Celestial Cloud

(November 8, 2014) This work was written with a specific student in mind, a high school senior with an excellent attitude, stellar lesson attendance, far above average intelligence, and not much of a will to practice,  (Bad pun, Will.)  I purposely decided to write a highly patterned piece with an obstinately repetitious right hand line over changing harmonies.  I knew it would be quick and easy to learn, and I knew that Will seemed to enjoy the "New Age" style of music.

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.

When it was finished, I wasn't even sure if I liked the piece!  When I sent it to my college teacher Susie Francis Dempsey, her positive comments caused me to view it in a more positive light, and it grew on me.  A "scratch" video of the piece on my Facebook page (camera work by Will himself, the day he first heard it) really got a lot of positive comments, even from my non-musical friends.  So here it is, in a later video on a better piano.

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.

And here we have a video of Will himself playing it.  If he didn't develop into a master pianist, I think I can say that we will gain an amazing veterinarian - unless he decides not to follow in his father's footsteps and change his major to something else.  At which point he will become an amazing Else.

The music can be found at Piano Pronto through this link.

And last, but certainly not least, this piece (perhaps the oddest of my work) receives what may be the oddest treatment - this time on a vintage Korg MS-2000 synthesizer, giving it an "ambient" or "space music" feel.  This was my first ever experience with a synthesizer, and was recorded on April 18, 2015.  Produced by Van Martin.

This recording as well got a lot of positive comments among my Facebook friends.  I haven't given up on the idea of writing more in this style - and perhaps doing electronic "re-creations" of them as well,

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You can find my most recent music at Piano Pronto through this link.

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