you get the idea... It was recorded for a hardware store ad.
|
0:30 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| Elabana |
2.9 MB |
A 'nice' mellow arrangement. This is a smooth, melodically appealing
piece with some pleasant sounds and instrumental effects.
Elabana features a simulated acoustic guitar lead (played on keyboard).
This piece was rejected as background music for a particular video
(although the wife of the Head of the Media Dept. took a recording of it
and loved it... I'm not sure what that means). You might notice that I
recorded each individual high-hat strike on the drumkit sound to ensure
an authentic performance (I hated drum machines)
|
3:09 |
© Peter van der Woude 1993 |
| SlapBack |
0.5 MB |
An interesting use of 'slapback echo' effects is employed in this
composition which incorporates a groovy baseline and ethereal keyboard
interludes.
|
0:30 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| She's Dutch (Dance Mix) |
2.2 MB |
Based on a recurring theme (the note-sequence A-G-E-D), this
arrangement incorporates a medley-like structure which progresses
through various harmonic transitions and musical styles.
The song She's Dutch was written by my good friend Owen
Jolly, who is a member of the band
Halfday
This arrangement bears little resemblance to the original work, but
incorporates some of the main melodic phrases.
|
2:22 |
© Peter van der Woude 1993 |
| Spasamistic |
2.3 MB |
This was my final Opus. Spasamistic is interesting, especially in its
state of somewhat 'incompleteness'. This composition chops and changes
with some groovy percussion and smooth chromatic chordal progressions.
This is my favourite... The cool groove feel in the intro section makes
me regret that I haven't done anything since...
|
2:26 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| Eyes that See the Wind |
2.5 MB |
I find the 'relaxation music' available in post offices and
environment shops really 'boring'. This is my attempt to prove that a
composition can be relaxing and soothing but still musically interesting.
|
2:40 |
© Peter van der Woude 1994 |
| Spozart |
2.4 MB |
This might be classed as a Neo-Classical work. It's something I
arranged for an orchestral-type ensemble with a genuine almost pure
classical harmonic basis. The structure is a little more varied than
might otherwise be expected and the instrumentation is custom-made for
electronic sounds - but with a piano eventually taking the leading role.
Sort of a Neo classical quasi-piano-concerto-ensemble for alternative
electronic instruments
|
2:30 |
© Peter van der Woude 1993 |
| Pan Jam |
613 Kb |
A $500 keyboard/sound module with flute, bass and drumkit sounds is all
I needed to inspire this little piece-ette. It's something yet not much...
I really like it as it is compositionally 'tasty', making do with just a
few basic sounds and a porridge-like imagination (?I really shouldn't
write these descriptions when I'm hungry...) One of the first things I
created with my electronic setup.
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0:39 |
© Peter van der Woude 1990 |
Piano Jam
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2.6 MB |
For a deeper insight into my compositional adventures - here is some video footage of
me on piano (I recorded this to test the video feature on my digital
camera). I play some blues and some ... non-blues tidbits in this
short, improvised jam session.
Sound and video quality is not great
(right-click the picture and choose "Save Link/Target as...")
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1:36 |
© Peter van der Woude, November 9th, 2002 |
