Journal entries in the "Music" category
New composition: Ouest
Having been busy with work and the like, I haven’t been updating this website much. I have, however, been playing the piano a bit, and finally one of my many pending compositions has reached a stage that I consider “ready”.
This one is Ouest, a piano theme tune that has a steady pace to it.
New song: Lullaby
Picture yourself all worn out by the evening; your child is in bed but he won’t go to sleep. Fear not, dear parents, for Peter will help you; his new song bears the name “Lullaby”.
[at least, let's hope it works like one!]
New song: Thumos
Well, it was about time I added something to this website – I’ve been so busy at work that my free time has been limited to making a website that is work-related (I will unveil it to the world if I get permission from Loyens & Loeff – although it’s clearly my creation, it would go against the code of conduct to publish it without obtaining permission) and to weekends.
I have been working on what was meant to be a concerto-like orchestral piece, with a piano melody as centrepiece, but the music evolved away from the orchestral setting.
I therefore present to you Thumos, the latest creation of the Peter Craddock music factory.
In other news, I have finally taken the opportunity to put all of my music in Creative Commons. The current licence is “Creative Commons by-nc-nd“, which means that you are free to download/distribute/copy the music, subject to the following conditions (to quote the CC website):
Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
Noncommercial — You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.
Therefore, download away.
New song: Rift
The latest to join Peter’s collection of recorded nonsense is Rift, a dark yet jaunty piece of music (if such a combination is at all possible).
Listen at your own risk.
New composition: “River Song”
Two weeks to go before I begin work as a lawyer, and here’s another little something I have to share… another composition!
It’s classical/contemporary/whatever you choose as a classification, so if you like compositions like “Nuit”, why not listen to River Song?
New song: Why Does the Wind Never Falter
A few moments of creativity have sporadically shown over the past week, and the ultimate result of this is the recording of a new music piece (not a perfect take, but I dislike re-recording 50 times – I often find I’m a better piano composer than piano player).
Anyway, feel free to post your thoughts on Why Does the Wind Never Falter, the latest song to join the club.
Three new songs
I’m currently in Brussels, for interviews with law firms, and this was the perfect occasion for me to… record music! Indeed, during my stay in London so far, I have been somewhat productive in musical terms, and it was about time I recorded a few of these pieces.
As such, I invite you to take a look at the music page, or to view the relevant pages directly:
Action film music: should rap & metal be banned?
Yesterday, I braced myself to face a great intellectual challenge: I was going to watch “xXx: State of the Union”. I had read reviews, and was sure I wasn’t going to enjoy it as much as other action movies. Nevertheless, I watched it (even recorded it, as my brother wished me to do so, just in case it turned out to be good).
Well, let me spoil it, if you haven’t seen it yet: don’t watch it. Ice Cube acts really bad, and the dialogue is worse than most other action movies I’ve seen. At least, Steven Seagal would have made the lame dialogue sound philosophical.
What annoyed me the most, however, was the music: rap music pretty much all the time.
The statement was staring at me in the face: “rap music should never be used as a soundtrack”. Still, I had to be sure of my reasoning.
ARPIA2 update, and yet another new song
Update time: ARPIA2.1.1 fixes a number of bugs and adds a couple of mini-features (almost invisible, but pleasant nonetheless), and includes long overdue updates to the in-game music (especially “Adieu”). Download the updated version from the ARPIA2 page.
New song & new music interface
I’ve been somewhat creative these past weeks, and so I have a couple of musical compositions coming along.
Here’s the first of them, Out There (comments more than welcome).
Additionally, I’ve fully set up KavaTunes (thank you MacHeist), and so it is now possible to listen to my compositions from an iTunes-like web interface: visit Peter’s KavaTunes page.