Our song now has a trumpet section! Check out this four-part recording performed by the amazing Kelly O'Donohue. Kelly is also playing the trombone for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGQxle-eI68
Score! We now have sheet music for a 22-piece orchestra
It's amazing to see a page of old sheet music translated into a full arrangement for a 22-piece big band orchestra. Much thanks to the brilliant Samuel Fuentes for his help with this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0qfDsHWVuU
Bass track preview
Our song now has a bass part! I hope you enjoy this preview. Thanks to Andy Warner for performing this for us! You can find him on Fiverr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD_lTpYek1c
Drum track preview
This is it, the first track, the foundation — the drums! Enjoy this preview. Thanks to Jake Naugle Drums for this awesome performance. https://youtu.be/uQ6g9Ts5I3c
My rough interpretation
So this is very primitive but it shows how I want to interpret the song. "I'm Dreaming of No One But You" has a 16 bar intro that I think should be swinging but on the slow side. Once it hits the main chorus, it slows even more, almost falling off a cliff as the … Continue reading My rough interpretation
“I’m Dreaming of No One But You”
My grandma Leona grew up on a farm in New Haven, Mo., and dreamed of being a songwriter. In 1942 one of her songs was published, but no one ever recorded it. I've been having a lot of fun working on a project to get Leona's song "I'm Dreaming of No One But You" properly … Continue reading “I’m Dreaming of No One But You”
Original sheet music play through
If you took the sheet music and played it on piano, this is what you'd hear. I really like the jazzy chord progressions! Starting from this, I'm working to record this song so it sounds similar to other popular songs in the 1940s — a swinging, big band tune. https://youtu.be/sHgp7s20ves