#etfbehindthetracks

I decided to pick up the pace - here's the final installment of "Behind The Tracks' about my album "Enter The Fadolín", focusing on the five remaining miniatures, all written in different places. Enjoy and thank you for reading!

Hello friends – thank you so much for reading my posts in “Behind the Tracks“, a series of stories about the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). I’m grateful to hear that these posts resonated with many of you, and it’s been fun for me to put the context of these pieces in writing. I’m going to…

More "Behind the Tracks" -- A long-ish post about the "Midnight Suite", the longest piece on the "Enter The Fadolín" album, and the atmosphere that inspired it. Thank you for reading!

Hello friends – I’m grateful to return with another installment of “Behind the Tracks“, a series of stories behind the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). Just a few posts left to write — thank you to everyone who has encouraged me to continue sharing these stories! This post is about the three…

Here's another "Behind the Tracks" post about "Playground Móòd", improvised in April 2020 during the height of the pandemic's first wave, and expanded for the album.

Hello friends – I’m back with another installment of “Behind the Tracks“, a series of stories behind the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). This time it’s about a track called “Playground Móòd” — hear it below: Enter The Fadolin by Ljova “Playground Móòd” was improvised as a sketch on a…

A new installment of "Behind The Tracks", focusing this time on "A Nocturne" from "Enter The Fadolín" and a composer's #1 occupational hazard -- background music. Enjoy!

Hello friends – I’m back with another installment of “Behind the Tracks“, a series of stories behind the music on my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now as a download, as a home-made autographed CD-R, and a collection of sheet music). This time it’s about a track called “A Nocturne” — hear it below: Enter The Fadolin by Ljova “A Nocturne” was the final addition to the album, composed…

Happy New Year! Here's a post about "O'Carolan's Farewell to Music", by Bach's contemporary Turlough O'Carolan, a tune I learned from the repertoire of fiddler Martin Hayes.

Dear friends, Happy New Year! Next up on the series of “Behind the Tracks” posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now exclusively via Bandcamp as a download or handmade autographed CD-R, and also as a PDF collection of sheet music you can play through on your own) is a composition by the blind Celtic harper Turlough O’Carolan called “O’Carolan’s Farewell to Music”.Listen to it…

Continuing the thread of "Behind The Tracks" posts about my new album "Enter The Fadolín", this post focuses on two tracks that go hand-in-hand: "Going Home -> Leaving Home -> Finding Home Again" and "Light". Listen to them both as you read this post.

Dear Friends, Continuing the thread of “Behind The Tracks” posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (now available for pre-order at Bandcamp as a download, as a collection of sheet music or handmade autographed CD-R), this post focuses on two tracks that go back-to-back, hand-in-hand:“Going Home -> Leaving Home -> Finding Home Again” and “Light”Listen to them both below as you read this…

continuing the thread of "Behind The Tracks" posts about my new album "Enter The Fadolín" is a bilingual English/Russian guest post from my dad, Alexander Zhurbin, about his piece "Fine Fantasy".

Dear Friends, Continuing the thread of “Behind The Tracks” posts about my new album, “Enter The Fadolín” (available for pre-order exclusively on Bandcamp and out in January 2022), the next track in this thread is very special — it’s a brand new piece by my dad, the wonderful composer Alexander Zhurbin! In August 2020, my dad turned 75 — and the best way to celebrate composers is to commission…

A video episode of "Behind the Tracks" about my new album "Enter The Fadolín", focusing on this time on "Baltic Melismas" -- including the secret of composing music on a street consumed by techno music & bouncing children - story + photos! Enjoy -->

Dear Friends, For the third installment of “Behind The Tracks” posts about my new album “Enter The Fadolín” (available now for pre-order as sheet music, digital download album or handmade autographed CD-R), I decided to make a video post instead of text — see below for the story of how and where the next piece, “Baltic Melismas”, was composed. Come for the story, stay for the photos!…