On a whim, I decided to practice music arrangement last night. It had been a while since I had practiced it, where my last “serious test” with it was in covering Traverse Town. I decided to make a short of the main theme from the Disneyland’s Main Street Electrical Parade because it’s a perfect example of having different instruments (or tracks) carrying a wide variety of melodies where they all come together in harmony as one very fun and charming song.

At this point I’m not too sure if I want to call this project complete or not. There’s still much room for improvement in “cleaning” the tracks and that since the full song actually breaks into a series of units (Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, etc) I could continue it on to experiment with different vocal styles on my keyboard. Also, I’m playing this at a slower tempo than the original version, yet the tempo that I’m playing at is already 190 beats per minute!

But for now, this should suffice.

Song Title: Main Street Electrical Parade (short cover)
Arranged By: Charlene Valerio
Original Artist: Bob Jani and Ron Miziker
Instruments: 80’s Brass (carries 2 melodies), Poly Synth Pad, Tinker Bell, Standard Drum Kit 1
Style: Learning 4/4
Listen:

Right-click to download: Charlene Valerio – Main Street Electrical Parade (short cover)