{"id":235,"date":"2013-07-18T18:33:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lascaux21.com\/40\/?p=235"},"modified":"2013-07-18T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:33:21","slug":"3-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lascaux21.com\/40\/3-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"18\/40 3 Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

30 Days June 2013 was the 9th official iteration of the project. As part of the post-op, I wrote up a small description of 3 of the pieces I did. It’s a small insight into the creative process as I experience it. <\/p>\n

Geometry<\/a>
\nI wanted to create a \u201cNew York school of minimalism\u201d piece that would sound like something you would hear in a brick warehouse art space and have strong emotional impact. I\u2019d also been reading some articles about the cult of Pythagoras, and how 5 was a very important number in that line of thinking. So, I made a piece in 5 with a bass line in 3, then the violin solo basically in 2 or 4 depending how you hear it. The thematic elements repeat at different rates and weave in an out of each other\u2019s way, sometimes harmonzing, and always re-contextualizing each other. Once I had all that in place, the title appeared by itself.<\/p>\n

Baby<\/a>
\nMy original goal with this one was to create a set of lyrics where 1 line would end with the word \u201cbaby\u201d, but the beginning of the next line would somehow use that same word in a different context. I\u2019m not sure that goal remained very well intact\u2026but I did enjoy playing with the different nuances of the word \u201cbaby\u201d, and the numerous double entendres in there. I was quite surprised with how easy it was to sing in this style \u2013 I\u2019d read once about creating a character, and that the character might do the singing better.So, that\u2019s what I did, and I must say \u201che\u201d sang it better than I could have \":-)\"<\/p>\n

On Joy<\/a>
\nDid anyone recognize this melody? \":-)\" I had decided to riff on some JS Bach, and I really enjoyed playing the melody in rapidly switching un-related keys. For example, I start in C major but jump quite quickly to A Flat Major \u2013 one shared note, but not related keys at all. The shifts in keys really felt like they were suggesting themselves and I tried to follow that as much as possible. I must confess, though, that I edited this a lot and made many mistakes along the way. There were a number of passages where I performed very sloppily but I just kept going with the improvisation, then went back later to listen to and memorize what I\u2019d done, and replayed it more cleanly. What a huge difference there is between improv and \u201cperformance\u201d of this sort. I often find that I really can\u2019t perform something that I was able to improvise because I\u2019m much more carefree when \u201cnoodling\u201d.<\/p>\n

For me, one of the biggest lessons in this 30 Days was in allowing myself to just \u201cplay\u201d more. I allowed myself to just \u201cnoodle around\u201d while avoiding critical judgement as much as possible, all the while secretly knowing I would be recording and re-working the material later.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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