Yours portly released a new album last week, Heptadic Structure. It’s an exploration of pieces in 7/4, 7/8, and 7/16 time. Each piece is twenty-one written measures, for a total of 147 measures across the seven pieces. Math is fun!
You can listen to and/or purchase the album at the following links:
This week I’m featuring the second track from the album, a duet for violin and cello called “Angularity“:
My latest album, Heptadic Structure, is out now. I’m writing this post before the album’s publication date (Sunday, 7 July 2024), so I don’t have all of the links to the album on various streaming platforms, but it’s available on all of them except Spotify. You can also purchase it for $7 on Bandcamp.
Apple Music listeners can listen here.
For the next few weeks I’ll be featuring YouTube videos of the seven tracks from the album. Today we’re starting with the title track, “Heptadic Structure“:
My latest release, Heptadic Structure, is out today on Bandcamp!
It’s one of my more unusual releases. It’s an experimental electronic album consisting of seven pieces written in variations of 7/X time signatures (7/4, 7/8, and/or 7/16). Each piece consists of 21 measures, for a total of 147 measures of written music. 14 + 7 = 21, and 21/7 = 3. 3 represents the Holy Trinity, and 7 represents God’s Divine Number.
If that made your head hurt, no worries—you can just listen to the music and enjoy! Ranging from classical (“Angularity“) to weirdly experimental (“Akhenaten“) to melodious (“Balladic Processional“) and beyond, Heptadic Structure is a mathematically musical journey through time and space.
The title derives from the somewhat dubious field of Biblical numerology. When I conceived of an album built upon the number 7, I cast about for a good name. I searched online for “Heptadic Stucture” and came up with the numerological concept.
I would caution believing Christians not to dive too deeply into Biblical numerology. While I do think it’s fascinating that there appears to be some kind of underlying mathematical structure to God’s Word, it’s too easy to fall into Gnostic heresy. As Christians, we should rely on God’s Word, not an alleged pattern of numbers that may or may not be woven into it.
Regardless, it makes for a cool concept for an album!
You can purchase the album for $7 (ha!) on Bandcamp.
It’s also streaming on all the major platforms (except Spotify):
Happy Listening!
—TPP
My latest album, Advanced Funkification, is out now on Bandcamp and various streaming platforms. I’ve compiled the various links into one list for your convenience. I’m really proud of this release, and I think it deserves to be heard—and I think y’all will enjoy it!
Here is the current list of websites/platforms/services where you can listen to the release:
Bandcamp (listen for free three times; purchase for $5): https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-funkification
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/advanced-funkification/1737543866
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CYVXHCYL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYRd6KE2p8&list=OLAK5uy_kK6CTJ90P8IWCohEr7YnmWCqkBfDCZDWI
YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k763vzrC76DaIsZtNfyYoYbnK-H-lSl50&si=V4D4kRQRGC03mfI4I always like to include a chorale on my various releases, and that includes on Advanced Funkification. How do you write a funky chorale? I’m not entirely sure, but this week’s installment of Open Mic Adventures demonstrates my attempt in the form of “Funk Chorale (Hymn to Funk)“:
My latest album, Advanced Funkification, is out now on Bandcamp and various streaming platforms. I’ve compiled the various links into one list for your convenience. I’m really proud of this release, and I think it deserves to be heard—and I think y’all will enjoy it!
Here is the current list of websites/platforms/services where you can listen to the release:
Bandcamp (listen for free three times; purchase for $5): https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-funkificationApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/advanced-funkification/1737543866Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CYVXHCYLYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTYRd6KE2p8&list=OLAK5uy_kK6CTJ90P8IWCohEr7YnmWCqkBfDCZDWIYouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k763vzrC76DaIsZtNfyYoYbnK-H-lSl50&si=V4D4kRQRGC03mfI4For this week’s installment of Open Mic Adventure, I’m featuring the title track from the release, “Advanced Funkification“:
As I wrote this morning, my latest album, 🎸Advanced Funkification🎸, is out now on Bandcamp and various streaming platforms. I figured it would be worthwhile to compile the various links into one list for your convenience. I’m really proud of this release, and I think it deserves to be heard—and I think y’all will enjoy it!
Here is the current list of websites/platforms/services where you can listen to the release:
For YouTube users, here’s the full playlist:
Get funky!
—TPP
Hi Readers,
My latest album, Advanced Funkification, a collection of funk and funk-adjacent tunes, is out today. It’s my grooviest release yet, and it explores the boundaries of funk in intriguing and cool ways.
Pick it up for just $5, and you’ll not only get eight funky tracks, but full scores of each piece; MP4 videos; and original artwork. You can find it here: https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-funkification
Time to enroll in Advanced Funkification!
The album is also out on Apple Music and YouTube, as well as other streaming services (except for Spotify). I’ll post direct links in the comments as soon as I get them.
I have had a blast releasing tons of instrumental music this year, but I think this release is my best this year. Let me know what you think!
Funkily Yours,
TPP
Well, just like with Lazy Sunday, I was off on my Roman numeral numbering for Open Mic Adventures. Fortunately, it’s just by one, but I made the mistake somewhere around the fortieth-odd post, so, like with Lazy Sunday, I’m just going to start the correct numbering back with this post. As such, there’ll be two posts with “LXXXII” in their titles, but the list of “Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures” below has been corrected. Goodness!
Regardless, today’s track is from my seventeenth album, Four Mages—the last one I have yet to feature here. It is a collection of ten electronic tracks, all but one of which (“The Blind Prophet“) is color-coded. Each piece explores some facet of fantasy archetypes, weaving and casting a musical spell upon listeners.
Here are some platforms where you can listen:
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3WHmt9h (Amazon Affiliate link; I get a portion of any purchases made through that link, at no cost to you)Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/four-mages/1734702792Bandcamp: https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/four-magesYouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nujl75apVRTixddPAfSWgtKqmjKHmmbA0&si=eWuLqof6gNhGMsdQI really enjoy this album, and I hope you will, too. It’s about fourteen minutes in length, so it’s perfect listening for doing a short errand or for a quick drive.
Today’s track is from my seventeenth album, Four Mages. It is a collection of ten electronic tracks, all but one of which (“The Blind Prophet“) is color-coded. Each piece explores some facet of fantasy archetypes, weaving and casting a musical spell upon listeners.
Here are some platforms where you can listen:
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3WHmt9h (Amazon Affiliate link; I get a portion of any purchases made through that link, at no cost to you)Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/four-mages/1734702792Bandcamp: https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/four-magesYouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nujl75apVRTixddPAfSWgtKqmjKHmmbA0&si=eWuLqof6gNhGMsdQI really enjoy this album, and I hope you will, too. It’s about fourteen minutes in length, so it’s perfect listening for doing a short errand or for a quick drive.
Today’s track is from my seventeenth album, Four Mages. It is a collection of ten electronic tracks, all but one of which (“The Blind Prophet“) is color-coded. Each piece explores some facet of fantasy archetypes, weaving and casting a musical spell upon listeners.
Here are some platforms where you can listen:
Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3WHmt9h (Amazon Affiliate link; I get a portion of any purchases made through that link, at no cost to you)Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/four-mages/1734702792Bandcamp: https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com/album/four-magesYouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nujl75apVRTixddPAfSWgtKqmjKHmmbA0&si=eWuLqof6gNhGMsdQI really enjoy this album, and I hope you will, too. It’s about fourteen minutes in length, so it’s perfect listening for doing a short errand or for a quick drive. This week’s feature has done a bit better than most on YouTube, too.
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