The Early Years - Part 1

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.

Click on the track title for liner notes, longer streams and 5 minute sample mp3s.

Arrival (17:50)[audio:arrival2.5.mp3 |titles=Arrival |artists=music2work2]
Anam Cara (1:28)[audio:anamcara.mp3 |titles=Anam Cara |artists=music2work2]
Jax's Theme(5:27)[audio:jax2.5.mp3 |titles=Jax Wedding theme|artists=music2work2]
Sexercise (30:57)[audio:sexercise2.5.mp3 | titles=Sexercise|artists=music2work2]
Beautiful (2:07)[audio:beautifulmp3.mp3 | titles=Beautiful|artists=music2work2]

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Sexercise - 30 Minutes 57 Seconds

Written for a female only workshop on releasing sexual energy.

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It's the longest and slowest music2work2 track. Voices spend time getting to know each other, parts are shared and swapped, melodies arise and are allowed to breathe, themes are developed and allowed to climax.

I love this track - at 61 beats per minute and over 30 minutes long, it's perfect for losing yourself and allows plenty of time for deep concentration. I use it a lot when I'm working with images in photoshop or on the Flickr creative commons

The track was created in two continuous sittings, the strings were laid first followed by the keys - so to speak!

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