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Christopher J
Seattle area musician - Christopher J writes, records & produces songs for people to download, share and enjoy.
I have begun composing and producing music for Film, TV, and Video. I.e. Any medium where music is synchronized to a visual image. Please visit my new website, www.chrishartzog.com, if you are interested in exploring my music for sync and would like to work with me.
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For the past number of months I have been learning the craft of producing music for TV, Film and Sync. There will be more news to come about that in the future. However, in the mean time I’d like to share with you some results. Here is a link to the playlist “Rough Golf” that […]
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Released to digital distribution on October 12th, Morning Joy, was my first venture into the EDM (i.e. Electronic Dance Music) genre. And if I do say so myself, I think it’s pretty cool. Take a...
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My orchestral emotional trailer track “Into the Light” was released on 1-July-2021 and was recorded with a 48kHz sample rate suitable for sync. After producing the music I decided to create this...
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Courageous Blues, to honor everyone affected by COVID-19, my newest track, is released today. What can I say about the past 12 months that hasn’t already been said or written about living through...
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Click here to hear the song inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic: https://show.co/jWSw2rj More news on this coming soon!
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Hi again – Just posted the artwork video for my cover of Freddie King’s hit “San-Ho-Zay” on my music store. Get it while it’s hot.
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Hi there friends – Just a quick note to let you know that the video/slideshow for “Alley Cat Blues” is available. You can watch it on YouTube or spend a couple Dollars to support...
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Originally published 17-Apr-2017 Just because I could, I did this: Hier sind die deutschen Texte zu meiner Aufnahme von Händels Halleluja. Lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn Sie irgendwelche Fehler sehen....
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Originally published 14-Apr-17 Hi Friends, New Music – Pop/Rock Hallelujah Chorus: I first released this recording of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus before Easter in 2017, but it has become pretty...
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Yes, Alley Cat Blues is Live! I finally put Alley Cat Blues into the music store and now is your chance to own your very own copy for yourself. I think that would make you feel good all over, just...
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I thought you might like the video version of Crosscut Saw, In that case, here it is! If you want a copy to download, drop by my Music Store.
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Some “Hip-Pop Beats” for ya. Maybe I stumbled into a new beat genre. Just sharing a little bit from my next tune I’m working on. This one will have some hip hop beats going...
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Crosscut Saw is Live! My cover of Albert King’s Crosscut Saw was actually released back on August 31st and I had meant to send this out to you earlier but I’ve also been in the process of...
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Here is the link to the mp3 version of Ringtone No. 3 for Key to the Highway! If you want a ringtone for an iPhone go to the music store page. That page contains ringtones that are already in the...
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Here is the link to the mp3 version of Ringtone No. 2 for Key to the Highway! If you want a ringtone for an iPhone go to the music store page. That page contains ringtones that are already in the...
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Here is the link to the mp3 version of Ringtone No. 1 for Key to the Highway! If you want a ringtone for an iPhone go to the music store page. That page contains ringtones that are already in the...
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Here is the video for Hide Away. I released my arrangement and recording of Freddie King’s Hide Away last week, on July 1st and then worked on putting this video together. I wondered if...
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Hi friends, It’s New Music Wednesday and Hide Away was released today and is now streaming on Spotify and other digital platforms. As always, you can find more info on the Music Store page on my...
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I have a Spotify Give Away going on: Pre-Save to have my upcoming single “Hide Away” added to your library on the release date of July 1st! AND, If you connect now you can enter for a...
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New Playlist: 3 Blue Kings & More: I put a new playlist, 3 Blue Kings & More, up on Spotify with 3 hours of music featuring tunes by all the great kings of the blues: BB, FK, AK and their...
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I posted this the last time I had to have all this fun and so I wanted to be sure to share the fun with you all! A friend sent me this today in an attempt to cheer me up and break my nervousness over...
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Hey friends — Just letting you know that inspiration struck me and I finished some new recording and video editing in record time. My latest recording is now on YouTube, or right here:...
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Here is the video that goes with my latest single, Key to the Highway. I’m on the road again. A ramblin’ man I am.
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People — We’ve been duped by a 14 year old: via The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea – AIER
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I think I have been stuck at home too long and am getting cynical, and feel a need to vent, or at least ask some questions about a few things I call Coronavirus Incongruities. First, this virus is...
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Connect to automatically have the song that helped me through the Coronavirus Blues added to your library on the release date! If you connect now, you’ll gain access to the promotional video...
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As a new Freddie King fan I have begun acquiring some of his music. To date, I have bookends of his career: Let’s Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King which was released the year I was...
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Excuse me, but, what the hell kind of country are we living in now? Have we become the USSR? Communism — where the state (aka YouTube) determines what you can or cannot say? United States...
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Everyone should watch this conference with two very smart ER physicians discussing the COVID-19 response. They raise many good points. Update 28-April-2020: YouTube deleted this press conference! ...
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Hey all, I thought I’d share with you that I successfully built a Guitar ¼ inch Adapter Cable for Roland GK 13-Pin connections! This is a cable that allows you to connect a guitar or other...
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Hi all, Here’s some more about Freddie King: Between the three “Kings”, Albert, BB and Freddie, it was Freddie who had the hardest driving, most intense sound. Much of his intensity came from...
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If you love FREEDOM, if you are a patriot, if you love America, you will love this commentary below that I am republishing by Wayne Allyn Root. I’m sure he won’t mind. Paul Harvey first...
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Freddie King has become one of my most favorite electric blues artists! Before I did a deep dive into the blues I was aware of his name, that he existed, but that was about it. But after I...
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Hey everyone, I hope you are staying safe and healthy during these crazy times after a virus has turned the whole world upside down. You might even be feeling a little bit blue. I know I have felt...
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Evergreen Community Orchestra has three holiday Christmas concerts, Carols and Classics, on the docket the next two weeks, beginning this Saturday. I will be playing bass for the most part, but also...
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I’m very excited to make this secret project public today: I have a new CD released this week that is, believe it or not, called Bluesy Bach & Friends and you can order it from my Music Store...
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Hey everyone — So, I’ve been kind of busy of late and hadn’t checked up on my web site’s functionality for a while, until today. When I did I discovered the that I have a...
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On my next trip to Norway I can tell you this: I am definitely NOT bringing ice skates or a power saw! There are some crazy Norwegians.
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Saturday, December 15th at 3:30 pm Evergreen Community Orchestra, in which I play bass, will be performing its 2018 Christmas holiday concert Carols & Classics. We will be performing at Everett...
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I mentioned this a while ago that I decided, as they say, “to diversify”….. into providing sheet music. I have been making notating scores, individual instrument parts and/or lead...
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Hi everyone, I thought I would share my attempt at emulating the synth bass sound in Michael Jackson’s Thriller using the Roland GR-55 guitar synthesizer and my Ibanez bass equipped with a Roland...
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Aloha! Here is a short video I recorded while in Hawaii of the Royal Hawaiian Concert Band performing the song “Kuhio Bay“. This was on the lawn, under an enormous tree, in front of the...
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In October 2015 I released my cover of “Spooky”…….Just in time for Halloween….you can play my version of some Spooky music at your party or as background music as you open the...
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As time allows I have been transcribing into notation some of my music and making that available on this site. The full score for Opus 1 in my Bluesy Bach series of recordings, Bluesy Bach –...
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As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site. I had created a ringtone for Bluesy Bach Opus 4 (Arioso Für Elise) a few months...
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As I mentioned in the previous post, I had a busy spring and summer, so now I am playing catch up with my web site. I had created the ringtones for my Opus 3 in the Bluesy Bach series a few months...
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Hi everyone, Here come more ringtones! I had a busy spring and summer! I traveled to Norway twice, traveled to the midwest to visit family and I did this while continuing to write new music and...
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So, I decided to unhook myself from Facebook and walk away. Here is what I wrote on Facebook. I will probably wait a few days to give anyone who cares a chance to read it before I actually delete...
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Hi everyone, I thought I’d share my quick install of the Roland GK-3B divided BASS pickup on my Ibanez 5-string bass. I have been using the Roland GR-55 for several years with my guitars. I am...
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Here is the video for Bluesy Bach and Friends – Opus 4 (Arioso Für Elise).
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Here’s a pic of my live solo-show setup as I was getting ready for a nursing home gig this week at Mukilteo Memory Care…a lovely assisted living facility. We had a great time!
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New Music – Arioso Für Elise! I have just released “Opus 4” in my series of “Bluesy Bach” recordings. With this recording I expanded the title from “Bluesy Bach” to “Bluesy Bach and Friends”....
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Here are some highlights from my orchestra’s concert on Sunday. Evergreen Community Orchestra playing “Russian Tales”. I think the one bass player held his own against the rest...
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Hi Friends, Here is the music video that goes with my latest song, Bluesy Bach – Opus 3 “Bachulele Minuet”, a musical adventure that takes us into ukulele land. You can grab a high quality (320 kbps...
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I found a tune called Angeline the Baker in a book called “The Fiddler’s Fakebook” left over from my aborted attempt at learning to play the violin/fiddle. I never got rid of the book because I love...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 2 Ringtone Number three — that’s 3 (Ave Maria)! Sure, you can listen to my music for free…..but YOU can help support independent music creation, by...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 2 Ringtone Number 2 (Ave Maria)! Sure, you can listen to my music for free…..but YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music...
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I am a little slow in releasing this since I actually finished Ave Maria in early April. It’s part of my Opus 2 in my Bluesy Bach project. Bluesy Bach – Opus 2 (Ave Maria) So….here you go!...
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Aloha my Bach Ohana! My latest “Bluesy Bach” adventure takes us into ‘ukulele land with my release of my arrangement and recording of Bluesy Bach – Opus 3 (Bachulele Minuet)....
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Johann Sebastian Bach gave two notebooks of music to his wife, Anna Magdalena. The second notebook of 1725 contains a number of compositions from various composers of the time that were favorites of...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 2 Ringtone # 1 (Ave Maria)! YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)! All...
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Here is the video for Bluesy Bach – Opus 1 (Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring). For more posts related to “Bluesy Bach”, including “Bluesy Bach and Friends”, click...
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Today I’m excited to publish the second release in my “Bluesy Bach” project, Bluesy Bach – Opus 2 (Ave Maria). This is based on the Bach/Gounod version of Ave Maria originally...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 3. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos) for any...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 2. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)! All...
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Here is the link to Bluesy Bach Opus 1 Ringtone # 1. (Jesu Joy) YOU can help support independent music creation, by going to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)! All...
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Bach’s music intimidated me at first. It seemed too complex, massive and like a river or the jet stream, an endless spaghetti bowl stream of notes. But, yet in spite of that I somehow ended up...
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The Evergreen Community Orchestra (ECO), of which I’m a member and play double bass, is having its first of two spring concerts this month. This concert will have somewhat of a...
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I released the sheet music score for my arrangement of Angeline the Baker today. Here’s a preview. If you want the full 38 pages, you can get it from my sheet music page for a paltry $3.95 or...
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And here is the link to Angeline the Baker ringtone number 2. If you want to help support independent music creation, you can also go to the music store page, and buy ringtones (or song, or videos)!...
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For your ringing pleasure, here is Angeline the Baker Ringtone 1. I will post ringtone 2 separately.
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In an earlier post I talked about how you can add ringtones to your iPhone. Today I discovered while working on creating ringtones for my newest song, Angeline the Baker, that somewhere along the...
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I have a book called “The Fiddler’s Fakebook” left over from my aborted attempt at learning to play the violin/fiddle. I never got rid of the book because I love a lot of the music in there and find...
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I just put together a YouTube playlist of some of my Christmas tunes.
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Here’s a little video clip of a medley from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera being performed by the Evergreen Community Orchestra of Everett, Washington on Halloween evening!...
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Hi world! Happy November!! Here is my Spotify Christmas playlist. Have a very merry holiday shopping season!
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Hey there…..If you are in the Seattle area on Halloween be sure to come out to the Everett Mall for lots of fun and music by Evergreen Community Orchestra. I’ll be playing bass. ...
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I published my video to go along with my arrangement and recording of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” played in the awesome style of the vocal group The Drifters. This is a...
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Hey there Mexican food lovers. I thought I’d let you know that my song “Nacho Mama” has just now been released as a single on CD Baby. For today only, the lunch special is Nacho...
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My new version of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas is now available on CD Baby, plus various outlets of digital distribution such as iTunes, Amazon, etc. and is streaming on Spotify. And,...
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Hello everyone, I will be releasing my next recording this week….my instrumental cover of The Drifters version of White Christmas. Here’s the cover art! Check back tomorrow for...
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Well, in my spare time I made two YouTube videos of the ringtones for Trailer Park Santa. If you want the iPhone version go here!
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Another day, another ringtone from Santa! Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down ringtone lane! Anyway, here is ringtone number 2! This is in MP3 format. The iPhone version is...
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Just when you think you couldn’t ask for anything more from Santa, here he comes with ringtones! Those Elves are busy little guys. Here is ringtone number 1! This is in MP3 format. The...
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Sheet music is also available for Trailer Park Santa. The lead sheet contains the melody and chord progression for the song. A copy is available for download on the Sheet Music Page. Thank you for...
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My next song in the series of singles that will make up my Christmas album this coming fall was just released: “Trailer Park Santa“. This post is to give you is the Trailer Park Santa...
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As of today Trailer Park Santa is now up on Spotify. See, here’s the Spotify player. If Spotify’s not your thing here’s a link to Santa. The backstory is here.
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Well, it’s “Christmas in July” again and I have completed another holiday-themed song that’s ready to launch, which I have dubbed “Trailer Park Santa”! Update July 20th: Here is the link to the...
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