2006 - People 1

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) [audio:paul2.5.mp3 | titles=Paul |artists=music2work2]
Charlotte (10:09) [audio:charlotte2.5.mp3 | titles=Charlotte |artists=music2work2]
Cassie (20:01) [audio:cassie2.5.mp3 | titles=Cassie |artists=music2work2]
Richard (13:52)[audio:ram2.5.mp3 | titles=Richard |artists=music2work2]
Vincent (10:45) [audio:vincent2.5.mp3|titles=Vincent |artists=music2work2]

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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.

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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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The Early Years - Part 2

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)[audio:12182.5.mp3 |titles=1218 |artists=music2work2]
The Duel (11:56)[audio:theduel2.5.mp3 |titles=The Duel|artists=music2work2]
Late (16:05)[audio:late2.5.mp3 |titles=Late |artists=music2work2]
November(15:14)[audio:november2.5.mp3 |titles=November |artists=music2work2]

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