Children’s Music

[Transcript]

At once hysterical, bizarre and heartbreakingly endearing, these three installments represent selected “entries” of a recorded monologue from an audio tape found on the street in Richmond, Virginia.

1. “Rememberable.”

2. “It’s a visual.”

3. “Determination.”

*Ed. Note: Links removed by request

Child’s Composition

[from Cassette Tape]

We are informed that both recordings were composed on a now-obsolete computer program from 1982. “We are informed that both recordings were composed on a now-obsolete computer program from 1982. “Music Maker” was designed for the Texas Instruments Home Computer as a young person’s learning tool. Its simple interface allowed students to compose rudimentary sketches of no more than 25 seconds each. Within those narrow parameters, however, some children managed to produce curiously inspired works-in-miniature.” was designed for the Texas Instruments Home Computer as a young person’s learning tool. Its simple interface allowed students to compose rudimentary sketches of no more than 25 seconds each. Within those narrow parameters, however, some children managed to produce curiously inspired works-in-miniature.

The Hotel St. George has transcribed the music using modern Sibelius composition software and presents it here in two arrangements.

1. Original Music Maker Composition Get Adobe Flash player

2. Arrangement for Piano Get Adobe Flash player

3. Cacophonous-MIDI-redux Get Adobe Flash player

childs_composition_transcript

(Transcription: Seth Monahan.)

“We Are The World.”

[from Cassette Tape]

An anonymous contributor submitted a recording of himself singing the pop-rock song, “We Are The World,” at age the tender age of 10.

1. We Are The World Get Adobe Flash player

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