"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
09/18/2016 at 22:35 • Filed to: Composition
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"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind)
09/18/2016 at 22:35 • Filed to: Composition | 2
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I’ve been working off and on a fairly substantial string quartet for quite a while. Without getting into a needless story, after meeting my fiancée-at-the-time’s boyfriend, I listened to Shostakovich String Quartet 8 and said, “Yeah, I need to compose.” I’m extremely pleased with how this project has matured faster than I have!
Over the last couple of weeks I got re-inspired and was able to take all the sections and sketches I had and really work things out. I can say that the 1st movement is pretty much fully composed and wonderfully rich in romantic timing, sensitive lyricism, and unrestrained harmonic flow (12 minutes). The 2nd movement is going to take me the longest to craft since I don’t have the rage I had at the time but sketches I wrote give that Shostakovich a run (a solid 2 minutes of content out of 6-8 minutes). The final movement is coming along and is really a mature emotional structure so far (a solid 3 minutes of content out of 7-9 minutes).
All together it should end up just under 30 minutes across three movements and be really worthwhile. For those curious, I pretty much took the Charles Ives approach to composition and life, make a lot of money and fund my own music. I love his story as well as Robert Schumann’s and they are pretty much my musical life mentors. Obviously I’m going the Ives life route over the Schumann one.
I’m just sharing because it’s a big deal for me and wanted to publicly say something that way I’m committed to completing this.
Amoore100
> Wobbles the Mind
09/18/2016 at 23:55 |
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Awesome! As an amateur violinist myself I must say it’s always exciting to discover others who are passionate in music. I assume you guys are going to be doing a recording of this in the near future? I’ve been on a contemporary/modern music obsession lately beginning with Copland and Shastokovich all the way up to Theofanidis and most recently including the Yellowstone Concerto from Hitt (which I can’t stop listening to!) Exciting to hear your latest development and I look forwards to hearing more in the future!
Sam
> Wobbles the Mind
09/19/2016 at 01:34 |
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That sounds pretty sweet. Maybe you’ll find a new career path when you’re finished?
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Wobbles the Mind
> Sam
09/19/2016 at 07:37 |
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It’s the career I was educated in but my current career is a lot more...reliable. I still compose and record where I can but I don’t expect to go all in until after I retire (since there is still plenty of life to live after you’re 70).
Wheelerguy
> Wobbles the Mind
09/19/2016 at 07:47 |
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You can actually do that at 50 I think, in which time we call you Maester of Harmony and make the official Oppositelock Album.