Jeanna Murphy: Blog

Hello again,

So I have finally posted a new song on the site.  I've got a bunch more just hovering in my computer right now and I want to share them with you but because they are actually going to companies I have to wait and see and find out if I'm even aloud to post them.  Crazy right?!  Such a whole new world for me now.  So as usual stay tuned.  I hope to post them within the next several weeks.

The new one that's up is called The Olympian and I am extremely proud of this one.  I worked with instruments that I had very little knowledge of up until now.  So I got out my handy-dandy orchestration book and took a crash course on brass and wind instruments.  Man are they more complicated then strings!  Placement and range and what instruments go or don't go with what instruments were super important.  I learned that for the most part they are more effective when they're not all playing at once.  That was hard to do since I like a lot of stuff going on all the time;)  I actually printed off a picture of an orchestra setup so that I could get a clearer understanding of how it all works.  Huge learning curve for me but I loved it and I'll definitely try another one like this soon!

Haven't heard back about the Linkin Park contest yet.  The results were supposed to be in monday and then that changed to wednesday and now it doesn't say anything.  Not going to hold my breath:)  But if they don't pick me I'm gonna use my string line for something else.  It totally got stuck in my head!

Have a great day,

Jeanna