"Perry Mason"

Nice.

"Park Avenue Beat" isn't it?

Very impressive the way you can wrap your mind around (to me) a complicated arrangement.

The name I remembered, but the composer requires google.


Edit: Fred Steiner, compliments of google.

That was a real hoot Randy. When they do the updated tv series, you'll have to get the nod to arrange it.

Well done! Nice recording.

Very cool Randy,

I was waiting for another one from you using JABB. What a great addition this is to your pallete. Great job on this, you definately have figured out to deliver a great performance from the JABB instruments.

You've got a great orchestra and a great big band at your fingertips. How great it must be to be a composer/arranger of your skills in these modern times.

Wow thanks Randy, That brought back some memories, excellent arrangement, that JABB very cool , thanks for sharing

Dave

Well done, Randy!

I really enjoy the music from this era, all that swagger.

Hey Randy, thanks for this classic. I remember watching some reruns during the 80s ... Yes, your Garritan collection sure came handy already, didn't it? I hope I'll be proud owner of GPO soon ...
Thanks for sharing.
Heinz.

Hi Randy,
One of my all time fave's .......TV themes.
You did it justice..(oopss unententional pun.)
that JABB sounds real good.
did you work from scratch on this or did you have a midi file as a guide to tweak?

OT: Randy ...you ever think about creating a page where you can give some of us fellas that wan't to learn how to orchestrate ...a chance to learn from you?
I'm sure a lot of us could learn a lot from you....
Northern Sounds is way over my head ..
and I dig where your comming from
Kenny

OK Randy...Now Hill Stree Blues~!

I can see it now...Another post from Randy and Mike...

FUNny, Robert!--hehe---my version of “Perry Mason” as the sound track for your mystery solving at the office. Love it.

Heinz—You GO for GPO. You’ll love it. And don’t forget that a smaller version, the “Pocket Orchestra” is apparently going to be part of the Home Studio XL upgrade.

Mike, thanks for asking to collab again. I’m being realistic about my time, and will gladly collab with you and some other folks when I can!

And thank you RLB for listening. I know what you mean about the way I have the drums get stronger as the thing goes on. It’s the choice I made, for them to be cool and an unaggressive part of the ensemble at first, and then build.

Kenny—I found a MIDI file for this theme song, but oh man it was lame, and just plain Wrong in several places. Worst thing about that MIDI file I found was how literal the beginning of phrases were, “dum – dum –DUM – dum dum”—You know, the dreaded overly-quantized thing that happens on the tinky-tink MIDI files found online.

I went ahead and saved that file for reference, but started my version from scratch, since my intention was to do some new arranging on it.

NOW—Kenny and Heinz, you honored me with the request for a page where I could talk about orchestration and pass on some tips.

Thank you very much for that request. You inspired me to give that a whack, and I’ve already started writing something that I can put up at my personal website and post the link to. Just give me a bit of time—I’m leaving soon for a long weekend getaway, won’t be back until Monday afternoon or later, when I can work some more on the first page, as time permits.

Trying to write about music composition and the more technical aspects of using soft synths etc gets down to the purely subjective experiences of the writer. There’s no way I would attempt to write a simplified How To thing—much too definitive and Rule Bookish—ack!

What I’ll put up will be casual, conversational, maybe even not all that organized. But maybe it’ll give readers some ideas to think about and try out.

So, thanks for the request. I accept!—Just give me a little time.

Randy
rbowser

You're this close to not being pathetic.