Walt Ribeiro "Heavy Dirt" (string quartet)
Channel: Walt Ribeiro Orchestra
Date: 25/01/2021

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Here's an original song I wrote. I didn't want to release a cover song on my birthday, and I wanted to show the world what this idea can become. A few years ago I became a music professor as a college, and they have this huge room that is perfect for video shoots. Naturally, I asked my music director if I could use it and he was excited to see it get used. Notice all of the music instruments that are in the background. I like that.

As for my conducting, you'll notice that it's a little robotic. I was so nervous about it that I had a metronome next to me to keep me in time. I'll get better as they continue (hopefully they do).

"Heavy Dirt" is about going through life and getting completely destroyed by the elements around you. It all becomes heavy, and it all becomes a burden that you try to fight along the way. The hardships, the pain, the tough decisions, and the aftermath. It's not all bad, but it's all an experience that leaves you beaten down and dirty.

You'll notice that all my videos are filmed in different locations - I usually record a few songs in one location, but because my hard drive is so scattered with random files from when I was carelessly recovering. My audio, video, and image files are disorganized, which I mentioned on Twitter a few days ago. So now I'm editing videos as I piece their media files together. This video had 30 different files in different hard drives, and it wasn't easy to find everything at first.

It's an original song and if you enjoy it then I'll put sheet music links and more. Thanks so much - hope you like this more than the cover songs.

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CREDITS
Conductor & Composer....► Walt Ribeiro http://fororchestra.com
Violin I.....► Carlos Santiago 
Violin II....► Sasha Ki http://instagram.com/alexandrkislitsyn
Viola.......► Andriana Markano
Cello.......► Carolina Diazgranados