“Upside Down World III” is a musical expression of the shifting ground beneath our feet. The piano and trumpet were recorded at the same time with the trumpet played into the piano microphones with the sustain pedal down on the piano to add some natural reverb. The other instruments were added later - Linnstrument (synthesizer, violin, upright bass), Korg Wavedrum Global, Soma Flux.
https://soundcloud.com/jeremycubert/ups ... d-part-iii
“Upside Down World III” (Instrumental Jazz)
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- KVRian
- 689 posts since 10 Apr, 2015 from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
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- KVRist
- 51 posts since 28 Mar, 2025 from Coventry, England
That's quite an audacious piece of music. Although I didn't feel the ground shift beneath me, I was reminded of Howard Shore's 'Naked Lunch', or the score from the animated film 'Waking Life' - which amounts to the same thing I suppose. Am amazed how you keep such a tight grip on the musical theme from beginning to the very last note. Highly inspirational, thank you.
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- KVRAF
- 3056 posts since 22 Jan, 2011 from near Los Angeles
jcub,
Interesting using sustain pedal down for reverb on trumpet. If you hold down the sustain pedal and strum (a fingernail works) across the piano strings, it gives a cool sound I used once in a song long ago; I've heard it before in suspenseful movies. Your song sounds very jazzy and moody. I think it could be effective as background music for a movie (that seemed popular in the 70's). I like the Eastern Indian percussion, and everything else. It all sounds professional to me! In the Los Angeles area, we occasionally have seismic shifting; it can be scary.
Interesting using sustain pedal down for reverb on trumpet. If you hold down the sustain pedal and strum (a fingernail works) across the piano strings, it gives a cool sound I used once in a song long ago; I've heard it before in suspenseful movies. Your song sounds very jazzy and moody. I think it could be effective as background music for a movie (that seemed popular in the 70's). I like the Eastern Indian percussion, and everything else. It all sounds professional to me! In the Los Angeles area, we occasionally have seismic shifting; it can be scary.
You can hear my original music at this link: https://www.soundclick.com/artist/defau ... dID=224436
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- KVRian
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- 689 posts since 10 Apr, 2015 from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
Thank you! I try to employ the advice of my Chapman Stick teacher, the late and great Greg Howard with respect to improvisation. He suggested creating and theme, improvise but then keep coming back to the theme to hold the piece together. It is always a challenge but fun to try.
Ciderwell wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 2:50 pm That's quite an audacious piece of music. Although I didn't feel the ground shift beneath me, I was reminded of Howard Shore's 'Naked Lunch', or the score from the animated film 'Waking Life' - which amounts to the same thing I suppose. Am amazed how you keep such a tight grip on the musical theme from beginning to the very last note. Highly inspirational, thank you.
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- KVRian
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- 689 posts since 10 Apr, 2015 from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA
Thank you! I thought I had made a great sustain pedal discovery but my audio engineer brother told me it is a common practice in studios. They put a brick on the sustain pedal to hold it down and then use the natural reverb of the piano.
aaron aardvark wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 7:26 pm jcub,
Interesting using sustain pedal down for reverb on trumpet. If you hold down the sustain pedal and strum (a fingernail works) across the piano strings, it gives a cool sound I used once in a song long ago; I've heard it before in suspenseful movies. Your song sounds very jazzy and moody. I think it could be effective as background music for a movie (that seemed popular in the 70's). I like the Eastern Indian percussion, and everything else. It all sounds professional to me! In the Los Angeles area, we occasionally have seismic shifting; it can be scary.
