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This morning is all about getting familiar with the theme – breaking it down into its core components. Here it is as solo piano in A major in 3/4 time at 97 beats per minute. Throughout this week and next I’m going to progressively lower the tempo and expand the development of the theme...

Some days there’s just nothing – even if you’re half humming a theme in the shower, by the time the finger chops are done there’s nothing in the ether – so what to do? This is where the blues come in: Download MP3 I almost gave up the piano – I was 12 and I [...]...

Tightening up of the overall structure although the minor development is a little “schmaltzy” and I’m not talking goose fat! Download MP3 Think we’ll do one more pass at this tomorrow morning at 113 beats per minute and then take it out for a spin over the weekend. With four...

Day 2 and things moving in the right direction – I like how the two themes are starting to stitch together: Download I’ll be developing this all week at faster beats per minute as we go up the prime tempos: 107, 109, 113 – come the weekend I hope to have an idea of where it [...]...

So it’s into the new routine – up early, scales and arpeggios followed by a little theme development to get the creative juices flowing. This is a further development of the F9 theme that came out over the weekend – I think I’ll be playing with this all week as I increase the...

Piano & Strings from Saturday night – 61 beats per minute, 8/4 time and the occasional clam. Download The first half of this piece is all driven around F9 – one of my all time favorite ever chords. I wanted to see where it would go – there’s another string track probably...

Piano, Strings, Rhodes, Beats & Tribbles This is a clip from a new piece that I was working on over the weekend.  I am actively focusing on developing new beats with reason and using them as the base track to freestyle on – it’s great fun. music2work2 mailing list: [...]...