My latest missive. Much fun – really enjoyed it – only a few hours work.
Enjoy!
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My latest missive. Much fun – really enjoyed it – only a few hours work. Enjoy! [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/Leap%20Of%20Faith/02%20The%20Big%20Decision.mp3|titles=The Big Decision|autostart=yes]
Song number 1 to start the run in 2013. Started by playing around with some of Logic’s built in Synths then just overlaid what came naturally – particuarly enjoyed an almost dance vibe in the middle 🙂 Spent quite some time mucking around my […]
Leap of Faith was completed in the final quarter of 2012, with the final song coming on January 6th 2013. It was intended to be a real progressive/metal sounding collection, with a lot of inspiration drawn from old style Dream Theater. In theory it started […]
Well, the summer is over. And it’s raining. Time to resume…. Enjoy [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect/09%20Rain%20On%20Me.mp3|titles=Rain On Me|artists=Mark J Turner]
Something new. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music//One%20Unusual%20Suspect//08%20In%20The%20Light%20and%20Way.mp3|titles=In The Light and Way|autostart=yes] Enjoy.
[audio:http://www.morks.net/music//One%20Unusual%20Suspect//07%20Ecstasy%20She%20May%20Not%20Know.mp3|titles=Ecstasy She May Not Know|artists=Mark J Turner] One of those songs that comes together in 10 minutes, 5 chunks, all relatively simply, had a nice vibe and a nice harmony lead part. Put a small interlude in the middle with a riff I’ve been playing […]
I can’t even comment. Too busying listening to Dr Hook, which is not what this is 🙂 I predict best of the album, but let’s see. Love the prog-rock solo and ending. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect//06%20What%20You%20Are.mp3|titles=What You Are|artists=Mark J Turner]
Song number 5 on One Unusual Suspect. Nothing particularly complex about this one. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect/05%20Longing%20But%20Knowing.mp3|artists=Mark J Turner|titles=Longing But Knowing] Enjoy.
There’s a slight problem with most of the older links to music, as i had not noticed Apple was closing down it’s idisk service – on which I’ve always hosted the large files which make up my music. Bear with me, I’m setting up something new […]
This is my latest. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect/03%20I%27d%20Miss%20You.mp3|artists=Mark J Turner|titles=I’d Miss You]
This is song number 2 – Unrequired. Funky intro and mid-section. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect/02%20Unrequited.mp3|titles=Unrequired|artists=Mark J Turner] Enjoy.
This is song number 1 on the latest journey. Been working with the mix to try and get a more distinctive sound – not quite sure if i like it or not. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/One%20Unusual%20Suspect/01%20One%20Unusual%20Suspect.mp3|titles=One Unusual Suspect|autostart=yes]
“One Unusual Suspect” is my 12th collection of songs, and was started on the 10th June 2012. It will be the first set completed entirely with my 2008 Les Paul Standard, and befitting that, it’s got a whole new studio setup prepared – hopefully the sound […]
This is song number 100. And it fits rather perfectly. Enjoy. [audio:http://www.morks.net/music/The%20Third%20Floor/10%20100%20Reasons%20to%20Why.mp3|artists=Mark J Turner|titles=100 Ways To Why]
Not that I’m planning on going anywhere. As far as I know. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/s4xopb.mp3|titles=Before I Go…|artists=Mark J Turner]
First song recorded with my brand new, Les Paul Standard 2008. It’s a beautiful thing. Sounds nice too. See if you can hear the difference. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/zz12gs.mp3|titles=Wake Up New Boy|artists=Mark J Turner]
It’s been a while…. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/upwgu9.mp3|titles=She Turns Out The Light|artists=Mark J Turner]
A Reasonable Man. Trying some different dynamics. Fun stuff. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/ktowos.mp3|artists=Mark J Turner|titles=A Reasonable Man]
This is the title track of the latest album, “The Third Floor”. Put together over the past week, with a distinct attempt to strive for something a little different. As with all the fun ones, it took something of a life of it’s own in the […]
….that another song come’s so fast. Sometimes they just come quick and simple, and don’t sound like any effort at all – others take weeks nae months of painful effort to birth. This one came through this afternoon, and it is pretty simple, starting with […]
Opening track from my new missive. As often, after a few months break, I had creative constipation, then suddenly it all came out like once, after days and days of trying to get something that worked. Hence the title 🙂 This is the first song produced […]
This site is now mechanically linked to a Facebook page for my music. Hopefully the two will update in tandem, dependant on the wonders of technology and inept configuration 🙂
“The Third Floor” will be my eleventh album, making it 90 original songs and 10 cover’s over 4 years – which is quite some output. Whilst I’m quite proud of some of my work, I want to try and evolve my sound with the eleventh album, […]
[audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/vm48fq.mp3|titles=Short Stay|artists=Mark J. Turner] Wanted to shed some of the complexity, make it fast, make it fun, keep a strong melody, and just have something very “rocky”. One more to go, and that’s Perspective done. Enjoy.
The cover entry for Perspective. Brilliant song, one of my all time favourites by “Tears for Fears”. Not exactly what you might expect with 3 guitars, a bass and a drum machine, but I wanted to give it a go. It’s ok, but doesn’t touch […]
After the last rather heavy missive, something far more melodic, much more complex, and with arguably, far too many notes. But fun. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/qy7zei.mp3|artists=Mark J Turner|titles=A Shameful Smile]
[audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/js6v7u.mp3|titles=The Way To Do That Thing You Do|artists=Mark J Turner] Something new and tasty. Quite heavy. Purely co-incidental that the new Megadeth album was out last week…..
Got a new Smart TV and a proper free view aerial installed this weekend – it’s fantastic – combined with plea, which I already had running for my son’s bedroom, the one investment in a new TV means: no more Apple TV (it’s all built into […]
As you can see, if you are reading this…..I have complete re-designed my website. For my own sanity, I would like to record here and now, that it was the most painful experience known to this man, and that PHP is the spawn of all […]
Perspective is my second collection of songs for 2011, started in early September after a few months listening around for fresh ideas. I started off with “Making Me, Like You”, for which I also came up with some excellent cover art (check it out…..) – but […]
Tears to Distraction was the first collection produced entirely in Logic Pro, moving from Garageband which I’d used for all my previous recording work. I’d actually had Logic setup for a year or so previously, but quite frankly, had never really got to grips with it […]
Pressure (2010) seemed to take an age to complete- but in the end I was quite pleased with it – particularly “Surface Detail” and “Elusive” which have quite a complex sound to them. Meanwhilst, “Song of Susannah” was quite a departure for me, with almost a […]
Tortured Soul was the name of a band I was in as a schoolboy, that never really took off, but for which, I had great ambitions 🙂 This is still I believe, one of my most accomplished works – the song writing seemed to come so […]
Distant Journey was completed 14th February 2010. The intention of this collection is a progressive rock/metal extravaganza, with absolutely no compromise. The first song, produced in late 2009, is a real synth and guitar lead overload track – complex, intricate, fusion, jazz, metal, thrash, rock and […]
Edge Of the World was completed in 2008 – My favourite track on this collection is “My Naked God” which is a fast moving rock track, with a nice harmony. The overall sound is fairly similar to “Many Ways To Be” so far, the only significant difference […]
Many Ways To Be – Everything seemed to really fall together well, from the outset with My Many Ways To Be, to the conceptual “serial” of Violently Blue and The Lives I Have Lived then the upbeat rocker in Rollercoaster. I started to use twin lead harmonies strongly here, and put a […]
Inversions began in early 2008, and was completed quickly. I really started to branch out trying a variety of different styles – with a particular focus on Progressive Rock styles such as those of “Dream Theater”, one of my favourite bands. Inversions worked out really […]
This was my second collection of songs, and was completed later in 2007 – all 9 original titles were written and recorded that year, with 1 cover song as was to become my norm. This was the first album to start I think, showing “my sound” […]
Never A Truer Word was my first collection of songs produced reasonably professionally. Many of the songs were written between 1989 and 1996, by myself, for a variety of school and student bands of which I was a member. This was the first time any of […]
The title track no less….got a bit carried away, and this took way too long – but it’s come out really, really well, and I’m very happy with it. It’s got pretty much every instrument I own on it, which is unusual – that’s three […]
Been listening a lot to old 80’s rock and metal bands recently. You’d never tell. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/saq2ok.mp3|titles=The Bright Lights|artists=Mark J. Turner|autostart=yes] Enjoy.
Something new. Unsubtle, nothing stunning original, but fun (to play, to record) – to listen, well, that’s up to others. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/skxnue.mp3|titles=The Business|artists=Mark J. Turner|autostart=yes]
Second track, but decided it’s going to be the opener so relegated Making Me, Like You to second – not based on quality, just how it’s feels for an opener. Anyways, some oddness here, but also some frivolity – quite fun, got a bounce in the middle, […]
This is the first track in a new collection of ten entitled “Perspective”. This will be my tenth album in half as many years, which is a little shocking – not quite sure where i get the time! As is often the case after a small […]
“Way Back When” completes Tears To Distraction. Something more simple with an upbeat to finish off what hasn’t been the easiest collection to complete. But here you go, enjoy. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/c56wew.mp3|titles=Way Back When|artists=Mark J. Turner|autostart=yes]
I really don’t. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/e3j6hr.mp3|titles=Me I Don’t Know Much|authors=Mark J Turner] Enjoy.
This is something light and fun, bit rock’n’roll, but still with some edge. One of those really quick songs, but quite like the vibe. [audio:http://files.me.com/morkjturner/3exrsn.mp3|titles=Summeriforous|artists=Mark J. Turner|autostart=yes] Enjoy