Autumn into Winter

Here.

This is a companion piece to Chrysalis. There's a basic chord structure in Autumn that's reversed in Chrysalis. It's emphasized most clearly during the swing-waltz sections. I started writing Chrysalis because I realized that the chords from Autumn would work just as well in reverse.

I originally wrote the first and last parts of Autumn as different pieces, but they grew and met each other in the middle. It's fun to write arpeggio-based pieces like this. You can use subtler and stranger progressions than you could with block chords.

Richard Wright:

Thanks for the music

Here is Things

New things. Yay!

I meant for the alternate version of "Hopeless Love" to be last on the playlist, but Archive.org decided to put it first for some reason. Aside from that chiptunes rendition, I've used a more new agey sound here. I think it's nice.

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Recent Dreams

The sky beneath the water's edge
The ocean of light above my head
I stand ashore among my kind
And they listen to the rustling
of my mind.

I dreamt a day pleasantly passed
Two distant friends were joined at last
But time reversed, came yestermorning's sun
Destiny slipped and time
came undone.

The unlived days we wonder about 
Pass over us like the shadows of clouds.
I stand ashore among my kind
And they listen to the rustling
of my mind.

A Random Observation From A Former Self

I was googling myself and came across a comment that I wrote about one year ago. I think it's pretty accurate.

"Out of all the comic strips that aren’t funny anymore, Dilbert is the one that was funny the most recently."

Wow... With that caliber of witty pop-culture commentary, I bet I'll be appearing on VH1 any day now.

Negative Lad part 1

At first, I didn't think I would put this up. These recordings were made as a test to see if I could get a good sound out of the piano and mike. The results were mixed - I was happy enough with the sound, but the piano needs tuning and you can hear lots of noise from the keys and pedals. The performance is also easy to criticize, showing off my dumb left hand and my sociopathic glee in sustaining chords into a stew of dissonance. But nitpicks aside, there were enough "keeper" moments in this improv session that I decided to go ahead and post it.

I only added significant effects to the middle section, which was already pretty weird anyway. The first and last bits just have minor tweaks to liven up the sound.

Negative Lad
1 - I'm A Big Fish 
2 - In An Empty Pond 
3 - Better Learn To Walk

If I were a less lazy person I would devote more time to practicing piano, because I do love it as an instrument.

Ps. Negative Lad is my superhero identity. Don't tell anyone.

Post-Awesome

And now, the post-Mannette Festival depression phase of the summer.

Bleargh.

I wonder if this is how it feels to be a washed-up rock star. It's a feeling like "Wait, life can go back to being not awesome? Didn't I prove to the world that I'm cool and therefore above all this standing in line and doing paperwork and wondering how to get money?"