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About my transcription work
Do you need…
A voice memo or loop written out so you can replicate it in a song you’re producing?
A documentation of your solo/improv for your personal reference, or for short-form social media content?
Full-length sheet music of a song for rehearsals/performance?
A rewrite of a song for different instruments, i.e. a score rearrange, “re-imagining,” or reduction?
A rewrite of a song for a different skill level than the original (e.g. for students and/or younger musicians)?
I'd love to do it!
QUALIFICATIONS:
Classically-trained musician of 18 years who has read a countless amount of sheet music and scores
College graduate who has taken 6 full, for-credit semesters’ worth of advanced/honors-placement music theory and ear training, including:
classical repertoire of all eras
post-tonal/atonal repertoire; non-functional harmony
One semester each entirely devoted to jazz and pop music transcription and theory
Nearly a decade of experience composing my own music and arranging existing works
Over a year of professional work as a personal music transcriptionist and score engraver for a private client
How it works:
Send me the material you need transcribed or arranged (audio/video files, MIDI files, etc.) and I'll write it out for you, and send it back to you in your preferred format(s). Whether you need 10 seconds of music or 10 minutes, 1 instrument or 20, I'm ready to assist!
SAMPLE WORK
Ex. 1: Verbatim transcription (+ transposition) from a stereo mix
What I Received:
ABOUT: a very rare recording from the 1982 gospel album "Isn't It Odd" by Eddie Bonnemere, with little to no online documentation.
TASK: transpose down from C major to Bb major; transpose voice one octave up for soprano vocalist; score all parts individually only referencing the full mix file. Besides the transpositions, the finished product should be a note-for-note replica of the original.
My Transcription:
What I Made:
Ex. 2: Verbatim transcription from a multitrack
Reference:
A note-for-note transcription of the 1971 song “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye, from the album of the same name.
I transcribed the song using digitized stems of the multitrack recording, which can be found online and are commonly catered towards DJs/remix artists. The nature of the transcription work was sometimes monophonic (wind instruments, bass) and sometimes polyphonic (ex. drum kit, keyboard/mallet instruments, guitars, string section). This is a work in progress and currently does not include a transcription of the vocals.
My Transcription:
What I Made:
Ex. 3: Arrangements for a young beginner pianist
About:
This is a series of popular/traditional songs that I arranged for beginner piano and made into worksheets. These were specifically developed for a piano student of mine; they were used over the course a few months.
The objective with each worksheet was not only to make the material playable for my young student, but also to introduce a specific new skill: e.g. using the black keys of the piano, using the pedal, distinguishing between major vs. minor, forming triads, moving hands/under-over finger crossings, etc.