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  • Carnival Macabre (Bb clarinet demo)

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    This piece is a dedicated demo for the download Bb clarinet (VSL).

    It is accompanied by english horn, bassoon and string ensemble.

    Hope you enjoy!

    [url=http://www.guybacos.com/audio/Carnival%20Macabre.mp3]Carnival Macabre[/url]

    Comments are welcomed.

    Guy
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    Wow Guy, another great piece - truly has a macabre, sardonic quality.  It is a virtuoso use of those instrument samples but also shows your endlessly creative composition ideas - great work. 

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    Hi there. I listened to your piece. My foot moved and says "Thanks" (my left foot, actually). While listening to your music my imagination expanded, and I had a simple vision I want to share with you. I saw a clarinet in the darkness (please, don't laugh too loudly...really, I don't smoke funny things). And this clarinet had a keywork in which the keys resembled a skeleton. I hope you will understand. The title of your work made me think of macabre things. Maybe you can go to a forum and see what graphic artists come up with. I guess you could either share this keywork skeleton concept or just give them only your music. I guess clarinetists would like to buy your music if it came with this kind of art. I've seen lots of uninteresting T-shirts specially dedicated to musicians. You could start an online T-shirt business...hahahahahahahahah! If your demos have imagination expansion properties, I will keep smoking them. Thanks Guy, see you.
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    @Mr String said:

    Hi there. I listened to your piece. My foot moved and says "Thanks" (my left foot, actually). While listening to your music my imagination expanded, and I had a simple vision I want to share with you. I saw a clarinet in the darkness (please, don't laugh too loudly...really, I don't smoke funny things). And this clarinet had a keywork in which the keys resembled a skeleton. I hope you will understand. The title of your work made me think of macabre things. Maybe you can go to a forum and see what graphic artists come up with. I guess you could either share this keywork skeleton concept or just give them only your music. I guess clarinetists would like to buy your music if it came with this kind of art. I've seen lots of uninteresting T-shirts specially dedicated to musicians. You could start an online T-shirt business...hahahahahahahahah! If your demos have imagination expansion properties, I will keep smoking them. Thanks Guy, see you.
     

    Mr. String, is there a gas leak in your neigborhood?  [;)]  

    That's deep Mr. String.

    I would say that there's one of two things going on here Mr. String. 

    Either Guy has used his mastery of orchestration and creative ingenuity to touch your soul with this wonderful work of his or you need to switch to a decaffeinated mate[:P]  I would say that it's the former becasue guy is very good at touching souls with his music. 
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     Well I think he is being enthusiastic isn't he?  I agree that the quality of Guy's music is very visually provocative.  In fact, he is obviously a better film composer than many of the big shots out there. 

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    Thanks guys!

    It's tough to make a description of the intention. I start out with a feel and have some vague images in my head, but as blurry as a dream, and it just evolves very instinctively to the end of the piece. This one gave me the feel of a carnival right from the start, but shall I say darker and with a freaky side, as freaky as Mr String's post which I enjoyed thoroughly.

    Jasensmith, what you said about my music touching people's soul is about the nicest compliment a composer can ask for. Thanks!

    William, as always, thanks for the support!

    Guy
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    Now I'm completely shocked. I didn't know that. Mr Guy Bacos's music is "very visually provocative"? And he's been "touching" my soul? Is that what happened to me while listening to his music? : / Well, honestly, it felt good...no it didn't feel good...well it did a little. Oh forget about it. Let's think and feel about things that expand our imagination (no need for on purpose gas leaks). It is the way in which many composers have worked (maybe Guy has some ideas or experiences to share, I kindly invite him to do so). A little thought, a little feeling become something big. A composer experiences this process cyclically. There is a beautiful saying by Lao Tzu: "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe". If you meditate on this phrase a bit...thinking about it, feeling it...expansion develops naturally, melodies start flowing. ((((-_-))))
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