In addition to commissioning a roll each year for the Wurlitzer
165 band organ, I have also been commissioning a few MIDI-only
arrangements that wouldn't ever make it to a paper roll, with the
generous support of Andy Park and Glenn Thomas as always.

On a non-mechanical musical note, I have recently taken a great
interest in the sport of swimming (thanks to my local YMCA partly
as well as my love for pools and swimming since infantry) and
I have researched many swimmers from both the USA and the world,
including Michael Phelps!

Through this continuing research I stumbled upon the many colleges
the swimmers are currently attending or have attended. As an homage
to the swimmers I've learned about and am currently following on
Instagram, I have decided to have eight of the college fight songs
of the colleges they attended arranged for the 165 scale as part of
my MIDI commissions for this year. Below are performance links for
each tune as well as each swimmer I associate each university with.

1. Hail Purdue (Purdue University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N3aONa86x8 

2. The Cavalier Song (University Of Virginia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrdQV2UZG4 
https://virginiasports.com/player/matt-brownstead/ 

3. Indiana Our Indiana (Indiana University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gj1qq7p-YQ 
https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/brendan-burns/15123 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_King 

4. Maroon And Gold (Arizona State University) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrdQV2UZG4 
https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/grant-house/8317 

5. To The Victors (University Of Michigan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfrdQV2UZG4 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Jaeger 

6. Hail Towson (Towson University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLfxN4c_u94 
https://towsontigers.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/jack-saunderson/9670 

7. Texas Fight (Texas University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUJSEFKSBE 
https://texassports.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/carson-foster/9935 
https://texassports.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/jake-foster/9911 
https://texassports.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/drew-kibler/9918 

8. Come Join The Band (Stanford)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrs8JkUgjhs 
https://gostanford.com/sports/mens-swimming-and-diving/roster/abrahm-devine/15847 

Note: This guy is my all time favorite swimmer and here's the reason
why. When he came out as openly gay back in 2018, his bravery and
assertiveness really inspired me to let the world know that I'm
autistic and have Asperger's.

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/abrahm-devine-stepping-out-as-elite-imer-and-gay-swimmer/ 

Andrew Lardieri
Voorhees, New Jersey

P.S.: If anyone out there in the mechanical music community is looking
to follow me on Instagram, check me out under the account ALardieri165.