A lot that turned into radio and tv and food. I really did too many notes with that GOS collection. When I play GOS today, it's very much a product of its time. That, after so many keyboards with tiny brains and samplers maxed out, made my eyes pop out of my skull. My first exposure to a real sample library was Peter Siedlaczek's Advanced Orchestra. So although I have all these fancy samples, when I need a quick demo just so the client can get an idea I use Garritan, and sometimes in mockups they even stay when I get used to that sound and nothing can replace it. Well, that came from instant orchestra also, and there’s not a sound like that anywhere else. And then in the finale of the 7th movement starts with ethereal piano and strings with this whooshing sound that sounds like spirit ghosts quickly weaving in and out of ancient dead ruins. I needed a light organ sound in the 4th movement and Garritan flute organ fit the bill working like a charm. Nothing fancy.Īnd lastly, I have a concerto that will be premiered this August that is for soloist and fixed electronic media. That thing sold like hot cakes especially to low brass players starved for solo works.
I simply made an organ demo that the soloist can use to practice to. Then I made a version of Bach’s Fantasia for organ and brass soloists. And the entire last section was just instant orchestra and the client could not tell when I switched from live to samples. Then a professional brass band wanted one of my pieces so I beefed up the original with instant orchestra patches, the ones with warm and natural brass plus some of the cymbals and chimes. Here’s the Garritan track that got me the commission: It was enough money to send my family to the Philippines to help out my wife’s family. They needed it fast, and there was no purpose spending time on a great mock-up, so I simply use Garritan samples in Finale and got the project done.
For example, I had a client in Texas that wanted me to turn my arrangement of Amazing Grace into an orchestra and organ piece that I got performed last November in front of 2000 people. You know what? Every time I think I’m done with Garritan I simply think about my last year, and there’s so much that I need to be thankful to Garritan for providing food on my family’s table and a shelter over our heads.
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