A sample of what I do

[Rick Averill]

I thought you folks might be interested in the sort of music I do in DP. I like to make full symphonic arrangements, pretty much in the Pops orchestra vein. I specialize in popular music of the last century, a lot of movie themes, and what I like to call Orchestra Folk—which is folk music (both authentic and ersatz) fully orchestrated. This is a suite of folk songs about trains, because who doesn’t love trains?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAvxXecywLY

[mikehalloran]

Exactly — who doesn't love trains?

I like it a lot.

[Rick Averill]

Thanks for your reply, Mike.
Here is another of my arrangements, three of Irving Berlin’s earliest hits. I might add that my work is all done with virtual instruments; nothing is live. There is one soundbite in here: the slide whistle, because I didn’t have a VI for that. I have a subscription to a soundbite service, Soundsnap, I believe it is called. That’s where I find most of my sound effects.

https://raverill.podbean.com/e/early-berlin/

This podcasting site, https://raverill.podbean.com/, is where I have all of my MIDI recordings posted.