Jordan McClung (New Age Music): 2018

Monday, December 17, 2018

"Quasar" from the album "The Universe"

Quasar

What is a Quasar? They are a super massive black hole. It is a super solar system sized galaxy with high points of energy that are contained inside them. They were discovered by radio telescopes that found what they call blobs called an occultation. Which means it is an object that is hidden by another object and passes between the observers. This was the brightest of the blobs that were discovered called Object Number 273 in the Brand New 3^rd Cambridge Radio Catalog or 3C273 for short. When driving gas into the galactic core. A way this happens is when two galaxies merge and grow.

The gases descend into the gravitational well and increase in speed and swept up into a massive whirlpool around the well of the black hole which is called an Accretion Disk where the energy of motion is turned into heat. The heat of the disks glow so bright, that we can see Quasars at great distances. Some of the gases are swallowed causing the black hole to grow. This energy can be pooled in the center causing the energy to shoot out from the poles of the Quasar. Of course this can become more technical and scientific. Which if you are interested in more there is much more on these theories.

When composing this piece, I wanted to display a sense of mass and cosmic power because of the size and complexity of this huge phenomenon. To give it structure of moving a huge spinning mass in a cosmic and majestic way.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

If you haven't already!
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Monday, December 3, 2018

"Pluto" from the album "The Universe"

Pluto

Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld. This is currently the 9^th and the farthest planet in our solar system. There is also a possible chance of a 10^th planet that may be even further out known as planet X or Eris. Pluto from the Sun It is about 3.7 Billion miles and takes about 248 years to make one complete orbit.

During this time it has yet to make a complete orbit since its discovery on February 18^th 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. A day is a bit longer than ours about 6 Earth days. The size is about half the width of the United States. Charon is the largest of Pluto’s 5 moons others are Styx, Nix Kerberos, and Hydra. The orbit of Charon and Pluto are locked together and if you had a bridge you could walk across it. They both orbit around a point in space. This would give it a unique orbit to each other. It would take you about 9 years to reach Pluto, which on July 14 2015 the New Horizons spacecraft arrives to Pluto. It discovers more and more qualifications of a planet. It even has a slight atmosphere of 20 haze layers and has a quarter of the amount of Earth’s pressure.

Approaching the planet it has a red or pinkish tinge to it with a white heart shape about the size of Texas on its surface called Sputnik Planitia. The temperature on Pluto is -369 degree Fahrenheit. This would mean if your arm were exposed at all, it would shatter like glass. There are colors a type of creamy brown in the snow which may be dirt mixed in it. There are three type of ice such as nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane. Also Cryovolcanoes were discovered and may be part of the cause of Pluto’s surface. Pluto is the only planet in the solar system other than Earth with Penitente, which look like jagged ice formations that are shaped like sharp teeth. On Earth they are found in the Atacama Desert, but on Pluto they are much bigger and may be the size of mountains compared to the Earth.

When composing this piece, being the furthest planet in our solar system, I wanted to give it a distant and cosmic sound while at the same time wanting to maintain the mythology of the underworld. Since its discovery with more and more being learned about it, I still wanted to portray and keep a small and yet mysteriousness about it.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

PS

UPDATE:

The official release date of the album 'The Universe' will be on December 14th 2018. This will be available for Download on this date. The CD's will be available later at a given date. Set your calendars! Thank you for your patience.

Monday, November 19, 2018

"Neptune" from the album "The Universe"

Neptune

Neptune is the Roman god of the sea and the smallest and the furthest gas giant in our solar system. It is 2.8 billion miles from the Sun. If you ever wanted to go out for a visit it would take about 12 years to get there. It takes about 165 Earth years to go around the Sun once. One day is about 16 Earth hours. It is made up of 80 percent Hydrogen and 19 percent Helium like Uranus but has a little bit of methane. It is bluer in color due to the methane and another mysterious chemistry. Some of the winds are some of the fastest in the solar system at speeds of 1,342 miles per hour.

There are a number of storms and visible clouds that come and go. Like Jupiter’s big red spot there is a large dark spot big enough for the Earth to go through. This was actually a hole in the atmosphere that tends to come and go and no one knows exactly why. The axis is 28 degrees giving it about four seasons similar to Earth and Mars, but each season is 40 years long. In 1989 a number of the pictures were received from the Voyager 2 spacecraft it passed by and it took the spacecraft 13 years to reach Neptune from its launch. And we haven’t been that close since to Neptune since. Even though Neptune is the furthest out from the Sun Uranus is the coldest of the gas giants. Neptune generates more heat internally.

Neptune has 5 faint rings named after those who discovered and researched Neptune. Neptune has 14 known moons all named after water deity’s in Greek mythology, Triton being the biggest of the moons of Neptune and even bigger than Pluto. Triton also contains all the masses of all of Neptune’s moons put together and even a slight atmosphere. It also rotates in retrograde to some of its other moons. There are geysers that shoot about 10 miles into the atmosphere and then bend about 90 degrees. Some of the outer moons may have been captured moons. These moons take about 25 years to orbit Neptune only one time.

When composing this piece, I wanted something calm distant and the water theme of the god of Neptune and the sea; even though it has some of the highest winds in our solar system. It was intended to be in an oceanic scenario. If you listen to real sound from the Voyager missions, it sounds like the sea or a wind that howls and whistles as if there was a ship out to sea coming into the harbor. I would imagine it would go hand in hand if the sound of the planet met the music.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

PS

UPDATE:

The album 'The Universe' DIGITAL DOWNLOAD is targeted to be released November 29th 2018 from this link here watch for it. The physical CD copy is scheduled to be available in early December 2018. I will keep you posted on updates or changes.

Monday, October 15, 2018

"Uranus" from the album "The Universe"

This week I wanted to talk about ‘Uranus’ and what to look forward to with the music pieces on the upcoming album “The Universe”.

Uranus is the seventh planet and takes 84 years to orbit the Sun. Other planets are named after Roman gods; this is the only planet in our solar system named after a Greek god Ouranos (pronounced [oh-ron-nos]). Today it is used in the Latin version Uranus (properly pronounced [oo-ron-us]). If they kept the original Greek way there would be less embarrassment or confusion on how it is pronounced.

This planet is known as the god of the sky or primal god of the Heavens. Based on its sky discovery, the methane in the atmosphere may be what causes the planets bluish green color. It has enough pressure on the carbon from the methane particles making it into diamonds raining through the mantle like hailstones.

Uranus is the about 1.6 billion miles from the Sun would make it one of the coldest planets at -355 degrees Fahrenheit in our solar system. Being made up mostly of gas hydrogen and helium, it is the third largest planet and is also known as one of the gas giants. Unlike Saturn which has thick visible rings Uranus has 13 thin rings. It has 27 known moons listed in 3 categories. Named after English literature, there are 13 inner moons, 5 major moons and the 9 irregular moons. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side at 98 degrees resembling a target or bullseye, which means the poles get 42 years of light and 42 years of darkness. The planets rotation of one day is 17 hours and 14 minutes.

Being a gas planet some of its cloud surfaces rotate differently because of the high winds some areas may rotate faster around 14 hours. Even though the poles get more sunlight, it is still hotter at the equator, no one is sure why. Its core is surrounded by water ammonia and methane at temperatures 4,200 degrees Fahrenheit.

With its rotation it has an unusual magnetosphere is about as strong as the earths, and has an unusual axis of being off 59 degree making it stronger on its north pole than its south pole. This may be caused by its liquid diamond ocean to cause a deflection of its magnetic sphere it may be caused by it water mantle instead.

This piece was written for its simple yet melodic settings. Uranus with its sub-zero climate and diamond rains in its atmosphere. Being so distant and one of the quieter lesser known busy planets in our solar system. I wanted this music piece to have a sophistication and elegance to it. I wanted to give it more of a simple quality that would be taken in a richer form for its cloudy majestic sky.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links below:

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

PS

UPDATE:

The album 'The Universe' is targeted to be released on November 29th 2018. Set your calendars, I will keep you updated on any possible changes.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

"Saturn" from the album "The Universe"

Hi Everyone,

This week I wanted to talk about ‘Saturn’ and what to look forward to with the music pieces on the upcoming album “The Universe”.

Saturn is named after the god Saturnus, the god of agriculture and harvest. Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest is the most photogenic planet in the solar system. It is about 890 million miles from the Sun and takes about 29 years to make one orbit. It is made up of 75 percent Hydrogen and 25 percent Helium. It is about 74,900 miles in diameter and can fit about 765 Earths. Unlike Jupiter it is so buoyant if there were enough water it would float. Like Jupiter it has no solid surface. We do not really know the rotation of a day, the cloud tops rotate about 11 hours. There are 8 rings and are lettered from A-G and span from tip to tip about 200,000 miles across and are very thin about as thick as a 1 or 2 story building and like looking at a sheet of paper in comparison.

There are at least 62 moons, Titan being its largest moon is bigger than Mercury and Pluto. The Cassini/Huygens spacecraft took 7 years to reach Saturn. The Huygens probe was sent to Titan and discovered it has an atmosphere and solid ground similar to Earth. With Saturn’s other unique moons like Enceladus being only 300 miles across water and water ice geyser vapors shooting out from its surface forming the E ring. Others like Mimas which looks like a familiar Death Star, Iapetus and many others with their shapes and sizes.

This piece was written for its serene and beautiful settings. Saturn being the second biggest planet, I wanted to allow a more majestic and richer quality with lower orchestral and other various instruments without competing with Jupiter which is without comparison.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links below:

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

PS

If you haven't already!
Take a look at my website, click around see what you find. All the links you need are here:

http://jordanmcclungmusic.com

I would enjoy hearing from you. Tell me what you enjoy about my music and if you have a favorite?

My Official email: jordannewagemusic@gmail.com

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

"Jupiter" from the album "The Universe"

Jupiter

This week I wanted to talk about ‘Jupiter’ and what to look forward to with the music pieces on the upcoming album “The Universe”.

Jupiter is fifth and largest of the planets it is known as the Roman King of the gods. Not only is it the biggest of the planets in our solar system, it has enough room to fit all the planets in our solar system and have room to spare. The Earth can comfortably fit in well known storm as the Big Red Spot. The vastness of the Jupiter can also fit about 1,300 Earths comfortably. Jupiter is 485 million miles from the Sun and mostly made of gases; about 86 percent hydrogen and 13 percent helium and has no surface area. It spins so fast that it bulges at the equator. A day on Jupiter is less than 10 hours (9.9) and takes about 12 years to orbit the Sun. With its enormous magnetosphere giving it a huge gravitational pull, it is a like a small solar system in itself pulling any or everything that enters its realm.

There are at least 69 Moons and all are extremely different with their substance such as ‘Io’ (pronounced eye-oh) being close most actively volcanic, Europa looks like it is cracked like an egg shell covered with ice, Callisto being filed with craters from many years of bombardment and Ganymede at -240 degrees and more than 40 miles thick on its crust Ganymede is the biggest moon in the solar system, all being very distinctive. There are also small rings that orbit the planet, not very visible as other planets. There are even Aurora’s around the poles.

There are storms on Jupiter and enormous pressure. The temperatures on the mantle level are about 18,000 degrees Fahrenheit. And the further you go toward the center it becomes a seething level of metallic hydrogen which makes up a lot of its magnetic field. Without Jupiter the Earth and surrounding planets may cease to exist. Because of its great magnetic field it is considered as the solar systems vacuum cleaner. It will take comets and space debris and either sling shots it out of the way or it devours that object in its path. July 1994 the comet Shoemaker Levy 9 came too close and impacted into Jupiter.

This piece was written for its monstrous and powerful size and vastness. There are a number of orchestra instruments and various instruments added to give it the richness and depth. The intent was to describe an aggressive massive high energy and somewhat unpredictable power that Jupiter would portray with a majestic presence of supremacy as being the King of the planets.

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

"Mars" from the album "The Universe"

Mars

Hi Everyone,

This week I wanted to talk about ‘Mars’ and what to look forward to with the music pieces on the upcoming album “The Universe”.

There are a number of planets in our solar system, but there are very few that you can actually visit due to their lack of surface and their atmosphere. Mars is a planet that has similarities to planet Earth. It is quite a small planet it is only 4,214 miles in diameter and about the width of the United States or Australia. It has two moons Phobos and Deimos. From the Sun it is about 142 million miles one orbit takes about 687 days. For one rotation it has a day of 24 and half hours. The surface gravity is 0.38 times the Earth’s gravity. The temperatures vary and can reach as high as 30 degree Fahrenheit on average of -80 degrees on average and a low of -195 degrees Fahrenheit. The conditions are pretty rough if you were to ever visit there.

You can never go out of a breath of fresh air. The atmosphere is 95.3 percent carbon dioxide and the pressure is less than 1 percent of the Earth. In other words if you were to take off your space suite your blood would boil which would not be a pleasant experience. There is no ultra violet protection (UV) and you would be burnt to a crisp in moments. The dust on Mars is as fine as fire smoke and can get into your clothes, equipment, into your lungs and everywhere. There are dusts storms that cover the planet about once every three years. This happened the first time when Mariner 9 first visited the planet in 1971. Olympus Mons is the 85,000 feet about two and half times the height of Mount Everest making it the highest peak in the solar system. The height may have been caused by its lower gravity. There have been questions if water has been discovered on Mars. In 2008 the Phoenix Lander was sent to the north arctic pole and water ice was found on the surface under the spacecraft. There have been ice discover near the equator as well. This opens many possibilities from the earlier stages of the planets origin.

You will notice this piece was written in some ways similar with the piece atmosphere to co-inside with one another. It was written as a description of Mars and its surface. Being a dusty and desolate location it has a sense of intensity and adventure. There are many different instruments and with touch of sound design for giving you an effect of what you may experience if you were there.

More things to think about. In the meantime if you haven't listened to my other albums, feel free to share any of following links below:

Thanks again for your great support,

-Jordan

PS

If you haven't already!
Take a look at my website, click around see what you find. All the links you need and more are here:

http://jordanmcclungmusic.com

I would enjoy hearing from you. Tell me what you enjoy about my music and if you have a favorite?

My Official email: jordannewagemusic@gmail.com

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