Boardwalk Empire

Boardwalk Empire is a new show set in the 1920's during the beginning of prohibition. This series was created by Terence Winter (writer of "The Sopranos") and the pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese. Scorsese's camera angles are truly brilliant in this tale of "Nucky" Thompson (after Enoch Johnson), the ruler of Atlantic City. Take a look a the trailer above, which gives you more insight into the new series than I ever could.

Moving On - My Sound Clip

Moving On

Moving On by dereksyme

The chord progression I created for this Sound Clip makes me feel relaxed, happy, and hopeful. It makes me feel like I've made peace with the past and I am moving on and will never look back.

Thunder - My Sound Clip

Thunder

Thunder 2 by dereksyme

Thunder by dereksyme

This sound clip is named Thunder because of the rumble it make at the middle of each bar in the Rhythm. This is actually part two of one of my other sound clips called "Third (B) Progression".

Sandy Beaches - My Sound Clip

Sandy Beaches

Sandy Beaches by dereksyme

What inspired this sound clip was a simple chord I created that sounded very calm and relaxed. The rest of the chords flowed out naturally creating a song that reminds me of being on a sandy beach doing nothing but relaxing without a care in the world.

Piano Creation - Sound Clip

Piano Creation

Piano Creation by dereksyme

This clip was started by me exploring major 7th chords as opposed to common open chords, which do not have the tension filled 7th notes. The seventh chords sounded better played slowly, in my opinion, so I naturally made this clip very slow and clean. I thought the piano played over top of the 7th chords would sound beautiful, so I created a melody. This clip is unlike anything I've ever recorded in the past.

Castles - My Sound Clip

"Castles"

Castles by dereksyme

This sound clip I've written has been inspired solely by one chord that I first heard from the intro of the song "Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix. This chord is the Gsus2 Chord.

Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

I truly envy the audience. I would pay just about anything for the chance to go back in time and witness this man's genius and guitar skills. Jimi, however, dismissed this song as something "tossed off in the studio for the TV cameras." (Jimi Hendrix tab book transcribed by Andy Aledort)