Virgo Beat
I am currently going through all the Zodiac melodies that I think should have sequenced beat tracks. In performance I will be using my turntables + Final Scratch, and my foot controller board to control samples and effects in Ableton. Yet I am still far more comfortable making beats in Reason, since Ableton is still fairly new to me. So at this stage I want to go ahead and use Reason to compose all the beat tracks I know I am going to need, then import the audio into Ableton and spend the next 2 and 1/2 months immersing myself in exactly what I’m going to be doing live. I’m hoping to finish all the beat tracks before Brian gets back from tour in the later half of November. Much of the remainder of the composition will be determined in rehearsal together, I imagine. Here’s my first go at a beat for Virgo, incorporating the notated accompaniment:
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In the beginning will play doumbek drum along with this beat (which also uses sampled doumbek). The melody will first be played on alto recorder. That’s all I know at this point.
Any suggestions?
I know I didn’t include tenor sax on the list of instruments for this project, but I think tenor in the upper register would sound great for the melody here.