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Remembrance: 12 Meditations for Piano

My latest album Remembrance: 12 Meditations for Piano is now live! It has been a couple of years in the making, and I'm glad to finally be able to share this peaceful, contemplative music.

Use this universal link to find it at your favorite retailer or streaming site: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bendockery/remembrance-2

I know someone will ask about CDs. They have been ordered and will be available around the second week of July.

For you pianists out there, the sheet music is also available in print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089M42379

or in digital form: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/remembrance-12-meditations-for-piano-digital-sheet-music/21792028

I hope you all enjoy!

New Album: Near the Cross

I'm excited to announce the release of my latest album: Near the Cross.

It features twelve classic hymns arranged for solo piano with modern and jazz stylings.

Click THIS UNIVERSAL LINK  to listen at your favorite online store.

Or, if you'd prefer, you can download high quality audio files at https://bendockery.bandcamp.com/album/near-the-cross.   

Happy listening, and Happy New Year!

New Album Release: Eight-Bit Impromptus

I’m excited to announce the release of my first album of piano compositions Eight-Bit Impromptus: 12 Pieces for Solo Piano. Each tune was inspired by sounds from my childhood, namely the musical themes from games played on eight-bit consoles like Nintendo.

I’m probably the world’s worst salesperson, but I’m going to point out all the reasons you might not want to buy a copy:
It’s hard to put a style or genre label on this music. I put it under jazz though there isn’t any improvisation. Several tracks sound more like contemporary classical, movie soundtracks, etc. After all, the inspiration for the album was stylistically just as varied.

Second, this album is rather short. Each track averages just two minutes, yielding less than thirty minutes for a full-priced album. (There’s a way around that coming up!)

All that said, I love these short pieces and believe some of you will too.

My favorite place to send potential listeners is to bandcamp.  You can stream the whole album for free there, and—if you decide to buy it—you can name your price (including $0.)

It’s also available through these retailers:

Apple Music
Spotify
iTunes
Google Play/YouTube
Amazon
Tidal

Thanks, and please share this with anyone you think might enjoy it.

Ben

p.s. for any pianists out there, you can get the sheet music here: https://bit.ly/2LRASZa

Eight-Bit Impromptu No. 3 Score Video

An alternate title for this tune could be Princess Waltz, hence the silly frog pic at the beginning of the video.  This is a previously released composition that I rerecorded and turned into a score video.

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Meditation No. 1 Score Video

This is the first in a set of twelve meditations for solo piano. This advanced composition (4:15) is a slow build, starting with a whisper but ending in an all-out roar. The composition is patterned around the chaconne, a form similar to the more familiar theme and variations. But instead of a melodic theme, the chaconne uses either a repeated bass line or chord progression to build upon.

The first few iterations of this piece are rather simple, but by the last two iterations, the performer must make large leaps with both hands, playing dense chord clusters. By far, this piece took me the longest to learn to play, though the composition came to me quickly.

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Children's Song No. 2

Bright, cheerful, and sentimental are all words characterizing this tender waltz for solo piano (2:15), the second in a collection of twelve Children's Songs. This early intermediate composition consists of only one voice in each hand until the final measure's three-note chord. Proper voicing throughout and a sense of rubato at ends of phrases makes this piece come alive. 

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