I composed this during a time when I was finding making art utterly soul-sapping and endlessly hard, some 15 or so years ago. Drawing had become a huge chore, and I had almost given up hope that anything significant would ever come of it, and so I turned to making music for my sanity.
I cannot read music, and my instrumental skills are limited to say the least! But with the help of Logic and Garage Band, and a midi keyboard my wife bought me for my birthday, I slowly recorded a symphony.
I’m under no illusions. This is not virtuoso stuff! It’s derivative, and based around simple melodies. But the fact remains I had no idea I was capable of making something like this, and it is not made out of pre-existing loops. I played every note. So it was without any precedent, and as such it remains, like my novella ‘Paradise Rex Press, Inc.’, one of the things I am most proud of creating in my entire life.
Enjoy!
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