Mosaic Songs

Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. It may be a technique of decorative art, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural significance as in a cathedral. Small tiles or fragments of pottery (known as tesserae, diminutive tessellae) or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils are used to create a pattern or picture.      Wikipedia

I did not invent audio mosaics but describes what I like to do.

I take thousands and thousands of small samples of musical instruments...average of 2 seconds each and shape them to fit into an audio picture.

Each sample is one single instrument. Most are licensed to me. I do create my own either with midi interface by using my Yamaha PSR550 and Magix MIDI studio or licensed wav files. Most of the recording is done with Magix  software; Music Maker Producers Edition and Magix Samplitude Music Studio.

I am a middle aged man born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA. Blue collar worker until I was forced to use a computer.  So many questions about this new machine, I went to GRJC and took all the computer courses they had to offer.....

I now live and work in Madison WI where I am a software tester and technical support for high end  . I work in the Bio-Info field for a small company that creates DNA Analysis tools.

Music...

I love all kinds of music. Most of my training has been my ears. I do admit to reading about music theory and tinker with keyboards and guitars. I have spent over 30 years questioning, meditating on, and  analyzing  why the composer and or producer put each instrument where it is, in the spectrum of the arrangement.  Always questioning how each instrument told me its own story and yet add to the story of the arrangement. 

Technology caught up  with me and I as able to try it myself.  I usually work on 5 or 6 different arrangements at a time, listening to the 'voices' tell me where and how to put the music together.  When I no longer feel creative on one piece, I move on to the next arrangement letting the previous one ferment for a while... what you hear is the product of this exciting hobby.  Enjoy!

Joe Leale