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Jun 21, 2022

I started making this cadence earlier today. The main 16 bars of it is roughly 30 seconds long, so I repeated the cadence so you can have a more extended play. I am hoping to expand on the cadence, hence why it's a demo.

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Jun 21, 2022

858 2:57

Jun 20, 2022

The End of a Love Affairh

BitChute is having troubles with post processing. I tried changing the audio levels in the video, and it still has post production quality issues. Hate to have to redirect to YouTube for a better quality post processing, so here are two options:

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpaalHluCIo
2. Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iohannesii/52160347370/in/dateposted/

Flickr is mostly pics, and that shows how bad it is, when even an image gallery website does better than BitChute with post processing!

Back around 2003, I had gotten a jazz song book, partly because I was playing in a jazz combo, and partly because I wanted a way to study the chord progressions, as well as get better at writing lyrical themes and solos. This was one of the pieces that I worked on in a 2003 version of the Cakewalk studio, before they went on to relaunch their studio software under the Sonar brand. Anyways, I hadn't listened to any versions of this piece, so my interpretation was something of a slow jazz ballad. I've later come to hear various versions, both the lyrical and the instrumental, and, yeah, this interpretation is nothing like what the others sound like.

You see, The End of A Love Affair was written by Edward Redding in 1951, and was first performed by Margaret Whiting, which is also the first release of the song. You will notice if you hear it that it's much more upbeat, with a bossanova, somba sort of rhythm and feel to it. So yeah, this is probably the only version that is essentially a straight up jazz ballad. It kind of grew on me this way, and if you like it, smash the like button, as they say!

You can check out the original version of Edward Redding's classic sung by Margaret Whiting, among other wonderful performances done by many great jazz singers and instrumentalists here:

https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1147...

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Jun 20, 2022

922 2:14

Jun 19, 2022

Funk Drum Cadence

This is one of a few drum line cadences I've done. It was about 2003 when I fist composed it. Put it through Cakewalk to update the instruments.

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Jun 19, 2022

941 4:25

Jun 18, 2022

Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

Everyone knows this song, and everyone knows who Marky Mark is by now.

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Jun 18, 2022

893 1:57

May 21, 2022

Thunder Dome DnB (OP April 8th, 2020 - 332 views)

Originally posted April 8th, 2020 on Bitchute. As of May 20th, 2022, it had up to 332 views. However, it stopped working, which is one of the reasons I hesitate to sign up for a premium subscription. If they can't maintain my videos, despite that I've been with them since 2017, and have to keep re-uploading my videos for them to work for maybe a year at most before they stop working, then this is not a viable place to keep my videos. I need to know that a video I uploaded when I first started uploading on the site will be playable to this day and beyond. Otherwise, there's no point uploading to this site any more. It may be time to look for a better option if Bithchute is unable to keep videos from breaking every 6 months to a year.

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This is a drum and bass version. Started off last night with plucking down the overdrive bass, and, while I liked the throttle of it, it made sense tonight to put it up an octave and to add a sub bass to help it have tone and rumble at the same time.

I wrote the drums and bass all on Cakewalk using the staff view. It isn't the best notation software out there, but it works well enough. Would like to see some updates to it so that it has more composition tools to work with, but, for some of the more finer tuning, I can always go back to Anvil, or maybe try Sibelius again. Though I might wait until I have enough money to update the laptop. It's getting to that 4 to 5 year mark, and part if the reason I quit using Sibelius was because its updates and general performance was having too many glitches, and I wasn't too happy with Anvil's support or payment system. Sadly, this Toshiba Satellite isn't quite as good as my previous one was, either. Might consider going back to HP. But, we'll see. Just depends on what laptop has the most optimal setup for the things I'd like to do with it.

Check out more of my music at BandCamp, SoundCloud and my home site on Wix. I'm also on Minds.

https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/user-996929436
http://jcrawf79.wixsite.com/johncrawford/music
https://www.minds.com/Iohannes

Music Composer: John A. Crawford
Song name: Thunder Dome

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May 21, 2022

882 2:25

May 06, 2022

Dream Hoppin'

Another of my MIDI compositions from 1997.

Yes, I know the mouse pointer shows up on some of the clips. Sorry, I'll do better in the next video edit!

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Audacity 3.02
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May 06, 2022

952 3:37

Apr 18, 2022

Be My Lover - La Bouche

Lane McCray and Melanie Thornton are the original duo known as La Bouche. Since 1995, 'Be My Lover' has been among the top Eurodance hits of the 90's, and remains a legendary act for its time. It's also the song that inspired me to write Techno Pop, for better or for worse.

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Apr 18, 2022

969 3:35

Apr 18, 2022

Better Off Alone - Alice DeeJay

A song created by Dutch producer DJ Jurgen in collaboration with Wessel van Diepen, Dennis van den Driesschen, Sebastiaan Molijn and Eelke Kalberg. It was initially released as an instrumental included vocals by Judith Pronk, who would later become a seminal part of the Alice Deejay project. It's one of the first trance songs I can remember listening to in the late 90's. Techno Pop was kind of inspired by this song, though there was a more direct inspiration that I may eventually post if I can find a MIDI for it.

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Apr 18, 2022

861 5:20

Apr 17, 2022

Frozen Flame - Radical Dreamers (chiptune and orchestral)

This text-based visual novel adventure developed and published by Square in 1996 for the Japanese Super Famicom's Satellaview has only recently had an official release outside of Japan. On April 7, 2022 it was released as a bundle in Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. My particular interest is in the compositions by Yasunori Mitsuda. With MIDI files, soundfonts and VSTs, we can compare between chip tune sounds and other ways to orchestrate this song, as close to its original piece, to any sort of way you might want to re-arrange things. For now, I chose to compare the chiptune style as it might be heard on the SNES/Super Famicom, and then open it up to more realistic sounding instruments. If you want to hear just the orchestral version, you can skip to 2:40.

The Midi I used for this version can be found here:

https://midis101.com/search/13/dream

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Audacity 3.02
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.2.16).
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Apr 17, 2022

917 2:56

Apr 14, 2022

Wild Dances - Ruslana (instrumental)

A tribute to Ruslana, and that I stand with the Ukrainian people!

Of course credits go to Ruslana, with a link back to the English version of Wild Dances video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYqB1eyN8B4

Song
Wild Dances
Artist
Ruslana
Album
WILD DANCES
Year: 2004
Licensed to YouTube by
CompMusicLimited (on behalf of Comp Music LTD); Warner Chappell, CMRRA, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, BMI - Broadcast Music Inc., Sony ATV Publishing, LatinAutor - SonyATV, CompMusicPublishing, SOLAR Music Rights Management, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, LatinAutor, LatinAutorPerf, and 11 Music Rights Societies

The Midi I used for this version can be found here:

https://www.midis101.com/free_midi/20293/02_Ruslana___Wild_Dances

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Audacity 3.02
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.2.16).
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OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.2 .
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Apr 14, 2022

948 4:15

Mar 16, 2022

Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 rock opera that was a hit sensation on Broadway for nearly a decade. Many remember the old synth drums mixed in with classic orchestral instruments. Well, I decided to try and remaster a MIDI version with more modern synths to give an idea what it might sound like if made today. To top it off, why not the first ever tiger Phantom? More to come later with this fellow, and what leading lady might play Christine in the motion video to come.

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Mar 16, 2022

915 7:14

Mar 13, 2022

A Ha - Dark is the Night For All

Dark is the Night For All is off of A Ha's Memorial Beach album. It was said to be a dark period for the band. Even so, the instrumental is pretty easy to listen to, The original video for this song had some odd bondage things, as well as Morten Harket's face ripping through the skin of his abdomen. Apparently that was enough to get this version of the video banned. This upload has none of that. It's just an instrumental, well, two versions. The first uses the flute as the lyric instrument. I switched it to trombone because I felt that it was a better fit for a male voice. Plus I used to play trombone.

Can see the original video here: https://youtu.be/4X-XVXgHfpE

For Music:

Audacity 2021.3.0.2 64-bit
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.3.8).
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Mar 13, 2022

921 2:21

Mar 07, 2022

Black Little Angels

The title in Spanish is one I can't say, for I might be called racist just for using the work, though it be the word as it is in Spanish. Ironic, considering that the original poem, the song itself, and the movies that were inspired by the original poem all were created to speak out against racism. Contrary to the current year woke folk, the call to end racism didn't just happen in the current year.

The original inspiration for the song was the poem "Píntame Angelitos Negros," written by Andrés Eloy Blanco some time in the 1940's. Possibly the first rendition of the poem into music was the song "Angelitos Negros" by Manuel Álvarez "Maciste" Rentería. In 1948 was the first movie with the title and theme song mentioned above with Joselito Rodríguez as director and Pedro Infante singing and performing on piano. The 1970 version stars Manuel López Ochoa singing and performing on guitar, with Joselito Rodríguez as director once more. The song has been done by many different performers, with the poem being the inspiration of many other songs beyond just the Spanish language.

Original poem: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/p%C3%ADntame-angelitos-negros-poema-paint-me-little-black-angels.html

Adaptations of the poem: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/166845/all

Spanish Lyrucs: https://www.letras.com/antonio-machin/804069/

IMDb 1948 movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040096/
IMDb 1970 movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321237/

For Music:

Audacity 2021.3.0.2 64-bit
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Audacity is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.3.8).
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OpenShot Video Editor 2.6.1 .
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Mar 07, 2022

907 3:46

Mar 04, 2022

GM Rock

Another remastered piece from 1997. Updated synths, and an attempt at making a SL Dance animation video. The dance animations came from Move! You can check out what they have here:
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MOVE%20Animations%20Cologne/137/116/27

I also went to the Neon Night Scenes at Backdrop City in Second Life for the setting. If you have pictures or videos you'd like a backdrop for, you might be able to find it here:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Backdrop%20City/223/205/465

For Music:

Audacity 2021.3.0.2 64-bit
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.3.8).
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Mar 04, 2022

918 3:00

Feb 20, 2022

Techno Pop (2022 Remaster)

I guess could call it the 10th Anniversary Edition, for the video, anyways. Technically it was posted August 31, 2012, and was among my earliest videos created on YouTube. It's still there, if you want to compare versions:

https://youtu.be/zdwyc1Ub4aA

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Audacity 2021.3.0.2 64-bit
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.3.8).
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Feb 20, 2022

225 3:09

Feb 17, 2022

Save It

Another high school piece, some time around 1997 - 1998. This one was centered around a basic bass line, and a keep it wide open for solos sort of song.

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

For Music:

Audacity 2019.3.1 64-bit
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Audacity is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.2.10).
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OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.1 .
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Feb 17, 2022

224 5:21

Feb 13, 2022

Music In The Air

Yet another 1997 piece I remastered. Also another lyrical. This one needs much less explanation, and I'll keep you guessing on the pic. ;3

But here are the lyrics:

In comes the sun
to bring on all those summer days
the time when we first met

and under that sun
as friends we came to know
and so began our love
the time when we first met

Chorus 1:

Oh won't you take me away
to where the sun is bright and warm
to where the sand is light and soft
take me to where
there's music in the air

And on that night
that night when we first walked around
and saw our first moonlight

and on that summer's eve
we went to find ourseves
but as the night went on
we came to fall in love

Chorus 1

Chorus 2:

So won't you take me away
to where there's light in night and day
To where the Heaven's skies are never grey
Take me to where
there's music in the air

In comes the sun
to bring on all those summer days
the time when we first met

and under that sun
as friends we came to know
and so began our love
the time when we first kissed

Chorus 1

Chorus 2 {Repeat choruses until fade out)

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Audacity 2019.3.1 64-bit
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Audacity is a registered trademark of Dominic Mazzoni
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Paint.NET (Current Version: 4.2.10).
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OpenShot Video Editor 2.5.1 .
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Feb 13, 2022

499 3:09

Feb 12, 2022

Rob's Requiem

This is one of my 1997 pieces. It was written after a friend had wound up in a tragic fight where he had gotten stabbed by a knife and died. Recent events led me to revisit this song and remaster it.

The original song was arranged with piano and drums. This one I gave the haunting melody to the flute, keeping it in its lower register, which sounds more somber. I especially like using the Cambridge concert flute soundfont. While I have newer VSTs, this particular virtual instrument has about the best expression I've heard in flute synths. For bass, I went with an acoustic style synth that is common in most, if not all GM soundfonts. Percussion is a mix of Sonatina Orchestra VST and Cakewalk's SI-Drum Kit VST set to the Hall Kit.

This song, titled Rob's Requiem, and initially Requiem for Rob is sung by his girlfriend Rachel. It could have also been known as Sunday Morning, due to intro melody. To tell you the truth, I still tear up when I listen to the song and go through the lyrics with the melody. I mean, she's at her most vulnerable point in her life thus far, and her boyfriend that was planning her life with can no longer be her forever lover, outside of soulmates in heaven, anyways. So a lot of these feelings come out in the lyrics, and can be heard in the melody even withot the lyrics. By now, you are probably wanting me to finally share the lyrics, so, here they are:

Alone, on a Sunday morning
I find myself mourning
the death of my childhood lover
the death of my man.

And alone, on this Sunday morning
I look in his coffin
to see the pale face of a man
who was once as strong as an ox
with ambition beyond that of most
within this town.

In the light of an hour
just past that flash of an eye
that was his life,
you will see an army of friends and associates
cry as the man in black sings
a pow'ring rendition of
Amazing Grace.

And I stand along, on a Sunday morning
where I find myself mourning
the death of my love.

And as I stand here alone
I wonder, just on a curious note,
Is he looking down upon me with his sad puppy dog eyes
as I cry, deep in my heart,
for the loss of his love.

For even our bad times
when our relations ran sour
could not keep my heart
hiding for long.

Lord, please forgive him,
as I forgive him.

For even as I stand here alone,
on a Sunday morning,
mourning the death of this man,
I love him so.

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Feb 12, 2022

213 4:16

Feb 09, 2022

Play It Like That

This piece was composed while relaxing at a local coffee shop. I couldn't go to work because there was an incident that happened at the store involving a shooter, leaving one person dead and another severely wounded, going through major surgery and is in ICU at the local hospital. The suspect was luckily apprehended, but there's still some sort of investigation and, well, clean up going on at the store, and much uncertainty when we'll be re-opening. So I sat down the rest of the afternoon at the coffee shop composing this, because, at least once use for music is that it's my therapy. It's a way to let out the things that are not easily said, but music needs no voice, unless you want to write lyrics. But for now, an instrumental in A-minor is well enough. A sad, melancholy sort if piece, but yet, still not giving up hope.

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Feb 09, 2022

296 5:30

Feb 03, 2022

Touhou: The Lotus Land Story - Bad Apple!!

A brass, woodwind, and string orchestral band style of the original song by Zun that started it all.

As noted before, as well as in the video title, the song comes from the 1998 game Lotus Land Story by ZUN. If you want to hear the chip tune version check out here:

https://touhoudb.com/S/289

if you want to use the Bad Apple video, you can download it free from the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/TouhouBadApple

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Feb 03, 2022

238 3:50

Feb 02, 2022

Bad Apple (electronica)

A more synth version.

As noted before, the song comes from the 1998 game Lotus Land Story by ZUN. This one followes the 2007 Nomico lyric version, just as the previous, but with the more synthetic sounding instruments, thus calling it electronica.

if you want to use the Bad Apple video, you can download it free from the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/TouhouBadApple

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Feb 02, 2022

318 3:44

Feb 02, 2022

Bad Apple (Instrumental)

The "Hello World!" of the demo scene. Bad Apple has a unique history, for a song and video that's been just about everywhere and on all sorts of retro computers and devices. Not bad for a song from 1998 that was primarily meant to be a stage level chip tune theme for and old shoot 'em up called Lotus Land Story. Add to that, a version of the song in 2007 was arranged for vocals, first done by Nomico in Japanese. It's had quite a few English versions, most notably by singer and voice over actress Cristina Vee. There are two versions made by her, one that follows the Nomico version, and a metal version featuring RichaadEB on guitar. The metal version is my favorite, and you can check it out here:

https://youtu.be/9Xz4NV0zsbY

The Midi I used for this version can be found here:

https://musescore.com/thvocaloid21-5/bad-apple

I intended to use more instruments, but Cakewalk didn't like running 20 + instruments, especially after truing to tweak them to remaster the volume. Even with the missing instruments I initially intended to have, It still came out pretty decent.

Also, if you want to use the Bad Apple video, you can download it free from the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/TouhouBadApple

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Feb 02, 2022

306 4:54

Jan 03, 2022

Transient

Another Cakewalk project I found that's been around a couple years. I extended the drone and added an 808 drum kit. Could make for nice atmosphere music for a dungeon or neon city slums in a game. Also reminds me of some of those old 80's computer shows.

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Jan 03, 2022

245 5:26

Jan 03, 2022

Great Adventure

I initially started the project for this song around 2018. Between being busy with work and the annoying Windows 10 updates that seem to like to put my MIDI files and Cakewalk projects in obscure places, it took until now to find this and attempt to update it. Between the new sections of music, the arranging of old parts with the composition of new parts, as well as remastering the VST and soundfonts used, I'd say it came out alright.

Check out more of my compositions at BandCamp: https://jcrawf79.bandcamp.com/music

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Jan 03, 2022

274 1:26

Jan 02, 2022

Hellenic Sea Voyage

Starting the New Year off with some thunder. People that enjoy pounding percussion ought to like. This was also created with a 5/8 time signature. which gives it a rush feeling, much like the waves of the sea, or when quickly trying to row a boat.

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Jan 02, 2022