Lee originals--Godzilla Suite (2010); Facebook Suite (2011)

 A couple months ago, Stan S. asked me to post some of my original works--at least, that's how I read his request.  I start with a repost, from six years ago, of my Godzilla Suite, which was initially intended to depict a day in the life of Godzilla, but which turned into a series of Godzilla-related movements. (I mean, what's a day in the life of Godzilla, on average?) Stop me when I make sense. 

So, here's most of my 2015 Godzilla post (a re-post, actually)--most of the text, I mean.  All of the music is here, including extras.  Then, I'll go to my Facebook Suite, written at a time when I was disenchanted with FB.  I'm getting to that point again, so it might be time for another FB suite.  Anyway...

This suite is my eleven-part tribute to the big green guy, plus I've added three bonus Godzilla tracks (is that redundant?), including my 28-year-old "Godzilla Rag."

You'll be hearing both live and step-recorded sounds--some from my Noteworthy Composer program, others from my long-gone Casio CTK-551.  Some tracks, like Godzilla Stomps Into Town, have been heavily altered with echo, time-stretching, multiple sampling, etc., so expect some odd sounds.  But how to musically depict the life, deeds, and many moods of Godzilla without the occasional weird stretch of sound?  No way I can think of.  My multi-tracking went very smoothly, though my sound-on-sound method was pretty primitive--I actually brought up MAGIX twice, and double-tracked in "live" fashion between the two programs.  My PC of the time permitted such things.  This gave me limited mixing control (as in, none), but I didn't lose too much audio along the way.

Godzilla says, "REOOOAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!" ("I'm Godzilla, and I approve this music.")

Click where appropriate...

GODZILLA SUITE  (Lee Hartsfeld, 2010)

1. Godzilla Disco
2.  Godzilla Rhapsody
3.  Godzilla Stomps Into Town
4.  Not Pleased By the Response, Godzilla Leaves and Stomps Back
5.  Godzilla in Therapy
6.  Godzilla in Show Biz
7.  The Godzilla Parade
8.  Godzilla Mystery Hour
9.  Godzilla Disco (Complete)
10.  Digital Godzilla
11.  Godzilla Rhapsody, Part 2

BONUS TRACKS

12.  Stairway to Godzilla (Hartsfeld, 2006)  
13.  Godzilla Rag (Hartsfeld, 1993)
14.  Godzilla vs. the Debt Ceiling (Hartsfeld, 2013)

Lee Hartsfeld on Casio CTK-551, Casio WK-3800, and/or Noteworthy Composer, 2010.

Now for my Facebook Suite of 2011.

As noted, I wrote this when I was nearly fully fed up with FB.  It was my first time there, and the platform seemed, at the time, to make less sense that it does now, though maybe this was before I finally stopped looking for order in the cyber-universe.  I was probably still expecting an a-b-c-d, 1-2-3-4 kind of linearity.  It was liberating when I gave up searching for order in the overall scheme of cyberspace.

Anyway, "Page Within Page, Link Within Link" beautifully describes FB's non-organizational plan at the time, I think.  As for "Facebook Scams," I don't remember what that referred to--maybe there was FB spam at one time?  I honestly don't remember.  "New Friends" and "Events" are two I-couldn't-think-of-anything-else titles, and I think the former contains the most interesting moments in the suite.  I'm kind of amazed at how much mileage I got out of that simple musical motif (technically, "motive") of C-A-C-A-G-F-G-F, which pops up constantly in different versions.  Why motifs are called "motives" in music, I'll never know.  This assumes there's an actual reason.

My FB music has a sarcastic edge to it, though I'm probably the one person who can hear the sarcasm.  Maybe it's the way I managed to compose music that's alternately intense, languid, and cheerful, even as it describes a "platform" almost totally devoid of character.  Almost--despite all the activity and the endless doorways to different pages--faceless.

On that flattering note...

 FACEBOOK SUITE (Lee Hartsfeld, 2011)

1. Page Within Page--Link Within Link

2, Facebook Scams

2, New Friends

4, Events

Lee Hartsfeld, mostly on Casio WK-3800, 2011.