Music by Daniel |
The Star-Spangled BannerSolo for Tenor Ukuleleby Daniel Mortenson |
Fix YouColdplay Coverby Daniel Mortenson |
O My FatherSolo for Tenor Ukuleleby Daniel Mortenson |
Wistful WinterSolo for Baritone Ukuleleby Daniel Mortenson |
Refractions (Deluxe Edition)Solo Piano Album |
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About RefractionsI wrote and recorded Refractions the summer after I graduated from High School. In each track, I did my best to project certain scenery and emotions into the music. I wrote most of the pieces the same day I recorded them, so there are mistakes and improvisations. |
Unset-Take OnePiano Single |
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About UnsetUnset is a project I’ve been working on sporadically since I’ve returned home early from my mission in Colombia. It reflects the uncertainty and mental turmoil I was experiencing in that time. |
Mourning BreaksSuite for Classical Ukulele |
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About Mourning BreaksMourning Breaks was my biggest project of my first semester at BYU. My goal was to take what I was learning about romantic-era musical structure and apply it to the Ukulele. I wrote Mourning Breaks to describe the process of repentance and improvement. In the first movement, Fracture, the subject makes mistakes and hits rock bottom. The second movement, Depths, is all about the emotions that he feels afterward, as he realizes what he has done. In the third movement, Mend, he starts to pick himself up, unsteadily. He feels hope for a better world and emerges into the light, and the Mourning and the Morning, break. |