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Berklee Course Work

09.2003 - Current

Here's some music I've composed, arranged, and/or performed at Berklee.

5th Semester

• Some original jazz quartet tunes and/or arrangements (not fully mixed yet). Lou Wang (p), Paul Jones (as), Takashi Sugawa (b), Adam Nazro (d).
  
  Bye Bye Blackbird (.mp3)
  Giant Steps (.mp3)
  Caravan (.mp3)
  Enough! (.mp3)


• A bossa nova that I wrote (music + lyrics), produced, and mixed. Sara Serpa (v), Tim Bojanowski (d), Takashi Sugawa (b).
  
  Whisper (.mp3)


• Jingle for an Adidas commercial that I wrote, produced, and mixed. Rodrigo Cuevas (lyrics, voc), Sara Serpa (v), Michael Farquharson (b).
  
  Forever Sport (.mov)
  
  

4th Semester

• A live recording of my arrangement of Pat Methany's "Question and Answer" for 6 horns (2 trumpets, tenor, alto, bari, trombone) plus rhythm section. The chart was chosen among many student submissions and was performed in the Berklee Performance Center for the Chord Scale Madness concert.
  
  Question and Answer (mp3)


• Underscore for a pen commercial by Waterman. Composed and sequenced in DP / Gigastudio.
  
  Waterman (mov)


• A standard-type jazz tune that I wrote, arranged, produced, and mixed. Recorded in Studio B (tenor sax, trumpet, pno, bs, gt, drm).
  
  Simple Enough! (mp3)


• Underscore for a puppy chow commercial that I composed, produced, sequenced additional parts, and mixed. Recorded in Studio B (pno, bs, gt, drm)
  
  It's Puppy Chow Time! (mp3)
  
  
• Underscores for a Gillette commercial - two versions, "light + happy" and "serious + sombre". Sequenced in DP/Reason.
  
  Light + Happy (mov)
  Serious + Sombre (mov)
  
  

3rd Semester

• Sequence of an imaginary suspense film. The premise: "Man walking in a dark field at night, suddenly gets chased by a giant robot!"
  
  Suspense (mp3)
  
  
• Techno-style remix (DP/Reason) of a composition by Andrea Pejrolo.
  
  Remix (mp3)
  
  
• Latin groove demo featuring flute lead - all sequenced in DP.
  
  Montuno (mp3)
  
  
• Dear Danava - an original composition performed and recorded in Studio B as part of the Recording Studio Ensemble.
  
  Dear Danava (mp3)
  Dear Danava (lead sheet)
  
  
• Arrangement of the jazz standard Love For Sale for a jazz big band. Recorded with the Big Band Project Band
  
  Score (pdf)
  Project Band recording (mp3)
  
  

2nd Semester:

• Recording from George Zonce's 8-piece ensemble; featuring Won Suck Choi (as), Akihiro Nishiguchi (ts), George Zonce (tp), Lou Wang (p), Blakely Marquez (b), Zachary Kreuz (d)
  
  Carisi's "Israel" (mp3)
  Broadway (mp3)
  Speak Low (mp3, excerpt)
  Peggy's Blue Skylight (mp3)