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| Music is a pretty big part of my life, especially since it's my major. I really dig most all genres of music, but I'm a sucker for pop hits ... whoever's writing all of those is rollin' in cash right now since we all know most pop artists don't write their own stuff. (Which isn't that big of a crime as long as they can sing/rap/play their instrument well.) Below you'll find links to some songs I've performed or written as well as a little blurb about each one . Just click on the title to hear, or right-click and save if you want to put it straight onto your 'puter. |
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| "My Little Boat" Recorded during Vocal Cabaret night at the University of Denver in 2005. While the song is definitely not my own, the contrafact sure is! |
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| "Witchcraft" Recorded during Vocal Cabaret night at the University of Denver in 2005. This one is silent for the first 40 seconds because I had to adjust the mic, but just stick in there and you'll hear it! |
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| "Centerpiece" Recorded in 2004 during Vocal Cabaret night at the University of Denver. This was my first time ever performing a jazz song solo with a rhythm section and my own improv section ... I was so nervous I counted off way too fast! |
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| "Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento" Recorded during a performance lab at Kutztown University in 2005. This Italian art song features a woman ranting and raving about how "horrible" a man is to her: He bites me! He grabs me! She calls out. But, alas, she cannot help but love him. This isnt a story about an abusive relationship, the character is just extremely melodramtic. |
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| "I Dreamed a Dream" Recorded in 2004 as part of the audition tape for the University of Denver. |
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| "Blue Skies" Recorded in 2004 as part of the audition tape for University of Denver. I also entered a competition with this song and placed 2nd which was pretty groovy. |
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| "Journey" Recorded sometime in high school from a microphone hooked up to my computer. This song was intended for a song-writing competition, but I missed the deadline unfortunately. All of the vocals and lyrics are my own as well as the melodies. I used that simple "Voice Recorder" program that comes with every Windows platform. It was pretty challanging putting this together without any fancy equipment like the pros have. |
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| "Icicles" Recorded around 2000. This was my first ever recording I made using my computer. |
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| "One to Three" One of my first songs I've written on the piano ... at some point I'll set words to this. I used my Denver roomie's piano for this one... thanks Ali! |
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| "Raindrops" I wrote this one recently (2005) using my new electric piano. All of the sound effects are thanks to my Yamaha Portable Grand. |
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| "Street Corner" I created this song in 2005 using a music program I bought for $10 at Circuit City. It actually came out pretty cool ... |
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| "Perfect 10" Netzero competition strangeness. |
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