Battle Hymn of the Republic

I was having technical difficulties on my regular blog, so I'm using this one for today... please go to http://music.willowrise.com to read my post.

PODCAST MOVED!!!

I have to apologize to any who have been following this podcast.  It appears that I vanished.  Actually, I just split my podcast and am hosted elsewhere, and I've been busily at it for a couple months now - I just forgot to mention it!
My writing podcast is at http://chas.willowrise.com/
My music podcast is at http://music.willowrise.com/
Thanks for listening!!!!
- Chas

Be Still My Soul

A friend asked me if I'd be willing to accompany her with an original arrangement of Be Still My Soul.  This is what I came up with so far.  I don't have the voice in this particular recording, so the Jake-made tenor flute is acting as substitute.

Witnesses

Here's a little mix of piano and flutes.  Some of you may recognize the tune...

Why I Do Not Support Gay Marriage

For a transcription of this podcast, go to http://chas.willowrise.com/?p=146

Bunkinisms

This episode is for the benefit of all the friends and family who think our little two year old Bunkin girl is quiet and never talks...

Inner Light

Just improvising with the 'nino again.  A little tune on the spot and a little tune from Star Trek.  Enjoy!

The Third Day with Flute

I was listening to The Third Day and realized it might sound good with a flute part, so I played around a bit, and here's what I came up with...
About halfway through I realized that the chords go crazy on this piece.  Whew!  You'll have to forgive me for the notes that are off.

Jam Session

One of the funnest things to do is get together with friends and have a Jam session.  I'm just lucky enough that my best friends are also family.  Ria and Jake are both incredible on the piano and flutes.
This was a unique jam session because all of the flutes played were made by Jake.  The solo piece Jake plays is also his original composition - and quite amazing.

Row, Row, Row Your Flute

I was having a little fun with the copy and paste function on my recording program.  Did you know Row Your Boat could be split into 8 parts?  It works - even with a tenor flute.  But finding that even a couple rounds of row your boat makes a pretty short podcast, I threw in a couple flute improvisations.  You'll have to excuse the little kid voice in the background - I guess my daughter wanted to be in the show.