James McFadyen

The production might be a bit too polished for you rockers lol

Crazy Frog should be shot.... These arses are making a living from tosh like that. It's annoying and anyone who has it as their ringtone should be utterly ashamed. Do ppl not realise that the ppl who write that shite only do it for money. It's the very crap that's dragging the whole f'ing industry down the bloddy tubes. What happened to creativity, inspiration and artistry! It's down the pissing toilet that's where it is, instead we have nothing but made-for-money garbige that the public are SUCKERED into buying! I cannot believe ppl r sad enough to have these things as their ringtones....It's sad, it's so the opposite of cool and quite frankly it's SICK . It's all this pishy 'music' that stops real music by real hard-working musicians getting the breaks they DESERVE! As you can see, I have strong opinions about this, and rightly so - get this garbage off our screens, off our mobiles and OFF THE DANCEFLOOR - it's sad and pathetic. And they must be stopped before they are allowed to steal all this money from folk and before long there will be no such this as a Musical Artists, just some chump with a casio keyboard pretending to play a big boys game. lol. There y bit said

Feel free to have a listen to some of my music: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/1/jamesmcfadyencomposer_music.htm

In reality u would probably NEVER get 40 hour battery life. It's like saying that on a 512kbps Broadband Internet Connection, you can download a music file in less than 3 minutes........yea sure, if the other person is using 512kbps or higher, has enough bandwidth to allow you fast speeds, has a fast ping rate and indeed isn't a 10 minutes remix. So 40 hours battery life, aye if a mouse is listening to it.....what happens when u turn the volume up - the amplifier needs more electricity - hence draining the battery oot. And what happens if u keep browsing the playlist - the light comes on, again eating into the battery. lol

Bring back the People's Court! For us Self-Employed (and well if u must, Unemployed/Students) it was a great wee breather. I get up at 7, do some work 'till have 9:25 - Watch Peoples court while having my breakfast and then at 10.25, back to the grind again. Hope it isn't going to be axed, it is enjoyable TV.

lol Thanks very much

Only got a few on the web just now, but have loads more MP3's of my stuff, I'll get them online ASAP For now, have a listen to these two very different pieces of mine.... Sheep Alone (for String Orchestra) 2004 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/writePage.cfm?myType=music&bandid=307631&bandnamesave=jamesmcfadyencomposer It chops the last few vital seconds off the piece, so excuse the way it ends. The Ring of Brodgar (for Brass Band) 2005 http://www.myalias.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/audio/James%20McFadyen%20-%20The%20Ring%20of%20Brodgar.mp3 Hope you enjoy P.S my websites are: http://www.devilishpublishing.co.uk http://www.jamesmcfadyen.co.uk

I thought I'd just like to take this oportunity to list some Classical music I think you rockers might quite enjoy....or erm not, but why not download, nope I mean buy, or whatever, these pieces and let's see what you think of them and why you liked or hated them. Electric Counterpoint [steve Reich] Different Trains [steve Reich] Short Ride in a Fast Machine [John Adams] Shaker Loops [John Adams] Symphony in C [stravinsky] The Chairman Dances [John Adams]

Hi there! I'm advertsing my services as a Composer and Producer. I own my own Publishing Company, Devilish Publishing, http://www.devilishpublishing.co.uk I also have my own personal website: http://www.jamesmcfadyen.co.uk I was at College doing a HND in Music and Audio Technology and studied Composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, in Glasgow. I have since worked as a freelance Producer and Sound Engineer, making demo's and albums for a few local artists. My passion lies in Composition, particularly in the classical field. I am interested in Composing for Film, TV, Radio and Multimedia. You can contact me at jamesmcfadyen2001@hotmail.com

Thanks for all the welcomes!

Okies, First of all you can't throw away accidentals (ie: make the F a natural). If you do this, that is to say there is an F# in the key sig and you make it a natural in the melody line, that is modulation and therfore a shift in key. Try this, instead of a shift from A Major to C# Major, why not do A Major to Db Major (make the pivot chord Ab7) Sounds EXACTLY the same right! Db Major contains the following FLATS: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb and Bb, thus leaving the F C completely untouched like you have said above. In the Key of C# Major, the F and C and both sharp, and by making them natural you have then gone out of C# Major and into a key defined by the melody (Bb or Dm perhaps) It is then more feasible to go from the key of Db Major to F Major, It now turns into a natural modulation. Again it sounds exactly the same, but is more naturally executed. Consider your key changes: A Major - C# Major - F Major (You have gone from 3 sharps, to 7 sharps to 1 flat, quite messy and has no structure or reasoning) Consider my key changes: A Major - Db Major - F Major (going from 3 sharps, to 6 flats, to 1 flat, a bit tidier) Although this tritone movement in the first key change makes us shift from sharps to flats, the use of the pivot chord playing the dominant seventh softens the blow (you're example G#7, my example Ab7) Like I said it doesn't sound any different, but it's a lot clearer. C# Major would almost never be used. I guess you're a guitarist, that's why you like the sharps, lol, you wont need to change the way you position you're chords, they are the same sound, it is in effect the same chord, the way you label them is different. Hope this helps

Not got a clue where to put this, just thought I'd say Hi! I watched The People's Court this morning and thought I'd join up. I'm a 24yo Classical Composer, mainly write Brass Band music and Orchestral music, but I do produce Dance and Electronic music, I guess I symbolise everything that a Rock Musician isn't, but what the hell, I just thought I'd join and see what trouble I can get myself into.