[LAU] Quietly Fading Away

[Jan Depner]

On 07/16/2016 05:22 PM, Will Godfrey wrote:
> At the end of last year I actually had some time to just sit and play. I have a
> two keyboard setup so had the lower one driving 'Ghost Ensemble' on CH1 and the
> upper one with 'Angel Piano' on CH2.
>
> After a bit of random pootling around I just hit on the first phrase of this
> and just knew I had to do something with it. I always have Rosegarden set up
> ready, so just hit record and ran with it... for about 4 minutes.
>
> Later, I put it up on Soundcloud, with just the start and finish trimmed, and
> titled Improv2. That's when the fun started. I just could *not* think of a
> suitable title. I also thought I should tidy it up a bit, but apart from
> removing one really duff note nothing else seemed to really need attention.
>
> Looking through my photos I found one that seemed to fit the mood, and added it
> to the Soundcloud file. This was of an abandoned trackway, that is about a
> mile long and in some placed barely passable even on foot. Still I couldn't
> think of a title.
>
> Eventually it came to me quite out of the blue, so here it is fully formed :)
>
> http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Quietly_Fading_Away.ogg

The most important thing, I think, in writing any piece of music, 
whether it's instrumental or with vocals/lyrics, is to engender an 
emotion in the listener.  You've succeeded, beautifully.  I really 
enjoyed that.  Thanks for sharing it.

Cheers,
Jan