Jerry Gerber

Yeah, it's no doubt miraculous that we've evolved eyes, ears and mind so that we can peer into the depths of the cosmos and try to understand what it's all about. A galaxy is essentially a configuration of hundreds of billions, or trillions of stars (suns) with each sun most likely having one or more planets in orbit around it. The closest galaxy to our own Milky Way is about 2.5 million light-years away, so if traveling at the speed of light (about 186,000 miles per second), it would take 2.5 million years to get there. That's far, but from a cosmic perspective it's not far at all. How miraculous is that! The nebula are basically star-nurseries, the hydrogen gases (emission nebula hydrogen glows red in visible light) coalesce because gravity pulls the gases together eventually getting hot enough so a nuclear fusion process begins, fusing hydrogen into helium. When this occurs, a new sun comes into being. Our own sun had a similar beginning some 6 billion years ago. Perhaps the entire reason the universe exists is for intelligent beings to evolve, learn, love and appreciate the experience. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Hi Bjorn, The voices were all from various sample libraries I was using in 2011, when I produced the music. I'm not sure which ones I was using back then... Glad you enjoyed it! Jerry

Thanks Wookiee, always happy to share!

Thanks Nigel!

And thank you for taking the time to watch!

Thanks Tom. I've long been interested in astronomy, got my first telescope when I was about 10 years old. Last autumn I decided I really want to study astrophotography so I took a break from music and dived into studying how to do it. I then decided what equipment was needed and started learning, setting up in my backyard in San Francisco. Each image is actually a composite of many images, sometime 20 or 30, sometimes hundreds of images, taken consecutively over 1, 2 or more nights. The camera is a dedicated astronomical camera. Each exposure is from 3-5 minutes, guided precisely by computer as the object moves across the sky. The telescope sits on a mount that is controlled by a astro-dedicated computer that wirelessly communicates with an android tablet. The images are all combined and aligned the next morning on my desktop computer and then processing and post-processing begins. It's quite an elaborate technical process just to get one image and is very enjoyable, but some luck is involved because this pursuit is wholly dependent upon the weather cooperating. I am hoping to do a lot more imaging and set them to music again. But it's been raining constantly in San Francisco since December so I'll just have to wait! Here's a photo of me in the backyard getting ready for a night of imaging. Hope all is well with you, Jerry

A short 6 minute video which combines my music and my astrophotography. Enjoy! PLAY

Thanks Grem for taking the time to listen! Jerry

I probably posted this sometime last year, but here it is again for those who might not have heard it: PLAY This recording was made using the Vienna Symphonic Orchestral Cube and softsynths Dune and Zebra (4 instances each). Enjoy! Jerry

I've had CW crash occasionally while working in the notation editor too. It happens seldom or rarely. I haven't used expression content, so though it may be crashing for you in that situation, for me it's usually when I drag and drop to either multiple staves, or some other closely-related task related to drag-and-drop. Sometimes in order to avoid that I use copy and paste, because that has never caused a crash. Jerry

The new virus, RSV, is certainly something to avoid. It's particularly dangerous to contract if you have to urinate. Because then you'll have to RSVP. I woke up this morning with the sudden desire to own both the North pole and Antarctica. My doctor told me I had bi-polar disease. My friend Weiner is a hot dog. He didn't like his name and decided to change it. He gathered his friends together and told them "I'll be Frank with you". Jerry

Thanks for listening Nigel!

Thanks for commenting and listening, much appreciated.

Genre/Style: Modern Classical/Virtual Concerto Creative Vision for the Track: To write a 3 movement concerto featuring a virtual oboe (I’ve written 3 other concertos using a live soloist but the pandemic made that difficult so I wrote this one without a live player) Composition Details (Tempo, Key, Main Chords etc): Score included, you can analyze it if you want Main Instruments used: Vienna Symphonic Library Orchestral Cube and softsynths Zebra & Dune PLAY

When I try to install the latest version of Cakewalk, I get a message saying I must have version 2022.06 installed. I do have this version installed. I tried refreshing activation. Anyone know what's up? Thanks! Jerry www.jerrygerber.com Never Mind. Problem resolved. There was a 49MB file that did not recognize my previous version. But when I downloaded the "full" new version (over 500MB) it worked. I have no idea why there are two different downloads of the latest, 2022-11 installation file, but there seems to be...

Thank you Nigel, and for listening!

Hi Wookie. Actually I have never listened to or studied Tomita's music. Perhaps he and I have had similar influences, or similar ideals about music! Thank you for listening! Jerry

A hot dog decided he wanted to change his name. He gathered together his closest friends and said: "I'll be Frank with you".

I suppose. When in production, I write about 3-4 hours a day six days a week. This symphonic movement took a few months to complete. Thanks for listening! Jerry

Just finished this morning. This completes the 12th symphony. Scored for Vienna Symphonic Library Orchestral Cube + software synthesizers Dune and Zebra Score included. PLAY

Hi Nigel! I can't tell you how much I would enjoy a better word builder. The East West Hollywood Choirs (the one on this movement) is adequate, actually better than adequate, but since it's only a 2nd generation software program, I know there's a lot that can be improved. There may be a few artifacts here and there, I got most of them out through careful programming, but it's not perfect. There is nothing on the market yet to compete with this word builder and East West, I am pretty sure, has abandoned this VST software and is not upgrading it in any way. The choir itself is recorded beautifully and the singers are wonderful. I have grown more fond of the word builder and it really is ingenious. It does take study however, it's not an "out-of-the-box" tool that is going to create perfect results. The Word builder uses a specialized language so to get the words to sound reasonably natural is not always intuitive. For example the phrase "you and I love each other" might have to be programmed YoO and I luv eac! uT!er", or something like that. The manual is good so all of this is explained in detail. Remember, when hearing a live choir in a reverberant hall or church it's not easy to understand the words being sung unless you know them by heart or you have them written down so you can read while listening. That's why I included the words on this recording. Jerry

This is a slow, brooding movement. Scored for VSL orchestral strings, winds and brass. The Yamaha MODX is playing the synth pad, the choir is East West Hollywood Choirs. Here's what the choir is singing (choir doesn't enter until 3:27): Antilogies* abound On your world of joy and pain. Of light and life, of darkness and death-- You make or destroy your soul by love or fear, and govern your fate with every choice you make. Be the witness of living truth, or you may become like a black hole-- where light and life cannot escape, and who you once had been is never more. * antilogies: a contradiction in terms or ideas PLAY Jerry

I'll check it out, thanks Larry..

Thanks everyone for listening and commenting! Much appreciated, Jerry

A song scored for voice (Abby Parker) and VSL strings PLAY