Stumbled across this and just had to share. I have used some of Michael's stuff when penning my solos in the big band. Check this out:
This is a piece I've just finished. It's an extract from the musical accompaniment to the first full length audio story commission I'm in the middle of writing. All my previous pieces have been less than ten minutes. It's a challenge to try and create something a little different
from the usual radio play format and I'm experimenting with both field sounds, music and dialogue.
On this piece " Song of the Arm" my soloist singer is Peter Rophone who also played the strings. I am playing a bronze reed Shruti Box as the basic GCG drone and overdubbed bass recorders , capped shawms and jews harps which take over the GCG drone for an interlude. I particularly like Peter's harmonies in the final chorus.
The story is set in 9th Century Norway and is the first in a series.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ward/song-of-the-arm
This is a piece I've just finished. It's an extract from the musical accompaniment to the first full length audio story commission I'm in the middle of writing. All my previous pieces have been less than ten minutes. It's a challenge to try and create something a little different
from the usual radio play format and I'm experimenting with both field sounds, music and dialogue.
On this piece " Song of the Arm" my soloist singer is Peter Rophone who also played the strings. I am playing a bronze reed Shruti Box as the basic GCG drone and overdubbed bass recorders , capped shawms and jews harps which take over the GCG drone for an interlude. I particularly like Peter's harmonies in the final chorus.
The story is set in 9th Century Norway and is the first in a series.
https://soundcloud.com/michael-ward/song-of-the-arm