Archive for ‘Destiny Manifest’

8 items.

GPC

November 5th, 2008 | by alan

Georgia Perimeter College is where I did my first two years of undergrad schooling. It has a remarkably good music program. Why do I say that? Because it is basically a 2 year community college.

But they have Susan McEwen, a great common practice period theory teacher, and an amazing ear training teacher.

I was invited back to GPC today to talk about my career and play Destiny Manifest.

The students seemed highly receptive, it was a lot of fun!

Everyone there was remarkably kind, and I hope I get a chance to play my work for them in the future.

[ No Comments ]

Destiny Manifest Part 4 of 4: Clorinda

April 1st, 2008 | by alan

The conclusion…

PS – Jeff Kirk on Flute!

 
icon for podpress  Destiny Manifest, Part 4: Clorinda: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Destiny Manifest Part 3 of 4: Claude and Al

March 31st, 2008 | by alan

Part 3 of Destiny Manifest…I drew this material in 36 hours…the line work is more loose than I like, but this project is almost finished!

 
icon for podpress  Destiny Manifest, Part 3: Claude and Al: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Destiny Manifest Part 2 of 4: Corpus Christi

March 27th, 2008 | by alan

Destiny Manifest continues with the second 5 minute chapter…

(The third chapter has all the action, so hang in there!)

This chapter features: My harmonica playing debut! (I can’t play the harmonica, it’s all studio tricks…and it sounds like it)
Enjoy!

-AOWB

 
icon for podpress  Destiny Manifest, Part 2: Corpus Christi: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Destiny Manifest Part 1 of 4: John

March 22nd, 2008 | by alan

This is the first 5-minute ‘episode’ of Destiny Manifest, a short film I made in the illustrated and scored story telling format I’m calling a ‘VSA story’ (Virtual Sequential/Sonic Art).

Tom Knight supplied the voice of the narrator, and Kim Barnes plays violin for the opening credits in the episode.

This is a low-resolution copy, designed for the iPhone.

The DVD resolution version will be on my debut record, Revisionist History...due out in April.

Enjoy.

-AOWB

 
icon for podpress  Destiny Manifest Part 1: John: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As the due date approaches….

February 4th, 2008 | by alan

So here I am, six weeks away from the ultimate due date on my debut record. I’m writing the last few cues for Destiny Manifest, I’m recording frantically (I’m shocked by how good my mandolin playing is…however the pleasantness wore off quickly when I realized how bad my nylon string guitar playing has gotten…and you thought I was a bassist?…the bass tracks are SO easy comparatively), and I’m drawing scenes/revising the look of photos like a mad-man.

Interestingly, some of the compositions I’d planned to use for Destiny Manifest were written last year…and they feel alien to me, it’s like I’m trying to force two different composer’s work into the same film.

I’m very excited about the new material, and I’m not so happy with the older material…but I’ve decided that if I keep doing that (deciding the older stuff isn’t as good as the newer stuff) I’m never going to print anything.

As a result, this is coming out… and it’s coming out soon.

And I’m excited…but I’m more excited about the next one.

First Image from Destiny Manifest

July 31st, 2007 | by alan

Here are the the main characters from Destiny Manifest:

Al, Claude, John, and Clorinda.

Clorinda

June 26th, 2007 | by alan

Okay, so I’m a little behind schedule creating content for this website…I’m workin’ a new job AND trying to finish my masters degree while trying to stay married….now that I’ve written what I’ve been up to it doesn’t sound like that big a deal…did I mention that I commute from Atlanta to Nashville weekly?

Anyway, I finally finished a tune using the ensemble I’ve been trying to mess with for awhile:

This is track 3 from a trilogy of tunes that will form the main narrative of a story I’m illustrating called “Destiny Manifest” about 4 children who find themselves caught in Corpus Christi on the day the Mexican-American War broke out.

The piece uses ‘the American string quartet’ Violin (played by my wife, Kim), Mandolin, Guitar, and Bass, as well as a flute (graciously performed by Jeff Kirk). There is also some sequenced percussion as well as a few synth sounds I created with convolusion and granular synthesis. Enjoy.

 
icon for podpress  Clorinda: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download