Current Projects
nR Element... Please check
out our website! We have covered
some anime, video game & Nobuo Uematsu tunes as well! We have a CD available
called Miscommunication. Buy it! We also got signed to a record label, Akyr
Music!
Sonoma County SSU Chamber Singers! I sang with Bob Worth
from 1998 to 2006.
Vocal Quartet "Star Element" and
Xmas project "Morning Star Quartet."
www.morningstarquartet.com .
New instrumental CD - acoustic
versions of my old classics!
Writing a soundtrack for several Independent Video Games!
See www.walzmusic.com .
Open to your project -
let me
know if you need a composer!
Piano History
When I was young, I was
fascinated by pianos. I composed my first short piece when I was 10. I've played
and composed on the piano ever since then, but I am basically self
taught. Discounting a year of private lessons when I was 13, college is the
first place I'd ever been formally trained in music. I quit my lessons
because I didn't want to practice... (I know, I
know...) It's just that I wanted to play my own pieces, not
"dead guys' stuff!" But my love for the instrument
did not die; I begged my parents for my own piano when I was a
freshman in high school and got one. It was then that I
began to compose seriously, when I composed my first
sonata. I have composed 5 sonatas as well as numerous
etudes. Those old pieces only exist as recording, which can be found in the
audio section! And I'm still at it! And now I love and appreciate
"dead guys' stuff!"
MIDI History
During High School, I was introduced to
MIDI files. Granted, I wasn't really a computer
person. But I did understand that MIDI enabled me to enter
my compositions into the computer, play them back, save them, and
print out the sheet music! I could also find files of songs
I liked and print out that music! I began sequencing by hand
and realized it was time to get a MIDI keyboard, which would
allow me to play in my music with ease and dynamics. So, a
year before I graduated High School, I received my Peavey
keyboard as a generous Christmas gift. Since then, I have studied
MIDI, taken MIDI courses at SSU, and learned from first-hand experience. Thus
far, I have composed around fifty original
MIDI files and sequenced some of my piano compositions as well as
other composers' works. I use MIDI for composition and
musical score; I usually compose with real instruments in mind
and would almost always prefer to perform my music live. There
are some recordings in the Audio section!
Musical Goals
1. To keep composing professionally -
my own productions, possibly for video games, film scores or ensembles. I have
already written the soundtrack to Hardwood Hearts - check out
www.hardwoodhearts.com .
CURRENTLY WRITING FOR AN INDEPENDENT GAME
- STARTED MY OWN COMPANY, WWW.WALZMUSIC.COM
.
2.
To keep singing professionally.
TRAINING AS A COUNTER TENOR PRESENTLY WITH CHRIS FRITZSCHE FROM CHANTICLEER.
3. To produce a professional CD -
release was July 10th, 2004! DONE
4. To produce a CD of acoustic versions of my compositions.
WORKING ON IT
5. To teach music
eventually after getting my masters degree.
Other Somewhat-Related Interests
My interests are mostly based in the arts.
My first love was drama. I've taken seven years of theater
classes, some ACT (American Conservatory Theater) summer
training, and been in several plays and musicals. Some
examples are Big River, Night of January 16th, Once
on this Island, The Real Inspector Hound, and The
Importance of Being Earnest. Theater taught me to
express myself without fear.
I love web
authoring. I have a left brain that enjoys learning code and
using it to present things I enjoy! I work as a web
consultant in my spare time. I strongly believe in sharing
web resources, as you will find in my links. At the same
time, I am trying to integrate original work as much as possible
into this site and avoid public domain items.
One of my
greatest passions has always been games. I've played all
kinds of games since I was born: board games, games on paper, two
player sports, and especially video games. I love to be
competitive. My favorite video games include Role-playing,
strategy, and fighting games. I have a Sega Saturn and Sony
Playstation and once had Atari, Nintendo, Gameboy, Super
Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Sega CD.
Reaching Me:
I welcome any and all questions, comments,
and exclamations; feel free to e-mail me. I usually respond too!
*I love to receive feedback and share
music, and I'd love to answer any MIDI or web authoring questions
you have.
My AIM is "Aaronbull"
Aaron@Midishack.net
this page is composed by Aaron
Walz using Notepad and Microsoft FrontPage; 1998-2007
Last Modified on 10/25/07
