Fibonacci 144 beats per minute

I never know where the ideas or themes are going to come from, but I'm not surprised that the Fibonacci sequence found its way into the process.  For someone who's fairly obsessive about prime numbers it's kinda odd to work with such a "normal" number as 144.

I'm fascinated by the idea of a universal code, I think math is cool, I think there's power behind numbers that we don't understand but that we feel on a deep subliminal level.   And no - I'm not high as I write this! ;-p

I was using the Fibonacci spiral as a layout tool for some of the playlist art - I use the golden ratio with web design and it seemed odd that I hadn't applied it to my own work.  Of course - the minute you start playing with the ratio you're thinking of the numbers and I began to wonder what the sequence would sound like.

So the next playlist is going to examine a number of theme developments around Fibonacci derived beats per minute.  Starting out at 144, moving to 89 and probably finishing at 55 - I might take a stab at 34 just for fun - we'll see!

This track is made up of two developments played over a couple of nights - the first and longer piece is in F minor and is a little more approachable, the second shorter version is down a half step in E minor and was done to accommodate my dodgy guitar playing (not that there's any on the track!)

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I Don't Know - 131 Beats Per Minute

The final track in the 131 beats per minute playlist.  I like this one as it has a blues development slapped right in the middle of the track - I've been meaning to do that for a while.

While the previous tracks in the playlist were very calm and reassuring - I knew that I wanted more energy in this one.  While it starts and ends with a mellow feel, it's all about the blues scale in the middle. 

There's a certain chugging nature to the way the left hand sets up the 12 bar shape and it's that driving energy that I often need when I'm hacking through something.  The trick is to make the right hand interesting but not overbearing while the left hand provides the energy without becoming monotonous.

I really like the ending too -  it makes me go back and immediately start the track again.  Listening to this on a loop is great when you want to stay focused an "in" for an hour or so.

Oh and there's a lot of Fibonacci references in the visual for those of you out there who dig that sort of stuff - I do! ;-p

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Music to Descend in an Airplane to - 131 Beats Per Minute

So Terry drops me an email on the 7th, a couple of days before I hear about the Malaysian airplane.  It's a great idea - "Music to descend in an airplane to."

I love it.

I went through a number of takes to get the piece but I'm digging where we ended up.  I'm using the LIFX bulb again and a killer image from Bob Jagendorf on Flickr called Sunset From Airplane

It was only when I was thinking of publishing did I make the connection between the piece and the horrific loss in Malaya.

I'm not a fan of FUD marketing.

I ended up deciding to publish because the music was written specifically for people who were freaked out by turbulence and landing.  I reckon that it does more good in the world than being kept hidden for the wrong reasons.

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