Finally I have some new music for you! I’ve been working on this on and off for quite some, and finally finished it.
It’s the 4th movement from Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet. Go ahead and download it, it’s free:
I’ve already made a schedule for myself for the next few pieces I have in mind, so there’ll be more new music in the coming months.
If you’ve been here before, you may have noticed the site looks quite different. It has a lot to do with my new plans for Death and the Maiden.
My original intention was to think of this as a “band”, which would eventually have other musicans, play live, release CD’s, etc. But right now I’m focusing on my solo music, and I’d rather focus on one thing at a time, rather than do both in a half-assed way.
So Death and the Maiden is going down a bit in the priority list, but that doesn’t mean I won’t keep working on it. I still have a lot of arrangements on the to-do list which will be popping up here from time to time, along with the occasional tab or lesson.
As for the site, I’m turning it into more of a blog of all things classical-meets-hard rock/metal or other interesting cross-overs, not just my own stuff. Hopefully it can be a place where all those with similar tastes and ideas can come together.
So in summary, Death and the Maiden is now more of a website/blog than a band, but there’s still more music to come!
Ron Fuchs wrote a review of A Metal Tribute To String Quartet over at Prognaut. Big props to him for taking the time to listen to and write about it.
Apart from that, things have been a bit slow lately. I admit I’ve been focusing more on my own music lately, but I’ve been working on many new arrangements, and I should be posting a few sneak peeks here and there.
I also intend to make more videos, but my camcorder broke, so that’ll have to wait till I save up enouh to buy a new one.
That’s all for now, more coming soon…
After a lot of careful consideration on what the best method for selling mp3’s on my site was, and actually setting one up and almost announcing it, I discovered Bandcamp, which basically does all the dirty work for me.
Even better, it offers the downloads in various formats, including FLAC and Apple Lossless. All payments are handled by Paypal and go directly to me.
But the real good news is that you can now stream the entire EP on my Bandcamp page! (or right here on the music page). So go and have a listen. I’ll be adding the rest of the tracks to Myspace and other places as well.
The debut EP, "A Metal Tribute To String Quartets" is now available on all the major digital stores (Itunes, Amazon, Emusic, Napster, and Rhapsody). It’s a digital-only release and consists of 6 tracks. Four are arrangements of movements from well-known string quartets, and the last two are arrangements of Bach keyboard pieces. Here’s the cover art and tracklist:
1. Death and the Maiden Part 1 (Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor D. 810 – Allegro)
2. Presto (Ludwig Van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 14 in C# Minor Op. 131 – Presto)
3. The Maiden Variations (Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor D. 810 -Andante con moto)
4. Death and the Maiden Part 2 (Franz Schubert – String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor D. 810 – Allegro)
5. Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor (J.S. Bach)
6. Invention No. 4 in D Minor (J.S. Bach)
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