More examples of my early work can be found at
this website All clips there are in mp3 form.
In January of 1999, I ventured into the world of midi guitar.
My first midi guitar recordings
were quite simple,
just a guitar using a midi patch to a sequenced rhythm
accompanyment.
The following clip is an
example one of my of an early efforts.
More examples of my early work can be found at
this website All clips there are in mp3 form.
By autumn of 1999 my skills at using midi guitar
had improved to a point where I was ready to
undertake
more ambitious projects. The first such project was
the composing and recording of
this midi guitar symphony
consisting of four short movements
Towards the end of 1999, I completed a more
ambitious project, composing and recording a
longer
symphony that utilized an unusual nine tone scale.
To listen to this work visit
this web page
Jarl Sigurd's Symphony Exotic in F-sharp minor
Completed in mid February 2000
this work, in all likelihood, holds the distiction of
being the
first symphony composed during the new
millenium. It is unusual in that in addition to
utilizing
the sounds of
standard orchestral instruments, it also includes
sitar sounds to give it a more
exotic feel(hence the name).
It consists of three movements and, like
the nine tone symphony,
it tells a story.
Andante An occidental potentate
developes a liking for the mysterious soma plant which
can
only be found in the distant Himalayas. He dispatches
an expedition to the Himalayas to go
searching for the
plant. The beginning of this movement coincides with
their arrival in the
Himalayas and the start of their search.
Adagio Having gathered enough
soma plants to satisfy their master's request, the
expedition
load what they have harvested onto their
ship and sail back to the west.
Maestoso The expedition arrives
at the potentate's palace with the soma plants. The
potentate
invites all of his friends to a banquet
where they experience the plant's intoxicating properties
NOTE:These tracks are in a low resolution mp3 format.
On each of these tracks, the string, brass, woodwind
and sitar parts were done on
this electric guitar.
Note the absence of a midi pickup. One of the things
I discovered early on about midi guitar is that one
does not need to use a midi pickup to make quality
midi guitar music. In fact, I found I got better
tracking
without the pickup. I plug my guitar directly
into my Roland GI-10 midi interface. The only disadvantage
of not using a midi pickup is that only can only play
single note lines(no chords). Since I've always been
primarily a lead guitarist, that is not a problem for me.
Examples of my lead guitar playing using conventional
amplification can be found at
this website
I've also been doing a fair bit of composition using
my Cakewalk midi
sequencer program. To listen to some
of my compositiionsCLICK HERE
In case anyone is wondering what I look like, here is a picture of me
© 1997 jarlsigurd@geocities.com
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