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It was a warm spring night on June 2, 2005 when I sat down to my recently-tuned 1906 Steinway in Bisbee, AZ to record it for very the first time on GarageBand.
The sun had just set behind Tombstone Canyon, the main street of Bisbee where my shack is suspended over Mule Creek on two i-beams.
The ghosts of this once thriving, densely populated mining town, only six miles from the Mexican border, often float down the narrow, twisting streets and canyons. Especially at dusk. Stronger-than-usual echoes of their past amours, saloon fights and mining tales wafted on the warm evening breeze as I sat down at the keyboard on this particular night.
This piece flowed out spontaneously and I did very little editing afterwards; simply repeated the first melodic section to add a bit more shape to its structure. Otherwise, it's a straight-ahead improvisation.
I must admit that this is a new kind of piece for me to submit on MacJams; usually I spend quite a bit of time on my compositions which usually have more sounds. Although I have often improvised on piano over the years, this is the first time that I have shared such a piece on this site. I hope that you enjoy it!
The sun had just set behind Tombstone Canyon, the main street of Bisbee where my shack is suspended over Mule Creek on two i-beams.
The ghosts of this once thriving, densely populated mining town, only six miles from the Mexican border, often float down the narrow, twisting streets and canyons. Especially at dusk. Stronger-than-usual echoes of their past amours, saloon fights and mining tales wafted on the warm evening breeze as I sat down at the keyboard on this particular night.
This piece flowed out spontaneously and I did very little editing afterwards; simply repeated the first melodic section to add a bit more shape to its structure. Otherwise, it's a straight-ahead improvisation.
I must admit that this is a new kind of piece for me to submit on MacJams; usually I spend quite a bit of time on my compositions which usually have more sounds. Although I have often improvised on piano over the years, this is the first time that I have shared such a piece on this site. I hope that you enjoy it!
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Peter Greenstone
This is lovely. It can be a liberating feeling to let go and
make a very strait forward, simple piece of music like this.
No big arrangements or heavy polishing. Pure.