17 Jan
2017
17 Jan
'17
1:44 p.m.
Hey Jeanette,
On 01/16/2017 03:52 PM, Jeanette C. wrote:
this will be purely about your music and not the way that it is
provided. :)
Aw shucks, I was learning so much about music hosting.
I loved some passages very much. I'm afraid my
attraction to that
slightly off-kilter composition is very selective and completely
unreasonable. In the first section there were a few passages which
sounded gratingly sequenced. Somehow mechanical and static. Seeing that
this impression changed over the piece, I assume that this was done by
design. Though especially that same section held a few passages which
really touched a chord somewhere. :) The dark, unpretentious mood of all
three pieces sits very well with me.
Thanks a lot, J. As a keyboardist you undoubtedly hear these things
quite differently than I do. Above all, I'm utterly non-observant
regarding playability, which allows the part writing to go where it
will, i.e. with no regard for what human hands can actually play. I am
self-consciously following the lead of Conlon Nancarrow here, or Bach in
parts of the Kunst der Fuge. As the note on the SC site states, it's
"sequenced music for a virtual piano", which is to say it's two steps
removed from reality. Somewhat like myself.
FWIW, I like Desolation #3 the best, but the longer second Desolation
introduces a number of interesting composition details, things I'll
likely use in more original work.
Thank you for sharing!
As always, thank you for listening. Your ears are appreciated. :)
Best wishes,
Jeanette
Best regards,
dp