Happy Fingers Rag
Here is a little bit of old times, fast and happy. 🙂 – Honky-tonk solo // Length 2 min, 100 bpm, 2/4
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Toy Polka
This is originally a piece from A.Lowery’s printed collection “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools’ accompanists. This electronic version has more comic and cartoonish character; it is funny, jumpy, and extremely happy. – Muted trumpet, xylophone, marimba, honky-tonk duo, button accordion, percussion // Length 1:20, 121 bpm, 2/4
Nasreddin Is Coming to Town
“…Sufi and wise man, remembered for his funny stories and anecdotes. He appears in thousands of stories, sometimes witty, sometimes wise, but often, too, a fool or the butt of a joke. (…) Nasreddin often appears as a whimsical character of a large Turkish, Persian, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Judeo-Spanish, Kurdish, Romanian, Serbian, Russian, and Urdu folk tradition of vignettes, not entirely different from zen koans”. Nasreddin – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasreddin
Accordion, honky-tonk, drums, percussion // Length 2:53, 88 bpm, 4/4
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Running Around
This is a very happy and playful electronic art piece; its first rough name was “Everybody Is in a Hurry to Somewhere”. You can hear a fast-ticking clock at the beginning, and then everything just starts running… The piece can work as an intro to a comedy, or a musical illustration to a sport game, or just to be a companion to any fast movement on the screen. – Synthesizers, percussion, drums, choir (background) // Length 1:42 160 bpm, 4/4
Bumblebee… or a Mosquito?
This a parody on a very famous classical piece ‘Flight of the Bumblebee” by N.Rimsky-Korsakov. Paradoxically, it was also inspired by the imagery and feel of a brilliant Russian animation (“claymation”) “Yesteryear’s Snow Was Falling”, which has became classic in Russia since its creation in 1983.
Knowing about the Bumblebee origins, you can easily guess what’s going on in the piece. (If you are familiar with the plot of the original tale, you’ll find the end a bit different, though. 
) If you listen to it in headphones, the effect will be at its best. – Synthesizers, accordion, honky-tonk, insect killer racket, airplane, crowd… // Length 1:29, 140 bpm, 4/4
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Singing Frogs
This is a humorous little piece, originally from my printed collection “The Elements of Ballet” for the ballet schools’ accompanists. This version was arranged on Roland Fantom for adding a distinct cartoonish character to it. It’s suitable for animation, comedy or a commercial. The imagery could easily relate to young children, animals, or just something funny. – Synthesizers // Length 1:19, 148 bpm, 4/4
Silent Movie
The first idea of a name for this piece was “Everybody is in a Hurry to Somewhere”. The piece gives an impression of the character of a very old movie or a documentary, where everything moves a bit faster, and the sound of the piano behind the screen is almost honky-tonk-like. – Length 1:18, 148 bpm, 2/4
Pantomime
This is an upbeat piece with a hint of grotesque. The intricate, broken rhythm of ostinato strings in the middle layer adds an undercurrent feel of hesitancy, which at the end results in a sudden pushing in of a very resolute piano. 🙂 – Solo xylophone, piano, strings, drums, percussion instruments and electric bass // Length 2:04, 158 bpm, 4/4
Happy Little Donkey
Blue tag = for a demonstration only; not for sale. A very playful children’s piece with animation-like imagery, suitable for animation or comedy. – Strings, banjo, xylophone, marimba, drums, percussion // Length 1:45, 160bpm, 4/4
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A Sad Clown on the Skating-rink
This is a chamber piece with nostalgic and bitter-sweet imagery, and a hint of grotesque, suitable for an animated film or a lyrical comedy. – Vibraphone, piano, strings, glockenspiel, percussion // Length 2:33, 154 bpm, 3/4
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