Posts Tagged ‘Arranging music’

Working Out New Material

January 26th, 2010 by Jim Chappell | No Comments | Filed in Inspiration

Taking some rough versions of new original piano songs and trying to hone them into diamonds; we’ll see before long…

Sometimes there is something powerful and engaging there that simply needs to be sculpted, refined, and practiced until it just flows from my fingers when it’s time to record.

It’s always fun to bring something in from the invisible and give it a life here:)

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Arranging Music

December 7th, 2009 by Jim Chappell | 2 Comments | Filed in Latest

Once I have some new song ideas that I am inspired to work with I usually have to roll up my sleeves do “the arrangement.”

For me that means:

  • How can I best present the song?
  • How can it have the most feeling in it?
  • How can it tell it’s story in the most engaging way?
  • Is it long enough?
  • Is it too long?
  • Do I like the intro?
  • Do I like the ending?

Sometimes this part of putting together an album is the most difficult in my opinion. However, besides being very necessary, it can make a huge difference in what you get out of the song as a fan/listener! So it’s a must:)
Here is a piece from my Comfort Songs album that turned out nicely:
<a href="http://jimchappell.bandcamp.com/track/of-a-silver-night" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/jimchappell.bandcamp.com');">Of a Silver Night by Jim Chappell</a>

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