New tune: “flow like so” – mesmerizing accordion & electronica

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We’re busy preparing for our shows in August so I gave the band a break from recording this month. I still wanted to publish a video so I put the finishing touches on a tune I composed in 2022. “flow like so” is a synth-soaked ambient piece with accordion. I built the mesmerizing, relaxing, chill video with footage from the Penticton, BC dam and channel.

Accordions belong anywhere in any genre, even flow. No musical borders. That’s my contention and I’m sticking with it. 🙂

For music nerds, the time signature is 7/4. The accordion is my musette tuned Weltmeister Achat. The synths sounds are all in GarageBand (the free Apple app) which just goes to show that possibilities are endless if you have a creative streak and like to play with sonic landscapes.

For a hi-fi audio file of “flow like so” visit our BandCamp: https://themadmaggies.bandcamp.com/track/flow-like-so

New Tune: a “Fanfare” for Summer

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Summer is here in all its glory.

Enjoy this jubilant, complex, lively flourish of the Mad Ms’ brass & reeds, in other words a “Fanfare”.

The Mad Ms horn players are stellar! Not to mention a big part of what makes our ensemble so distinctive.

For those who look under the hood of musical compositions, this is a five-part, hybrid contrapuntal piece somewhere between a canon and a fugue.

For those who simply enjoy the bold force of wind instruments and brass with percussion accents, this will delight.

I wrestled with this piece on and off for over five years to get it right. The counterpoint is satisfying. 🙂

You’ll notice how much fun I was having with “particle effects” in the video.

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Mags