Hello!
Welcome to my
music page.

 

 

 

This page is divided into six sections:

1. Live recordings
2. Songs
3. Sound Trackish
4. On the Classical Side of Life
5. Short Pieces and Themes
6. Slide Show, Video Scores

Some of these tracks are finished product, while some are just samples of my work. With a life of being a working musician, many styles of music show up in my writing.

Most of the music is available for lease, and free to download for personal, non-commercial use. Everything is copyrighted, of course, and I am a member of ASCAP.

I love scoring videos, and if you have a project that needs music…give me a call!

I hope you hear something you like. (And feel free to leave a comment or two!)

Marty
(818) 242-7551
Email

 

 

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1. LIVE RECORDINGS

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Here are my recently released singles. Turn up your volume, click play, and I hope you enjoy the music! If you do, you can purchase it, as well as “like” it, “tweet” it and share it on your own website.

 

The music was recorded live at More Art’s Stage One in Granada Hills featuring:
Marty Buttwinick, Bass – Composer /
Matt Lamy, Keyboard /
Jeff Snow, Tenor Sax /
Larry Williams, Guitar /
Ben Beckley, Drums /
Tom Walsh, Percussion

Recorded live on Pro Tools /
Engineer, Richard Robinson /
Mastering, Randall Tobin @ Theta Sound Studio, Burbank, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. SONGS

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Hello, I Love You Dear
A Reggae / Calypso boy-meets-girl song featuring Marc Bosserman on lead vocal.

Caught Up in The Magic of You 3:39
“Stock” bossa nova featuring Cathy Segal-Garcia on vocals. (And me playing the cool vibes solo!)

Right Where I Want 3:35
’80s Rock tune featuring Randy Heddon on lead vocal. (Once I get the masters I can fix the out-of-sync organ part at the beginning!!!)

The Art of Life

In the early ’80s my brother and wife went to Europe for the first time for their 25th wedding anniversary. Brother Ed is an artist, and had been teaching art history for years, and now was finally going to visit the origination points of the masters! I wrote this as an anniversary present.

It was recorded at Theta Sound Studio. I played all the tracks myself, even the drums!, so it took a number of hours. I did the male vocals (was singing a lot in those days) on this duet, and my at-the-time band partner, Michele (Purpora) Tardi sung the female part.

 

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3. SOUND TRACKISH

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Fighting with Leaves Suite

A Middle Eastern suite in four movements written as a dance piece. I have all the choreography worked out. (Want to dance to this?)

Fighting with Leaves Suite – 1st Movement

Fighting with Leaves Suite – 2nd Movement

Fighting with Leaves Suite – 3rd Movement

Fighting with Leaves Suite – 4th Movement

Stolen Fantasies
Piano and flute performed by Eric and Sheila Zimmerman. This is a soundtrack I wrote years ago. (Unfortunately the original recording is someplace with the lost socks.)

 

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4. ON THE CLASSICAL SIDE

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The Julia Suite

These are a series of “Nonets” I wrote for my great-niece, Julia, who was about four at the time. They started out as short piano pieces I wrote in my car on the way home from a family party, then I orchestrated them for fun. A Nonet is a nine-piece music ensemble. My nonets comprise: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola and contrabass

Car Ride 1:38

Hide and Seek 1:30

Let’s Play! 1:30

The Restaurant 1:10

Scary Dream 1:22

Sleeping 1:26

Take a Nap 1:45

What? 1:17

 

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5. SHORT PIECES & THEMES

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Most of these were written as ringtones, but could used for just about anything.

Alert! :19

Hello, it’s me! :09

Good Morning! :10

Funky Strings :34

Chipper :12

Hurry! :06

Tweet! :14

 

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6. SLIDE SHOW & VIDEO SCORES

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These pieces are the soundtracks to Petrina Sharp’s mural and kitchen re-do’s videos on my video page.

Macy’s Bedroom Mural
Classical guitar, flute, violin and cello with a smattering of clarinet and oboe.

Marian’s Kitchen Makeover
Steel-string guitar, cello, bass, violin, flute, oboe and clarinet.

Laci’s Bedroom Murals
Piano

Kitchen Cabinets Transparent Painting

 

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DEMOS OF UPCOMING LIVE RELEASES

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The following are a few demos of my instrumental tunes. The recordings are made directly from my music notation program. As soon as I’ve mastered my recent live recordings, I will post them in section one above. The live versions feature: Elec Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Guitar, Sax and Flute

A ’60s Merlot
Groove tune. Fun to play, easy to easy to.

Coffee Beans and Tea
Bossa. This is an entire tune. (Not a bad recording, given the tracks came purely from a music-notation program. Even the flute solo!)