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Summary

Reader’s Playlist containing 5 tracks and over 80 minutes of music. Tempos range from 61 to 181 beats per minute (although it doesn’t feel like it!) Stemming from the idea that a little bit of stimulation helps overall cognition, the reader’s playlist starts with Identification – a track that was written specifically to aid people take on information at a trade show. All 5 tracks are written for piano and strings and were inspired by different people at different times.

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Individual Tracks

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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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Classic music2work2 – pianos, strings, alternating time signatures and themes – oh, and it’s long.

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2007 was the year that music2work2 really started to take shape. I was working with a Korg Triton and my recording and mixing chops were getting better. New gear is funny – there is just something about sitting down at a new toy and playing with it – experimenting with what sounds good and what doesn’t. As usual the piano track was played first and then subsequent voices recorded on top – you can hear strings, electric pianos and even some funky frequencies as I got deeper into wave forms – Ooooh!

There are a number of different themes going on in this piece – Heath was a guy I met through the Kelli gig – he was a freelance template developer who also happened to be a musician. We collaborated on a couple of things musically but the tech work would get in the way. I learned a lot from Heath including how to manipulate photoshop and how to freestyle on beat tracks – it was fun while it lasted but we eventually went our separate ways.

There’s a theme that comes in around 17 minutes – it’s called "Andy The Barman" and is a theme that I have promised myself I will develop further. It reflects a particularly bizarre time of my life when I was indeed working a bar in London – strange times but all good grist for the creative mill.

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Heath is part of The Reader’s Playlist.

There were four new sessions posted on music2work2.com during the month of April. I have written about the others; the fourth one is Heath. It is piano and strings and has a moderate tempo.

Listening to this session, the image it evokes for me is of a gentle rain; not a storm, but just the steady falling of raindrops to the earth to nourish and refresh nature. It reminds me of the kind of rain that leaves everything looking green and alive.