Tonight I belted out the fastest, most upbeat original piano waltz from I don’t know where (I do, but I also don’t), as part of the suite of musical pieces I am creating with only a vague understanding of what it is they will be used for.
The piece transcended anything I’ve ever done musically, had major chord progressions, and flew out of me at full speed with minimal mistakes out of thin air.
It was directly influenced by my experience learning the Liquid Spear Waltz, a sort of song I’d never tried to play before, and was inspired by the many piano artists I’ve been hearing over and over again the last year on my massage Pandora station at the office.
Though a definite shift began during my experience creating and performing Embodied, I have truly leapt forward in skill and breadth in the last few months, and it is showing boldly.
Thank you, XP-30, for your sacrifice. Every time I see your skeleton leaning up against the wall in my office, two white keys still clinging to your industrial ribs, I nod to myself inside with the knowledge that your death was not in vain.