Old English organ music album

I have continued sequencing old English organ music this week, and I now have a little more than 52 minutes of music sequenced, enough to make an album. I think, though, that I may sequence a few more pieces and then decide which ones to leave out when I've recorded and listened to all of them. The music is really quite nice, and it's well-suited to the historic German organ (built by Silberman in the 18th century) that I'm using.

Music update

I have now sequenced a little more than 35 minutes of music (in 13 tracks) from my book of "Old English Organ Music for Manuals". So, if I sequence about 15 minutes more (probably about 5 or 6 more pieces), I'll have a full album. I haven't actually recorded any of the music yet, since I may still want to make some adjustments in tempos and in registration (the stops used) before I finalize it all and record the pieces. Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with this progress.

Making more music

The last few days, I've gotten back into making music. I had been on a little hiatus from it since I replaced my Windows machine (because the old one was running VERY slowly due to overheating). In order to load the samples of either of my 2 favorite organs, I need nearly 3 GB of memory. The new machine has plenty of memory, but, when I tried to set the /3GB switch, it crashed the new computer so badly that we had to start from scratch loading Windows and everything else. Either I made a mistake in how I did the switch or the new machine simply doesn't work with it (which seems a little unlikely). In any case, I've been afraid to try it again!

I missed making music, though, especially since I've had plenty of free time due to a rather light Berlitz teaching schedule (August is a holiday month for many people in Europe). Finally, a few days ago, I had a bright idea. I have a book of old English organ music (mostly from the 18th century) that I used to use a lot when I was playing for a church. Much of the music is quite easy to sight read, and, although it doesn't rank among the great works of art, it is pleasant music to listen to. So I thought that others might enjoy hearing this music, as well, and probably very little of it has ever been recorded. For this music, I do NOT need the resources of the larger organs. In fact, it's probably actually better on a couple of historic (18th century) Silberman organs that I also have. So, I started in sequencing the music, and so far I've completed 9 pieces and have started working on the tenth. Most are around 2 minutes in length or a little more. At this rate, I should have a full album of music before long!