Haydn Dance - JABB & Solo Strad

[Haydn]

Here's an original piece named by my daughter called Haydn Dance: http://garritan.com/mp3/HaydnDance.mp3. It was written in the style of River Dance music.

This one features the Garritan Solo Stradivarius violin which has been mutilated to sound a little more like an electric violin.

The accordian, soprano sax, piano, acoustic guitar and drums are JABB. I've layered the single and double headed toms in the last section of the piece for the bigger drum sound.

The strings are GPO. Brass is a mixture of JABB and KHSO Emerald. Uillean pipes are Roland XP-30. Percussion is a mixture of libraries including JABB & GPO.

Synth pads are the Arturia MiniMoog V & CS-80V.

The electric and bass guitar are real.

Jim

[Ed Sharpe]

Very nice!

Ed

[GaryBric]

Jim,

WOW...someone has but a lot of work into this piece!! Very impressive, well constructed and well executed. The orchestration is excellent.

Gary

www.garybricault.com (http://www.garybricault.com)

[fastlane]

I'm impressed! This sounds like a great showcase piece.

Phil

[Larry G. Alexander]

That is very impressive and enjoyable. Love the rhythms.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

My best,

Larry

[Haydn]

Thanks! This started out as a short piece and grew, and grew, and grew...

Jim

[etLux]

Jim, this is superb work; thoroughly well
written and rendered. Great job on it, and
a great listen.

Very much enjoyed!

The sense almost of smaller but connected
movements or episodes leading into that power-
house main drive in this worked extraordinarily
well, I think... and I particularly admired some
of the string work.

David
www.DavidSosnowski.com

Dance!
.

[Haydn]

Thanks, David!

I'm going to redo the violin part with the new Strad 2.0 which will fit much closer to the sound I was going for.

Jim

[js33]

Haydn,

I'm catching up on all your posts. Man you are truely inspiring to listen to. It's hard to believe that one man can be so talented. I really like Haydn Dance. Really has a nice feel to it.

[GaryBric]

Haydn,

Wow....way to go in a really neat and different composition. Great sytle and performance with the Strad. First class all the way.

Gary


www.garybricault.com (http://www.garybricault.com)

[rayzalaf]

Haydn,

I'm catching up on all your posts. Man you are truely inspiring to listen to. It's hard to believe that one man can be so talented. I really like Haydn Dance. Really has a nice feel to it.

Jim
I've got to thank Joe here for bringing your work back onto page one.
As a new member I've not managed to listen to a lot of stuff from last year going through all the posts, but I'm certainly pleased to listen to this one. I think I would have known you were a guitatist even if you hadn't said so. Some of the phrases you use just jump out of the piece as starting in your head from that angle. That's how I work but not as well. You're certainly an inspiration to me and I will try harder.

Ray

[js33]

Ray,

Yes Haydn certainly sets a high bar for us all to shoot for.

Joe

[Haydn]

Thanks for the comments! Surprised to see this one appear again.

Guitar was actually the first instrument I started learning. I was a late starter on keys starting with the organ in 7th grade. Haydn Dance was written totally on keys although I do compose stuff on the guitar also. I find my writing is totally different when I start on guitar.

I plan on remixing this one with the Strad 2.0 as it should be easier to EQ to get the electric violin sound I was shooting for. It would be nice to use some of the Bela D Media Celtic Winds with this one also.

Been getting the urge to write some more celtic based music since I was playing with about a dozen Irish musicians on New Year's Eve. Had a blast playing traditional jigs and reels for a few hours.

Jim

[pianodoc]

Jim:

That was a lot of fun to listen to. Very nice piece indeed.

I like the way it builds and the way you have combined several sections without losing a sense of unity.

The sound you found with the Strad was nice and fit well with the piece.

Thanks for submitting this and letting me listen.

David Mauney