For Orchestra #14: Ray Charles ‘Hit the Road Jack’
Hit the Road Jack was a perfect choice for a Ray Charles track! I brought the drums up a little in this mix, and made sure the arrangement rocked!
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Buy It!I liked the idea of doing classic songs, as well as more recent ones, like Lady Gaga, etc. I utilized the brass a lot in this piece, because I felt it would create more ‘hit’ with the four on the floor arrangement of the original. Doing this piece was interesting, because I had made the arrangement a while ago, and looking back, I wounder what changes I would have made today had I started it from scratch. Perhaps, I would have used more percussion “call and response”, which would have mimicked the idea of the percussion and brass ‘talking’ to each other in rhythm. Or perhaps I would have changed the tempo more, adding fast parts and slow parts.
All in all, this was fun and difficult – which is the perfect combo for an arrangement 
Hope you like it!
It’s difficult, but The support has been awesome – thanks!
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