My composing has slowed to a crawl lately and my live performances are pretty much nonexistent, but I managed to squeeze out a fresh composition last week, a little bit of fugue-like brassiness for your fantastical enjoyment.
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Open Mic Adventures CLIV: “Aachen Cathedral Chorale”
This week I’m digging up an older piece that invokes (in my mind) the ancient traditions of medieval Europe.
Spooky Season IV
Hi all,
Spooky Season IV is out now. Get it for 30% off with promo code ghost.
That’s all I’ve got today.
Happy Listening!
—TPP
Open Mic Adventures CLIII: “Lime Ghost”
I’m still waiting to hear from CD Baby that they’ve approved my latest release, Spooky Season IV. They have gotten super slow with approving albums now that they’re charging extra for fast-tracked approval. Boooooooooooooo!
Regardless, here’s another track from the upcoming-at-some-point album:
Open Mic Adventures CLII: “Pink Ghost”
Spooky Season IV is coming at some point this month (hopefully the Monday of Halloween week). Here’s another tasty tune for your spooky satisfaction.
Open Mic Adventures CLI: “Blue Ghost”
Spooky Season IV is coming out later this month, and I finally finished it last week. The first track I wrote for the album, “Blue Ghost,” is the feature of today’s Open Mic Adventures.
This piece is the companion piece to “Red Ghost,” which I featured last week. I like the contrasts between them.
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My latest EP, Säx, released last month, as did two full-length albums, Electrock III: Euroclydon and Triple Deluxe.
My full discography typically goes for $87.64. Considering it’s twenty-nine (29) releases, some of which are not available on streaming platforms, that’s pretty good—and just $3.02 per release!
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Happy Friday!
—TPP
Open Mic Adventures CL: “Red Ghost”
Yours portly is hard at work on Spooky Season IV and it’s nearly done. I don’t have an official release date yet, but I hope to have it out by Halloween (preferably about a week before).
That said, here’s one of the pieces from the release, which features a number of colorful ghosts.
Open Mic Adventures CXLIX: “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”
Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I was not sure how to process the tragedy. I sat down at piano and decided to play some hymns.
As I flipped through my Cokesbury Worship Hymnal, I came upon “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name” and decided to play it. The horrible assassination had already awoken thousands to Christ, and social media was abuzz with posts noting that individuals and/or their family members had a.) planned to attend to church on Sunday; b.) had purchased or planned to purchase and read Bibles; and c.) accepted Christ. It was clear that a powerful national revival was breaking out.
It was also a powerful reminder of how Christ Uses even the most wicked events to His Good. There is power in Jesus’ Name!
As such, I decided to add my voice to the outpouring of prayers for peace and salvation, and shared this brief piano performance of the piece.
Open Mic Adventures CXLVIII: “Funky Sax II”
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With even more apologies to Ponty—don’t worry, mate, I’ll have more shorts of me playing piano and hamming it up for the camera next week (I think)—I’m sharing an old original composition this week, “Funky Sax II” from Electrock III: Euroclydon (50% off with promo code “storm”). Like last week’s piece, I think this one dates back to Fall 2004, when I was in a saxophone sextet at the University of South Carolina.
I don’t have access to score for this piece anymore, but it’s either a saxophone quintet or sextet.
The Portly Politico 