Arrival

The session, Arrival, by music2work2 is a musical piece that makes you feel good! It consists of piano and strings and the tempo is relatively fast, upbeat.

The imagery evoked for me by this session is that something great and happy is about to happen. The music seems to be announcing this event. Arrival actually was written for a wedding. But, whether it is a wedding or some other joyous event, the music tells me that the approaching event is something wonderful - something life changing. It elicits an atmosphere of excitement and anticipation. Just listening to Arrival makes me smile.

Richard

There is a fantastic new session on music2work2.com entitled Richard. It is unlike any of the other sessions in the way it was composed and in the sound. The rhythm in general is upbeat with a brief, dramatic change in sound and tempo about half way through the piece. This session is a mix of piano and four string voices.

Richard was written as a birthday gift for the composer’s brother by that name. I hear the beautiful harmony produced by the piano and strings as representative of the harmony that is typical of most relationships between brothers, family members, or friends. As is almost always the case, however, relationships whether between family members or friends, do not consist of harmony all the time. Conflicts, disagreements, misunderstandings, unrealized expectations often become an element in relationships, but hopefully for only a brief period of time. To me, this seems to be what the dramatic change in sound near the middle of this session represents.

I know both the composer and his brother, although I don’t know Richard as well as I do Andrew. They are talented, brilliant, kind, wonderful human beings. This beautiful session, Richard, is a perfect representation of the beautiful and unique human beings they both are.

Wendi's Theme

Wendi’s Theme, the older version, on the Music 2 Work 2 web site is a session that combines strings and piano. It has a slow, mellow tempo, as does the more recently posted Wendi’s Theme; however, the 5.06.2006 version consists of only one voice, the piano.

When listening to this version of Wendi’s Theme, as well as the more recent one, my mood becomes one of contemplation. My thoughts turn to my life, my relationships, who I am as a human being, and what place I hold in the universe. Something about the beautiful music leads my thoughts in that direction, which I think is probably a good thing now and then.