Totally Cool Giveaway!

Jonathan Maiocco is giving away a signed copy of his newly published piano piece Café Français along with a CD containing 5 tracks! You can enter here. Be sure to follow him! And if you do follow him... Make sure to say it's through me!


In case you couldn't tell, this is very exciting. Maybe one day I'll have a piece published...

A Question For My Readers

I have encountered problem after problem when it comes to posting photos. It started when my Picasa album became completely filled. Since every photo I upload is automatically added to the album, I needed another way. I switched to Flickr but it will only allow 200 photos to be visible at a time unless I pay.

My question is: Do you have any suggestions for a site I could use to store my photos so I can embed them without having to pay? And, if I stay with Flickr, will my older photos still be visible on my blog even if I can't access them?

Thanks for your input!

Some New Favorite Songs:

Gotta love Owl City!

Also from this album: I especially love The Real World and Dreams Don't Turn to Dust

I'm figuring out how to play this on the piano. It's quite remarkably easy.







This is from Leeland's latest album. It has a different sound from their previous and at first I wasn't completely satisfied, but once I heard this song I was sold. This is by far my favorite of their songs so far.

Also from this album: I really like I Wonder, which is quieter, and Not Afraid Anymore, where they pick up the pace and take on the sound I know them for.







Finally, I have fallen in love with this song by Sidewalk Prophets, and guess what, I'm also learning to play this on piano. Which includes me listening to 3 seconds at a time and carefully writing out the piano part. Yep.

An End-of-the-Year Composition For Your Enjoyment

It's been a great year, full of excitement and fun, and challenges and new opportunities.

There have been those times when all I wanted was to escape from the world, to crawl into bed and hide.

There have also been those moments that I wish I could relive, that will always be in my memory.

This year has changed me, that's for sure.

I think, in a way, this song is a recap of 2011 for me.

Pictures by composer4christ


 

Christmas, Sweet and Simple

Merry Christmas, my wonderful readers!

Christmas Cookies

And that's when I realized that this bell cookie actually looked like Darth Vader.

I decorated it accordingly.




On a side note, look at all the pretty cookies!

 

It's Been Announced!

This morning, Eric Whitacre announced the song for Virtual Choir 3!



This is the song:

 And this is what the man himself has to say:

I am so excited!!!

Must Resist Urge To Use Chopstick As Weapon...

Seriously. It's taken all of my will power to refrain from practicing my jedi skills with these:

And they do, in fact, work. I used them to eat my stir fry last night.

Thank you Mother Mags!!!

For Your Holiday Enjoyment

It isn't Christmas without this gem.

Merry Christmas!

I know it's a little early for this, but here it is anyway: My annual Christmas composition!

Annual as in I've been composing little gifts for The Director for the past 3 Christmases.

But this one's for all of you!

This year's Christmas composition is an arrangement I came up with a few weeks ago of The First Noel. I hope you enjoy!

The First Noel by composer4christ

Merry Christmas!


-E.F.C.