More Rhodes less travelled by.  Here is another glimpse into the production process. This is a 'Rhodes' stage piano patch i tweaked in GarageBand (to get the sound i like when i play my real Rhodes - which i've been playing since 1991). I've done a wee bit of sequence editing - to fine tune some note velocities and smooth out a few rough edges (mostly to compensate for the mechanically un-weighted M-Audio Radium49 MIDI Controller's total lack of feel; the real hammer action of the real Rhodes won't let the velocity do anything mechanically unnatural). {2008 Sept 9 addendum:  I was thinking of getting a Kawai MP8, but after playing a Yamaha Motif XS-8 i'fe fallen in love with the Motif tone generators.  The Motif feels like a wonderful creative tool, so, well, i can't afford it anyway, so i may as well dream about it. [heh]  I was planning to use this as a musical 'backbone' for a more finished composition, but the theft of my Mac from my burgled apartment here in Seattle has brought an end to that idea.} ... This sequence is 99% untouched.  Enjoy! Copyright MMVII Joan Heath Patrie - Creative Commons Deed 3.0 (the attribution/non-commercial use/share alike license) - i.e: some rights reserved. ... joanpatrie.com

Leaves beneath my feet. my breath hovers before me. sunbeams in the snow. ... A misty morning glomen brightens the luminous sky. The first snow comes beneath the veil of night - a frosty patina upon the landscape. The first rays of the sun now grace the icy dust. It sparkles in the chilly morning air. ... Breath hovers. I walk, unhurried. Footfalls crunch the crispy leaves dusted in sparkles.  Desolation before Winter. Stark beauty, upon this Earth - fragile island home. ... How insignificant in the grand scale of Reality. Yet, she is my whole World. This one life i know. Crusty leaves crunching beneath my feet, my breath before me, sunbeams sparkling in the snow. ... III:  beneath veil of night. a frosty patina falls. sparkling in sunlight. ..... This is my 2nd official GarageBand composition. It is also Tranquil MMVI.42 (in honour of Douglas Adams, of course) in my 'Tranquility' podcast (which i've been posting since last May). ... poetry and music Copyright MMVI Joan Heath Patrie - Creative Commons Deed 3.0 (the attribution/non-commercial use/share alike license) - i.e: some rights reserved.  joanpatrie.com

point and click the notes. it is not an easy road. music finds a way. ... This is my first official GarageBand composition. I was playing around with it, clicking on the notes on the floating tiny keyboard pallet, and, before i knew what i had done, this came out. {I was in a Skype call, if i remember rightly - live on the w0kie network (i think), and someone in the IRC had asked me a question. I had opened GarageBand to check if it could record in 24-bit linear, and i got side-tracked (as usual).} Needless to say, i got hooked. I began lusting for MIDI controllers, did some research (a lot of research), and formed the dream of using a Kawai MP8 Professional digital stage piano - which, unfortunately, costs a couple grand. But, this has been the imputus for me to get off my duff and score as many gigs as i can manage. I still don't have the MP8, but should be getting an M-Audio Radium 49 delivered tomorrow. {Hey, it was only a hundred bucks.} The 'point-and-click' method of music composition is just too frustrating; i had to do something. ;-] And so, i started this Podcast in anticipation. Enjoy! ~joan ...  © MMVI Joan Heath Patrie ... Creative Commons Deed 3.0 (the attribution/non-commercial use/share alike license) ... http://joanpatrie.com