R Canepa

So Warren Ellis twittered:

Just saw a call for contribs to a compilation CD in the not-yet-existing musical subgenre of MUMMY TRANCE.

and I thought to myself: “why not?”  I’ve been meaning to spend more time on music lately.

So I cracked open a music program and threw together this quick hack as a proof of concept relating to other work I’ve been fiddling with involving combining electronic and world instrumentation.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend any time investigating alternate scales or instrumentation (whether digital or meatspace) as I wanted a quick “hour-or-so” output just to ensure I didn’t sit on the piece indefinitely.  If I can scrounge up a link for the compilation itself, I might even try to write an Actual Real Piece Of Music to submit.  I have a lot of learning to do, though.

I also avoided the temptation of groans and the like.  Those belong in a Halloween-themed album which I’m hoping to start soon.

PS – Apologies if I play loose or fast with the definition of trance.  I didn’t have time to do my homework on subgenres and their characteristics.

PSS – For someone who’s trying to spend time writing music, my website is woefully equipped to display these files in a meaningful and useful way.  To be fixed soon.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuppini

“Hammers” is the code name I’ve given to a piano project I’ve been lugging around in my head since around 1999 or so.  All the pieces are in various states of done-ness.  It’s time to change that.

Began recording tonight on a piece that’s written completely.  That’s always nice.

The way I see this project shaping up is a lot of piano + cello duets.  I love both of the instruments and so it only seems right to pair them up.  Some of these pieces might end up being solo piano works, but I hope that I can bring something more to them by adding interplay with the cello.  It’ll also be a good way to learn more about composition without getting too crazy complicated.

So for tonight, I’ll just say that I’ve knocked the dust off of the piece and made some test recordings to get me started.

That seems progress enough for now.  What’s import is that the wheels are in motion.