Junkyard Robot (3/17/07 #2)
1:34 minutes
Rusted metal and twisted gears, but still kinda cheery - he limps around the junkyard helping other contraptions to better themselves.
Piano Musings
Welcome to my Piano Musings. Every so often, I sit down at the piano, press record, and try to make up a piece on the spot, entirely improvised. I do this to keep myself from getting too structured and to keep my creativity going. You can read more about the project. People are also creating art based off of these pieces.
You can browse all the pieces below - there are multiple pages of music. All piano musings are released under a by-nc-sa Creative Commons license and are downloadable. The musings are also podsafe if you would like to use them in your own podcast (noncommercial purposes). I have a page on PodsafeAudio.com.
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Piano Musings
Mar 04
Feb 29
Broken Frost (3/17/07 #1)
2:09 minutes
A dark bird is flying, testing the cold air just before spring. Some life might emerge from the still-frozen ground, but it might be too early to survive.
Feb 27
Glass and Steel (3/7/07)
3:10 minutes
There is a stillness after destruction that is peaceful and stunning.
Nov 24
Metal Knotted (2/28/07)
2:04 minutes
Start with a loose tangle. Find two ends, and start pulling them in opposite directions. Make them want different things. Force through the tangle, fight against it. Turn it into a knot, make it harder, as hard as metal. Then remember, how could metal ever become a knot? To untangle, remember where it started. With softness.
Oct 31
Dancing About Architecture (2/8/07)
2:41 minutes
It's a strange structure, new. She moves around it tentatively, slowly assembling the pieces in her understanding and movements. It's a careful embrace, but ultimately whole and secure.
Oct 10
Baby Naiad (1/5/07 #4)
1:47 minutes
She's there to protect the spring and the lake. She moves smoothly, gracefully, arranges the moss and lilypads just so, makes sure the moonlight glints at the right angle, keeps the water clear. The problem is, she got knocked up. And her daughter, who just hit the terrible twos, is running around trying to "help".
Oct 02
Matchbox Traffic (1/5/07 #3)
2:09 minutes
I'm trying to drive this car, but it doesn't steer, it has no brakes, and the doors don't even open. There are wrecks all around me, cars and trucks turned upside-down, but none of them appear damaged. The traffic rules don't make any sense. And just when I think I'm getting somewhere, this giant toddler reaches down and grabs me.
Sep 28
Sep 25
Choir Rehearsal (1/5/07 #1)
2:57 minutes
It's Monday night. Sunday's service went well. But it's halfway through rehearsal, the break was too short, shoulders are slumped, people are leaning back in their chairs. The sopranos are giggling about something unholy. Time to focus for one more runthrough.
Sep 21
Lost Village (12/7/06)
1:57 minutes
We had to hack through the brush to get there. It wasn't mist that hid it, just miles of desolation and occasional thickets.
