Near the end of 2023, I closed out my latest music journal. That got me flipping through some older journals, and I stumbled upon a couple of pieces I’d never arranged in Noteflight.
One of them was “Snowfall,” which I wrote sometime in 2022. It’s based around an Eb whole tone scale, giving it a mysterious, mystical sound.
I’m particularly proud of this one, and I think you’ll like it, too. Sometimes my Impressionistic little compositions don’t always capture the theme that I am attempting to portray musically, but I think “Snowfall” does the trick.
In order to save some storage space on WordPress—and to drive a wee bit more traffic to my YouTube channel—I’m just featuring the track on YouTube in today’s post (and will do likewise in most posts going forward).
Here is the original handwritten manuscript of “Snowfall,” which I modified slightly for the final composition:
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIX: ‘Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XX: ‘Sleepy Student’s Serenade’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXI: Styx’s ‘Come Sail Away’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXII: ‘Blessed Assurance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIII: ‘Gabbi’s Gavotte’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIV: ‘Softly and Tenderly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXV: ‘Venite, exultemus Domino’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVI: ‘Sonatina’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVII: ‘Heavenly Sunlight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVIII: ‘Song of the Bigfoot’”
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIX: ‘Lavender’s Blue’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXX: ‘Chorale for a Sleepy Wednesday’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXI: ‘Carousel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXII: Hymn Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIII: ‘Spore Song (Mushroom Dance)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIV: ‘Chase’s Dilemma’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXV: ‘The Rings of Saturn’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVI: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ LIVE!“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVII: ‘Private Lessons (Goth Chick)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXVIII: ‘Quasi-Date’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIX: ‘(I’m in the) Business of Love)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XL: ‘Parada’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLI: ‘Serenade for a Sleepy Student No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLII: ‘1001 Arabian Nights’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIII: ‘Greek Fair’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLV: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 1’ – BASS“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVI: ‘Canon Event’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLVIII: ‘Skeleton Dance No. 2’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XLIX: Sloppy ‘Hipster Girl Next Door’ Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures L: ‘Lament of the Lizardman’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LI: ‘Bigfoot Boogie’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LII: ‘Minuet for a New Moon’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIII: ‘Andante in D major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIV: ‘I Need Thee Every Hour’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LV: ‘”Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVI: ‘Orange Roll’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVII: ‘Firefly Dance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LVIII: ‘Kartofelsalat’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LIX: ‘Listless Chorale’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LX: ‘Silent Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXI: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXII: ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’“
- “Open Mic Adventures LXIII: ‘FRANTIC!!’“
The Portly Politico 
I maintain that your compositions would marry well to games, certainly indie titles where they like it short and weird. If anyone in Lamar is making a game and is looking for a composer, you should get involved.
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Thanks, mate! I might need to reach a bit further afield than Lamar to find budding video game developers, but I appreciate the vote of confidence! I’d love to write a video game soundtrack at some point.
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Maybe so but it might be useful to keep your ear out for the opportunity. Considering your itinerary though, I’m amazed you even find the time for a 33 second composition! 😉
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The key is that I use almost every scrap of time working on _something_.
That said, it was amazing to spend the entire weekend unwinding in the mountains. I’ll post about it this weekend and send you a PDF of the essay (it’s probably going to be a series of them). Suzannah took some great pictures, and I got a few good ones, too. I feel totally refreshed.
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