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Greg

Friends with World music and gamelan lovers.

About Me

You can contact me at [email protected]. To hear more of my gamelan music just go to http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=182 38 If you like the artwork, it's on clothes and stuff over at http://www.cafepress.com/mandala_art . I've sold a few pillows with the mandala design. So, I guess people like them.To read articles on world music and aesthetics go to: www.contemplationgarden.bravehost.com.I also created a music composition and songwriting forum at http://groups.myspace.com/musicompsongsBest Regards,Gongchime

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: gardenofasianarts.com
Band Members: Just me and ocassional collaborators.
Influences: The Thai gamelan of Bangkok Blue, Dharana, Deep Forest, Enigma, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Jean-Michel Jarre, Wendy Carlos, Ravi Shankar, Klaus Schulze, Karunesh, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Buena Vista Social Club, Peter Gabriel, Popul Vuh, Kitaro, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Biosphere, The Orb, The Chemical Brothers, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, The Prodigy, Goa, Massive Attack, Vangelis, Moby, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Mike Oldfield, Paul Simon, Bjork, Madonna, Paula Abdul, Spin Doctors, Amy Grant, Eminem, Evanescence, Aerosmith, George Benson, Kenny G., James Taylor, Marvin Gaye, Nat King Cole, Anita Baker, Mariah Carey, Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, Shawn Colvin, Hilary Duff, Enya, Jewel, Billy Joel, Elton John, Norah Jones, Richard Marx, Michael McDonald, Billy Ocean, Lionel Richie, Sade, Sting, Usher, Jewel, U2, Natalie Cole, The Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire, En Vogue, Roberta Flack, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Rick James, Al Jarreau, Lou Rawls, Vanessa Williams, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, Average White Band, James Brown, The Supremes, Jackson 5, Diana Ross, The Bee Gees, The Beatles, The Eagles, Chaka Khan, Queen, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Tangerine Dream, Bjork, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Van Halen, Bob Marley, Spyro Gyra, Pieces of a Dream, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Ian Anderson, Kansas, Moody Blues, Rush, Sting, Smashing Pumpkins, Joni Mitchell, The Police, Puff Daddy, P Diddy, Usher, NSYNC, City of Angels,
Sounds Like: a combination of traditional Indonesian gamelan and Mainland Southeast Asian music. Or a cross between Deep Forest and Bangkok Blue.
Record Label: Hear Simple and Clean:Trdtnl Indpndt Rcrd Lbl
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Movie Composer Guidance System

Ever wonder how scores are put together for movies? This link is the MOTHERLOAD for anyone wishing to learn how to compose for film. Leave it to a computer technician to explain the process better th...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:33:00 PST

Transformations and Strong Passwords

 I've experimented with a lot of different things and had success coming up with melodies "I" liked using different approaches such as;turning phone numbers, street addresses and names into melod...
Posted by Greg on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:51:00 PST

The Eternal Now

Happenin' Middle Eastern Melody by Yours TrulyCopy then paste the link into your browser's url window.http://www.4shared.com/file/54398531/f984318c/The_Ete rnal_Now_Quiter_Bridge.html?dirPwdVerified=ac...
Posted by Greg on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:56:00 PST

New Tune on Guitar

You can hear a first sketch for a new tune right here: http://www.4shared.com/file/54094210/75b8b80b/Deretrauq_mp3. html?dirPwdVerified=ace811f3...
Posted by Greg on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:02:00 PST

Arranging Verse and Choruses

I remembered there are a couple other ways to distinguish verses and choruses. That's with arranging. Sometimes the chorus is a little faster or has added instruments or is louder or all of the above....
Posted by Greg on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:27:00 PST

Tile-able Melody

Have a look at this link concerning making complex repeating tile-able patterns.http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/05/welcome-j ulia-and-how-to-make-a-repeat-pattern.htmlAnd here it is applied to a...
Posted by Greg on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:43:00 PST

Sparks of Musical Genius

In the book Sparks of Genius, the authors indicate the tools for creativity; observing (perhaps watching someone else perform, practice or compose) imaging (replaying what you observed) hearing (atten...
Posted by Greg on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PST

Most Common Rhythms

Have a look at figure 9 in this article: http://www.musiccog.ohio-state.edu/Huron/Publications/huron. voice.leading.html Since most melodic material clusters around the eighth note, and since every mel...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:02:00 PST

Melodic Cells & Rebab music from Bali,

New pictures up in my pics' on the second page of my music composition folder showing how to combine the most common melodic cells at;http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user .viewPict...
Posted by Greg on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:46:00 PST

Beethovens Music was Simple, Rhythmic Modes, Automorphs and Middle Eastern Music

Mozart and Beethoven's music was simple. Check out this article on their compositional approaches. http://members.aol.com/chang8828/grouptheory.htm I also just had some insight into rhythm permutatio...
Posted by Greg on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:31:00 PST