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