Steven Bryant

I made a short video tour of my home studio. It's not Jerry Bruckheimer material, but I invite anyone with FX skills to add lasers and  explosions. [youtube src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2hsxsnqC1g"]

I finished two new pieces last week. That makes three in the past month. This can't be good for me... The first, Anthem, is a brand new work for Jay Gephart and the Purdue University Wind Ensemble, commissioned to celebrate the Purdue Bands' 125th anniversary. It's 7'30" of joy, featuring twittering flutes, vibraphone, glockenspiel, crotales, piano, etc., finally culminating in a big rock...

I'm in Austin this week for the University of Texas Austin Wind Ensemble's world premiere of my Concerto for Wind Ensemble. Had a great 2.5 hour rehearsal this afternoon - Jerry Junkin and the band have worked their butts off on this piece - all 54,210 notes of it. The concert is this coming Wednesday night, October 27th, and will be simultaneously audio and video webcast thanks to the folks...

A recent exchange with fellow composer John Mackey on Facebook about saxophone samples (he uses the Vienna Symphonic Library series, and I'm currently using the built-in General MIDI samples, which possess the subtlety of a chainsaw) reminded me that I've long wanted to do a post comparing MIDI and live versions of a few of my pieces. I would venture to say that most composers working today...

I just posted Episode 5 in my ongoing video series. This one deals with Movement III (which I'm currently in the middle of), and shows examples from my sequencing software, Digital Performer. It also showcases my entirely fantastic General MIDI saxophone sound library. Also, that harp ostinato is on an "F," not an "E" like I say in the video. Oops. I suggest you watch it in high definition -...