03-Birdland (Pasadena High School Drum Corp, California)
This revisioned piece was written for our drum corp by an instructor in 1988. I do not recall his name. I basically reconstructed the piece via synthesizers. There are a couple of mistakes, but almost represents this lost piece. I…
11-Get Ready (Kodak Cinema Digital Sound)
Even though this is an original creation, I did my best to recreate the opening video of Cinema Digital Sound. They did not last long and was proceeded a few years later by Dolby Digital and Sony Dynamic Digital Sound….
10-Breakdown in L.A.
Patterned after the hit movie, Falling Down.
08-S*U*P*E*R Trailer
S*U*P*E*R, the Student Union Programming, Entertainment and Recreation Committee of California State University, Los Angeles. I was a member of this committee from 1991-1992. On certain nights, we would show movies that were just shown in theaters for students. This…
10-Also Sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss, 1894 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra)[1] is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche‘s philosophical novel of the same name.[2] The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical…
06-Birdland (recreated by Quicy Jones)
“Birdland“ is a jazz piece written by Joe Zawinul of the band Weather Report as a tribute to the Birdland nightclub in New York City, which appeared on the band’s 1977 album Heavy Weather. The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award with their 1979 version of the song, which had…
02-Ashton’s Gunn
An example of Peter’s Gun music on YouTube.
01-Chinese Gig
Michael Sims, a colleague in high school, is where I got this from.
01-Trumpet on a Hill
Inspired by Mike Sims, a colleague from Pasadena High School Marching Band.
05-Crazy Nest
A little bit of Holst: The Planets in the mix.
03-Jolly Rhyme
This little song is one of my key signature pieces that I would like to re-do one day. It was inspired by the music of the Disneyland’s Main Street Electric Parade. I was so impressed on how the had the…
08-FOX Jams
Alfred Newman (composer) is best known for composing the fanfare which accompanies the studio logo at the beginning of 20th Century Fox‘s productions. YouTube
07-Zarathustra Rock
Richard Strauss, 1894 Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra)[1] is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche‘s philosophical novel of the same name.[2] The composer conducted its first performance on 27 November 1896 in Frankfurt. A typical…
06-My First Groove
In the Pasadena, California FEDCO, sometime in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, while my mom shop, I would go to the electronics section and start playing on the electronic keyboards they had on display. They had to keyboards specifically;…
01-01-Drum Corp
My first recorded sequence ever. My First Groove is actually the first song, but this one here is the first recorded.
Digital music market of my music
My music is available on a lot of streaming services. Here is a list of a few of them.