likening to that piano in that church

the one that was trashed, an old grand that had seen better days,

i mourn your passing, beautiful piano,
though flawed and broken, you were the soul of this place,....

and when i played it i took note (somewhere in my unconscious) of which keys worked and which keys didn't, i evolved a way of playing that came from the direct experience of playing, missing the terrible notes, playing the beautiful ones...

so with this module, single notes on their own in the middle of the piano, about an octave, where my hands go of their own accord on a normal piano, on this module i don't like how they sound, neither do i like straight ahead chords in this place,... so i have to evolve a way of playing which avoids this area, or those intervals in this area, thirds or single notes...

particularly if i think about the band, the 5-piece. with such beautiful natural instruments, the fake quality of those notes will be all too real for me, but also, arranging the cello & guitar to be there if we need that register, not having to play there. which is something i want to really look at anyway, getting the sound of this band really balanced and nice, guitar and piano often overlap, so me & K living together, working on what works between us...

in fact that is how this band is working right now, we still haven't met as a 5-piece, i'm hoping that monday will see us all together for the first time, but actually i dig this - piano & bass one day, cello, guitar, piano another, piano & guitar here... there is alot that needs to be constructed and if everyone is prepared to give their time on this way then i'm happy. what monday will show i guess is just how up for it my musicians are. i need to get the semble gig confirmed and have a clear route to that to show them...

oh, these times.

scary.

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