Twins Are Born

Piano

Recorded: 11-05-2005
Link: Click Here to Download
Genre: Elements of Impressionism, Romantic-period, Modern

This is entirely a piano piece. It is rather lengthy (nearly 18 minutes). The title I gave it, before even starting, was 5-13-1980 (my birthdate, as well as my brother's).

It is, obviously, long-winded. But there's a lot going on, and it has a sort of internal logic. I don't blame anyone for giving up somewhere in the middle.
I recorded this at a much slower speed than it's played back at. If I didn't do that, it'd be 25 minutes.

After a few more listens, I've come to some more conclusions:
The piece is divided into three movements.
This piece represents, in my opinion, the height of 'what I do'. My complete classical-improvising style is represented here, both in the melody-less palette of pure-sound (primarily in the first movement; more traditionally I could call this a 'toccata'), to the emergance of patterns in the second and third movements. The rise and fall of cachophony and eventual finale.

There are several parts that I can hear passages for other instruments, particularly when intermediary moving lines are meant more for creating sounds than for persuing a melody or goal.

Overall, I'm rather proud of this. Long as it is, it's almost a complete work, and it came from my mind without forethought. In contrast to the more electronic and minimal works, it stands as a full realization of what I do when I'm not worried about how it will sound to others.