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Andre's music

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Instrumental stuff

Sarabande - Handel's Sarabande from the keyboard suite in Dm.

Fugue in Gm - Bach's Fugue in Gm, BWV 562. 4 electric guitars and 1 electric bass.

Bach Chorale 003 - 4 electric guitar tracks and 1 electric bass track. No click track!

Bach Chorale 081 - 3 electric guitars, 2 electric basses.

Bach Again (NES) - I sang this arrangement of a Bach chorale in my choir class. I arranged it for Midines.

Final Countdown (Bass) - Part of The Final Countdown by Europe, played on 6 bass tracks, upright and electric.

Frescobaldi Fugue - A quick recording of a fugue by Frescobaldi. I found the sheet music on imslp.org. I hope to rerecord this someday when I have a better guitar, and more practice.

Here to Stay (NES) - Here to Stay, by The Power Chords, arranged for Midines.

Home Sweet Home - The song from Butz' home town in Final Fantasy 5. I tried to recreate the original as best as I could with real instruments. Acoustic guitars, upright basses, violins, and flute.

Kids Run Through the City - Town song from Final Fantasy 6. I tried to recreate the original as best as possible. Acoustic guitars, flutes, upright bass, violins.

Phantom Forest - Phantom Forest song from Final Fantasy 6. I tried to recreate the original as best as possible. Flutes, Acoustic guitar, upright bass, violins.

Plant Man - Plant Man's stage from Mega Man 6. The intro is from Shadow Man from Mega Man 3. Acoustif guitars, upright bass, shaker (an envelope of beans or something), trumpets.

Sign of Evil - The last level of the first episode of Doom for PC. Vocals (12 tracks I think), drums, violin, upright bass.

Zelda Dungeon - The dungeon music from The LEgend of Zelda for NES. For the guitar tracks, I actually recorded it the way it is int he NSF, with once guitar doing 1+2+ and another guitar doing the off-beat counts (e a).

Collaborations

Jetmen Take Flight - I played bass. Recorded for a tribute album to the composer Hiroyuki Iwatsuki. Arranged by Ian Luckey, and performed by Ian Luckey, Francis Roberts, Drew Castle Peters and myself.

All Are Welcome at Vanilla Lake Resort - Vanilla Lake from Super Mario Kart. I played bass. Bobby Winston on drums, and Adolfo on guitar.

Windscene - Wind Scene (600 A.D. music) from Chrono Trigger. I played bass and violins. Bobby Winston played drums and guitar.

Vocal stuff

America Tag - From Team America World Police.

Bubbly Clouds - From Kirby Superstar for SNES, with vocals about my ex, Aubrey.

I've Been Workin' on the Railroad - Arrangement from barbershop.org

Mona Come Back (tag) - A tag I wrote when my ex, Mona, was away at summer school.

Mona Come Back - An original song I wrote when my ex, Mona, was away at summer school.

Straley Cat Strut - A parody of Stray Cat Strut by The Stray Cats, with lyrics about my BRF (Best Roommate Forever).

Uprising a cappella - The chorus of Muse's song Uprising, done with 12 vocal tracks.

Vespene Tag - An original tag based on a quote from Starcraft.

School Projects

Silius Passacaglia - Project for music theory class. We had to write a piece in an ostinato form. This is a passacaglia based on the title screen music of Journey to Silius for NES. Performed by my classmates and teacher.

Sonata in D - I wrote this for theory class. Originally it was for bass and piano. A year later, I arranged it further to include flute and violin, and my classmates and I played it for my divisional.

Metroid Symphony - Arranged for my music theory class, and performed by the San Diego state University symphony Orchestra, spring 2007. Includes themes from Metroid and Super Metroid.