Paul Swartzel - Audio
(Most of my stuff can be found on my Youtube page. I'll upload a lot more later!)
Music on mental illness and family, hope
The Magic Word
(Feat. Debrissa McKinney)
This song is about Dennis Nedry, who stole dinosaur embryos from a corporation in 1993 and, contrary to popular reports, survived and collected 1.5 million dollars. Jurassic Park alternate history rap song in 13/16 over 4/4, 7/8.
Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit
(Remix for Orchestra)
I took Kurt Cobain's original vocals and altered them to a different. Always liked his voice and wanted to hear would sound like in a different context.
Plural Marriage
for 3 mezzo sopranos and baritone (2008)
I wrote this for the 2008 Bang on a Can Summer Festival. I took a letter written by Joseph Smith, a polygamous religious leader, and rearranged it. Winner of a 2009 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
Snake Bite Memorial
Song for my one man band, The Shitty Titanic
Song for my one man band. Cassowaries are large flightless birds known for their dangerous kicking ability. My favorite animal growing up.
Shitty Titanic. It's basically about group therapy and friends.
The Barbeque Man Dance
Pop song/boogie woogie in odd meter. Buh- buh-buh Barbeque
Beethoven,
Sonata in C minor, op. 111
(excerpt)
This is me playing in a recital in high school. This show I played this sonata, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, some original stuff, and sang some Burt Bacharach.
Barbeque Man Dance
(Broken Instrument Version)
I made a version of the BBQ Man Dance with broken instruments
Ginger's Thank You
Danzig's Mother
(Swing/big band remix)
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I altered the original vocals of the heavy metal classic to swing rhythms and reharmonized/orchestrated it.
Barbeque Man Unleashed:
The Greatest Professional Wrestling Work of All Time
(Excerpt from 1st movement)
This is an excerpt from my doctoral dissertation piano concerto/ballet, detailing Barbeque Man Jr's first match with Baron Banks Gentry. This part depicts their shoves/tie-ups, leading to BBQ Man Jr slamming Gentry's head ten times into the turnbuckle.
My Father Knew Colonel Sanders
Pop instrumental in odd meter
Music made for a video thanking everyone who donated to UK charity for kids.
Honky Tonk Toccata (2009)
Solo piano piece I wrote. I'm playing on this recording, but pianist Lisa Moore played it much better. I'll post her recording soon.
Ballet of the Hatching Rattlesnakes
for prepared piano 3 percussionists (2007)
Bird Fair
I decided to go to a bird fair one Saturday morning in North Carolina and wrote a song about the adventure.
Barbeque Man Unleashed:
The Greatest Professional Wrestling Work of All Time
(Excerpt from 2nd movement - The Rematch)
Excerpt from the beginning of the rematch, leading to Baron Banks Gentry power slamming Barbeque Man Jr. to the canvas.
