Greetings,
I hope you're well. A couple of weeks ago I played a concert that was one of the most challenging yet fulfilling experiences I've had as a musician. It was a trio with my friends Joel Tucker on guitar and Jesse Wittman on bass. Here's a photo from that night:
The thing that made it challenging was we played some newer compositions of mine, which included large sections of through-composed music. This trio has played a lot of gigs together, but usually we play standards, which are easy for us to do well. I wanted to write some music that excited me, and it happened to push us a bit out of our comfort zone. Joel and Jesse put in a lot of work, and we pulled it off. I can't wait to play more with this group (and write more originals!).
We'll be putting out an album of this music in the not-too-distant future, and I'll share high-quality audio tracks, along with all of the parts and scores, to this mailing list.
In the meantime, I'd like to give you my tenor part for one of the pieces. Sections of this piece can be practiced essentially as an etude, even without the other instruments present.
The Gentle Giant
Have a great weekend,
Sean
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PPS If you're in the Indianapolis area, I have a cool gig coming up with a 6-piece band that will play more of my original music. Details here.
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