Author Archive: tinajordanrees

I’ve been thinking about what to write for this week’s #tuneoftheweek all week. I had decided earlier in the week that it would be nice to write a slip jig as I haven’t yet written one for this project. I have…
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It is week 18 of my #tuneoftheweek project and I seem to be finding that it’s getting easier to compose tunes which is great! I was feeling particularly uninspired today (after a late night!) but it’s the last day of week…
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It’s the last day of week 17 for #tuneoftheweek and I’ve spent the last few hours writing, learning, and recording my latest composition ‘The Lismore Session’. It’s a reel in E minor with a few accidentals here and there. I wrote…
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For #tuneoftheweek for week 16 I’ve written a 7/8 tune in B minor. I wrote the A part whilst making a brew. I then sat down to it later in the day and made a few changes. This took quite…
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This week I have found myself wondering what on earth am I going to do with all these tunes I’m writing. Do I even need to do anything with them? I feel that I am growing as a composer each…
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“Ubiquitous Tunes” is my latest composition for my #tuneoftheweek project, where I aim to write a tune a week. It’s week 14 already and so far I have managed to keep to my plan and I’m really enjoying it. “Ubiquitous…
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I wrote this tune yesterday evening, the last day of Week 13 for #tuneoftheweek. I set out to write a tune in the pipe scale and this is what came out. I’ve named it “Tinto Time” after my enjoyable time tutoring…
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