Here's my Overtone series project. I used some acoustic instruments like an organ as well as synths, trying to blend them together. But you can be the judge of that...

And here's my Podcast to go with it.

Blues: I researched Leadbelly, one of the few ex-Cons to have a bestselling children's album.

http://ahsmusictechnology.pbworks.com/Leadbelly-Research 

My twelve tone is finished and it went well- holding hands.mp3

Here is the art by Lena de Moel which inspired this musical piece.

Here are the points of interest. 

1. The intro is the first row of my twelve tone played out melodically with a sort of synth chorus pad playing behind it- a repeated progression. The idea is that it is haunting, a siren song of sorts. It sets the mood as well as reflects the art- the grief and anxiety that gays and lesbians have to cope with on their mistreatment on a day to day basis. Some of those that rely on the extremely biased heterosexual community have to live under the fear that the knowledge of who they really are could ostracize them from their homes, even from the love of their friends and family. 

2. The middle is more gnashing, more bitter but brighter. The main row is played again but with bits of other intervals that are particularly atonal. It brings the bitterness of those suffering, as well as the hypocrisy which our society finds itself accepting- we are willing to send thousands to kill or be killed, yet our nation will now allow love between a couple of the same sex.

The song plays again with some of what i call "fill intervals" to lead in to harmonic intervals played in unison, such as A to D ( a fifth), Gb to Ab (a second), and E to A (a fourth).

3. The last bit is based of the final fourth in P11, my original row transposed down a half-step, or G and D- the chords are bright, and the synths are warm. The overall feeling is triumphant and celebratory- it is meant to convey the hope, the dream, of a better tomorrow.