Composer - 12 notes, infinite possibilites 
If you're
looking for the music
downloads (free samples) they are at the bottom of this page.
Either scroll down or read through the text to get to them. My only lyric piece, and the only one I produced externally is Without You, I'd Not Be Me. This piece is autobiographical, inspirational, and have brought both joy and inspiration to many people who like me grew up in an "interesting" environment. I wrote the lyrics, the music, was executive producer on this cut, and the pianist (why would I hire someone else to do that?). I did hire a vocalist because I wanted to keep the quality up. My childhood was spent
listening to
music from the 1960's and 1970's. This was a grand time for
fully-orchestrated rock music. Think Elton John, Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand,
The Beatles, Chicago, Emerson Lake
and Palmer, Cat
Stevens, Jim
Croche, The
Moody Blues, and the Electric
Light
Orchestra, just to name a handful, and know that I was exposed to
and studied some music with serious depth. Add to that my
exposure during early adulthood to smooth jazz and new age music by
such greats as David
Benoit and David
Lanz, along with the two
years of classical piano lessons I took as a young boy (yes, that's
all) from the great Adele Bookman (who taught,among others, Pat
Flowers), and
it is easier to understand my music influences. My usual composition styles
either
relax or stimulate people. My relaxing music is usually new age
piano solos, or small instrument ensembles. My upbeat music (also known
as my "get happy" music) is richer, fuller, and usually written for
many instruments. My first two CDs fall into
the
relaxing category. Neuro New Age Nursery Tunes is my reinterpretation
of nursery tunes when we take the "ditty" nature away. This CD is
designed for pregnant women to listen to. It relaxes them, and gives
the in-vitro child something to listen to. Anecdotal tests have
reliably shown that if the child in-vitro listens to this music, and it
is put on for them after they are born, they relax, settle, down, and
go right off to sleep. Of course, most adults find it quite relaxing. Gary Rimar's Dreams Suite is
also
music to relax to. Listeners have told me it is excellent to use as
massage music (my first CD also works well for this purpose), mass
transit music on the iPod, and music to use while spending loving time
with one's partner. Satin Dreams,
the
tenth
cut
on the CD, has been
used as alternative wedding processional music with great
success. On the CD you buy, the sax version is which one is
used. As an experiment, I did a violin/cello
version as well. As an aside, my favorite cut
on my
first CD is also the tenth cut (Pop
Goes The Weasel).
Heaven
help me if
I ever compose a CD with less than ten cuts.
I also compose what I refer to as "get happy music." It could work for video games, video commercial music beds,
or anyplace where happy music is needed. I was also influenced by being in a Klezmer band for a decade and being
the music director for a synagogue for over three decades. To that end, To provide a perspective on the
range of upbeat music I compose, some examples include a full orchestra-style sports
processional named C'mon Let's Roll (used for Detroit's Fame Games - think Special Olympics),
a Hawaiian-style piece called Sparlking Island Sunrise, a ragtime/Klezmer piece
composed for a radio talk show (appropriately named Klezmer Rag), and
a fusion piece combining Latin and Klezmer stylings called
Klez Ladino (video download).
This is but a small sample, and not all of my get happy music is particularly fast, but this gives an idea of what I can do.
Using the Klezmer Rag piece as an example, I ran into a client at a weekend event on a Friday night. He told me he needed a new
radio bed for a show he was doing and asked me if I could come up with something within a week or two. I told him I would give it a shot.
I went home from the event, spent Saturday morning noodling, produced the A part of Klezmer Rag, and took it to him. I told him that this
was the rough draft of what I thought he needed. He listened to it and said "that's not the rough draft....that's the final piece!
How the hell did you do that so fast??" Granted, the rest of the piece wrote itself afterward, and I finally got around to producing the
piece in final form much later, but I say all this to make clear that if someone needs this kind/style of music, it can be created quickly and well,
and in whatever format a producer or consumer is likely to need.
My music is available for purchase, license for full use, and for sampling. Rates vary depending on project
scope and purchase or license terms. Please contact me for more information and a project quote. The download links displayed
again:- Pop Goes The Weasel
- Satin Dreams Sax
Version
- Satin Dreams
Strings Version
- C'mon Let's Roll
- Sparkling Island Sunrise
- Klez Ladino
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