As you probably know, I’m a musician.

Like, that’s my job and I’m on salary. As well as creating and playing music, I teach privately, just outside New York City. Piano and organ are my primary instruments, but I teach other music-y things too.

I always like to have a fun project going, something diverting and unusual. I realized that in the car I’ve been listening to the “Chill” station on SiriusXM more often. I also love medieval music.

“Well, why not?” I thought. So, I’m working on a project that is essentially chill/electronica/downtempo/deep house, but takes melodies and inspiration from medieval English and Welsh music. How’s that for specific? LOL

I normally use PreSonus Notion for classical (etc) composing and recording, but for this, I decided to use GarageBand. Seemed fun, more appropriate, bit of a novelty for me. I even bought myself a new Bluetooth controller keyboard. =)

I’m approaching it differently than the usual hobbyist would. While I am using loops (because that’s the nature of the music), I’m not using premade Apple (etc) loops. That is, I am playing and recording my own stuff.

Perhaps my more classical approach will show up in the sound. For instance, I’ve used the chord progressions from the original Welsh and English tunes, but funked them up; and I have a particular Mozart jam from the Requiem that I want to get in there somewhere.

I’m thinking of doing eight, but I’ll post a recording when I get this first track done.