Music by Christopher J

Aloha! Here is a short video I recorded while in Hawaii of the Royal Hawaiian Concert Band performing the song “Kuhio Bay“.  This was on the lawn, under an enormous tree, in front of the Iolani Palace built by the Kingdom of Hawaii.  As described on the band’s website, it was “Founded in 1836 by […]

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In October 2015 I released my cover of “Spooky”…….Just in time for Halloween….you can play my version of some Spooky music at your party or as background music as you open the door for Trick or Treaters. You can download your copy of Spooky music at CD Baby by clicking this link or at my Music Store […]

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As time allows I have been transcribing into notation some of my music and making that available on this site.  The full score for Opus 1 in my Bluesy Bach series of recordings, Bluesy Bach – Opus 1 (Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring), is now available for purchase.  This piece is scored for four electric […]

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As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site.  I had created a ringtone for Bluesy Bach Opus 4 (Arioso Für Elise) a few months ago, but forgot to post it until now. So…….Here is the link to the Ringtone for Bluesy Bach […]

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As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site.  I had created the ringtones for my Opus 3 in the Bluesy Bach series a few months ago, but forgot to post them until now. Here is the link to Bluesy […]

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Hi everyone, Here come more ringtones!  I had a busy spring and summer!  I traveled to Norway twice, traveled to the midwest to visit family and I did this while continuing to write new music and create more ringtones, plus run my consulting business.  On top of that, I play in the Evergreen Community Orchestra.  So […]

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Hi everyone, I thought I’d share my quick install of the Roland GK-3B divided BASS pickup on my Ibanez 5-string bass. I have been using the Roland GR-55 for several years with my guitars.  I am also a bass player, but I just never felt the need up to now to add synth access to […]

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New Music – Arioso Für Elise!  I have just released “Opus 4” in my series of “Bluesy Bach” recordings. With this recording I  expanded the title from “Bluesy Bach” to “Bluesy Bach and Friends”.  In this tune I combined elements from Beethoven’s “Für Elise” with Bach’s “Arioso”. My recording is titled Bluesy Bach and Friends – […]

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Hi Friends, Here is the music video that goes with my latest song, Bluesy Bach – Opus 3 “Bachulele Minuet”, a musical adventure that takes us into ukulele land. You can grab a high quality (320 kbps mp3 or flac file) from my Music Store page on my web site and even name your own […]

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