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 Music
on Our CDs: The Composers
All
of our CDs feature superb original compositions and arrangements by
the world's finest MIDI musicians.
(MIDI files are very small & computer friendly.)
We use their music with permission and are proud to credit them.
Please join us
in supporting these fine musicians: Some are professionals and
others are serious amateurs and music historians. We hope you will
visit their websites and enjoy their beautiful music.
Robert Bonnell:
An accomplished musician, he plays the piano, trumpet, saxophone and
clarinet, writes beautiful music (jazz, blues, country, Latin,
ballads, ragtime, etc.) and sequences pop songs. His "Mighty
MIDI" website offers free original songs, song loops, short song
loops, cell phone loops, and more:
www.mightymidi.com
Listen to
Mr. Bonnell's original composition “Breezy Guitar." (67k)
Jim Bottorff: Besides the
magnificient job he has done sequencing public domain songs as well
as contemporary favorites, he is dedicated to helping aspiring banjo
pickers learn to play. He provides tips on equipment, offers useful
information, and "play along" music:
www.jbott.com
Listen to
Mr. Bottorff's sequencing of Walter Donaldson's "Carolina in the
Morning" (68k)
Terry Butters:
"Country Rockin' Boogie Woogie" piano is Terry's specialty. A
professional British musician, Terry got inspired listening to
American rock and roll on radio Luxembourg in the mid-50s as a kid.
His website offers free MIDI, boogie woogie and blues piano files, along with a
CD for sale:
www.redball1.freeserve.co.uk
Listen to
Mr. Butter's
original composition "Shuffle Boogie with Trad Changes."
(8k)
Claude
Ciari (& son Christian): These two incredibly
talented, professional musician-composers play crisply clean, classic
guitar and bring a wealth of expertise, creativity and precision to
their music. Their multilingual website (They're in Japan.) offers
free MIDI music and CDs for sale:
www.guitar-ciari.com
Listen to Mr. Claude Ciari's
original composition "Once." (51k)
Listen to Mr. Christian Ciari's
original composition "Salsa."
(48k)
Thomas C.
Gannon: A skilled guitarist, he teaches, composes, sets
others' lyrics to music and creates MIDI arrangements. His website
has guitar lessons section with MIDI chords and jams:
www.usd.edu/~tgannon/miditun.html
Listen to
Mr. Gannon's
original composition
“Brave New World."
(20k)
Robert Gaynor:
Music sequencing is one of his hobbies. He started writing MIDI
tunes in the early 80's and now incorporates soft synths, samples
and live acoustic and electric guitars into his music. His
website offers "Bob G's Cool Jazz Originals"
and tips:
members.aol.com/rgaynor437/1stpg.htm
Listen to
Mr. Gaynor's
original composition
“Phunk"
(31k)
Herbert Harari:
A brilliant contemporary composer, he creates original sequences
and/or arrangements of traditional jazz, blues, Dixieland, boogie woogie, roaring twenties, barrelhouse, stride and country.
His website offers a wide variety of absolutely delightful music:
www.harari.net
Listen to
Mr. Harari's original composition “Chocoholic Blues." (22k)
Benjamin R.
Tubb:
A prolific sequencer of “public domain music” (1923 and
before) and a fine composer in his own right, Mr. Tubb has almost
certainly preserved more public domain music in MIDI format than
anyone else in the world.
His website is the repository of his labor and has a catalog of
public domain music for sale:
www.pdmusic.org
Listen to
Mr. Tubb's sequencing of Scot Joplin’s “The Entertainer."
(29k)
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