Reflecting a move away from other people and focusing more on what was happening to me, this album introduces beat tracks from the Korg Triton for the first time. Weekend Working and Frustration are classic piano and strings track, 113 and Amp Driven are multilayered tracks with a number of different beats.

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Weekend Working (15:22)Download audio file (weekendwork2.5.mp3)

113 (17:43)Download audio file (1132.5.mp3)

Frustration (10:04)Download audio file (music2work2_frustration2.5.mp3)

Amp Driven (13:30) Download audio file (ampdriven25.mp3)

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Continuing the development around individual personalities – it’s ironic that this album starts with a track called Identification.

Identification is a very chilled out string heavy piece, Lally and Emma’s Numbers are both solo piano developments and Irene and Marsha both have additional voicings.

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Identification (14:13)Download audio file (id2.5.mp3)

Lally (15:21)Download audio file (lallydev2.5.mp3)

Emma’s Numbers (14:30)Download audio file (emmasnumbers2.5.mp3)

Irene (13:49)Download audio file (irene2.5.mp3)

Marsha (18:56)Download audio file (marsha2.5.mp3)

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Writing for the different weddings and workshops had opened a door into a new way of creating themes. 2007 was a development of that approach combined with a growing familiarity with the workings of the Korg Triton. Heath, Wendi and Victoria are all two voice pieces where the piano track is recorded first and the string part recorded on top immediately afterward. Emma is a solo piano piece.

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Heath (27:59)Download audio file (heath2.5.mp3)

Wendi at 40 (22:52)Download audio file (wendi40strings2.5.mp3)

Emma’s (20:04)Download audio file (emma2.5.mp3)

Victoria(7:15)Download audio file (victoria2.5.mp3)

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Now playing: music2work2 – People 1, 2007
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Following on from the early years, I was starting to get the idea of working with people as inspiration for the music: Paul was an attempt to get the strings to feel like a real violin, Vincent was an exercise in how to write a simple solo piano lullaby, Charlotte, Richard and Cassie were all examples of me sitting down and just focusing on the subject with piano tracks then string tracks and then whatever else came to mind!

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Paul (21:44) Download audio file (paul2.5.mp3)

Charlotte (10:09) Download audio file (charlotte2.5.mp3)

Cassie (20:01) Download audio file (cassie2.5.mp3)

Richard (13:52)Download audio file (ram2.5.mp3)

Vincent (10:45) Download audio file (vincent2.5.mp3)

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Now playing: music2work2 – People 1, 2006
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This album covers the years between 2000 and 2005, when the whole idea of music2work2 was starting to take shape. My sister Victoria’s wedding drove the initial impetus to produce something tangible – Arrival and the Anam Cara were both played during the ceremony. A little more experimentation and another wedding resulted in the development of Jax’s theme. Sexercise was written for a workshop on women’s sexual energy – I know – sometimes as musicians we have to make sacrifices for the greater good – and finally, Beautiful came along just when things were at their bleakest.

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Arrival (17:50)Download audio file (arrival2.5.mp3)

Anam Cara (1:28)Download audio file (anamcara.mp3)

Jax’s Theme(5:27)Download audio file (jax2.5.mp3)

Sexercise (30:57)Download audio file (sexercise2.5.mp3)

Beautiful (2:07)Download audio file (beautifulmp3.mp3)

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Predominately from 2004 and 2005, these 4 tracks continue the development of music2work2 from themes written for specific events to stand alone pieces that have a life and meaning of their own. Averaging between 15 and 20 minutes long, these pieces set the general shape of a typical music2work2 piece. Piano driven with string melodies and the occasional organ on top – this is one of my favorite albums.

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1218 (22:19)Download audio file (12182.5.mp3)

The Duel (11:56)Download audio file (theduel2.5.mp3)

Late (16:05)Download audio file (late2.5.mp3)

November(15:14)Download audio file (november2.5.mp3)

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