New Music Tuesday XXI: “Deep Chorale”

25 August 202624 August 2026 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

Yesterday morning I had a little bit of free time and a little bit of staff paper, so I jotted out a little chorale. I decided to write one in the bass clef, which I don’t usually do, and while I followed some of my own “rules” for these chorales, I also took quite a few liberties with them.

I imported the WAV of the finished product into Audacity, where I applied a “Medium Room” reverb filter; a “Wide Synth Pad” chorus effect (one of my favorites); and a “Firm Bass” master effect. The result is this enigmatic, low-end-heavy chorale.

New Music Tuesday V: Pond Ball

10 February 20263 February 2026 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

I neglected to feature this week’s piece sooner, although it did show up in an addition of Phone it in Friday. Well, better late than never!

The structure of this piece is slightly unusual. It’s a string trio, but the violin doesn’t kick in until the second half of the piece, when it adds harmonies and a countermelody of sorts to the work.

Open Mic Adventures CXL: “Triple Deluxe”

22 July 202521 July 2025 The Portly PoliticoLeave a comment

Yours portly has three separate releases that I plan to now release in early September, as my distributor, CD Baby, usually takes about three weeks to approve releases for distribution. Two of the releases feature older works, but one will feature tons of new pieces.

This week, I’m featuring one of those new pieces, “Triple Deluxe”:

Open Mic Adventures CXXXIII: “Skiddle-Diddle-Diddle-Dee (Dit-Dit-Dit)”

3 June 202531 May 2025 The Portly Politico4 Comments

Apparently, I failed to make videos for all of the pieces on Leftovers IV. Indeed, I neglected to upload a lot of the goodies that I usually include with digital purchases of albums; that has now been rectified.

So I am back to looking at some tracks from that short EP. This week’s has the most ridiculous title of any piece I’ve ever composed: “Skiddle-Diddle-Diddle-Dee (Dit-Dit-Dit)”:

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New Music Tuesday XXI: “Deep Chorale”

New Music Tuesday V: Pond Ball

Open Mic Adventures CXL: “Triple Deluxe”

Open Mic Adventures CXXXIII: “Skiddle-Diddle-Diddle-Dee (Dit-Dit-Dit)”