Nighttime Piano #
Every once in a while I need to deal with my thoughts and emotions. And my piano sometimes helps me with that. I haven’t done this in a very long time. So I decided to quickly move around some things in my room, and bring my e-piano over from the other room to make some music.
I learned to play the piano from a very young age and, especially in my teenage-years, used to play piano and guitar basically daily for many years. A little over ten years ago I also started writing my own songs, some only for piano, some also for guitar, and some for my small, broken-up band. Most of these songs I haven’t played in over five, some even in ten years. And tonight I did play some of them again from memory, as well as something new.
I haven’t aimed at perfect recordings at all, I simply connected the piano to my audio interface and pressed record. In total, I recorded nearly one hour of audio (and silence). Below are some of the things I played, for you to listen to and download. I provide the tracks as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which means you can adapt it (although adaptions need to follow the same terms) and use it for your own projects as long as you are giving me credit, and aren’t using it commercially (i.e. primarily directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation). If (for whatever reason and against all odds) that license doesn’t work for you, then contact me, and I’m sure we’ll figure things out.
But now, I hope you enjoy this small track list. Be kind to yourself. And pause for a moment.
dead names #
The first thing I played this night was a song I wrote for someone ruffly nine years ago. It is one of the few songs I do still play regularly (as in, whenever I do play piano), but even so it still was a bumpy ride. The song used to have a different name, but I do not want it to have that name anymore. So let’s just call it dead names. Fitting, isn’t it?
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below:
untitled uplifting draft #
This second little something is a melody and chord-progression I had stuck in my head now for a couple of years, never knowing what to do with it or how to continue it. Maybe one day I will. But for know, it has its place here, as the untitled uplifting draft.
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below:
lian #
Lian was the name of one of my ex-bandmates. They were a really good friend of mine, but we sadly lost touch. But this song, as well as some Polaroid pictures, always remind me of them and make me miss the times together on stage and cuddled up on my couch. I never play it quite the same, and you might be able to hear, that it made be get lost in thoughts.
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below:
friendship #
Sometimes I liked to try out different musical functions and patterns. Things like non-typical measures, modulation and whatnot. I’m not gonna spoil what I did in this one, but if I remember correctly, then I didn’t use these functions on purpose, but instead improvised them and refined the track from there. I never gave it a name, but think friendship would fit.
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below:
remedy #
This one did change name a couple of times because I was never quite happy. At some point, the title had something to do with socks. Don’t ask, there was a reason, alright? But for the longest part now I called it remedy. I dunno why, but I do think it fits, simple as it is.
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below:
penance #
Even though I haven’t played in a while, and especially haven’t written anything new in an even longer while, this one was improvised one the spot while recording it, so please excuse me missing some of the keys. I think the title, penance, suits it quite well. But why I am calling it penance I will keep to myself.
You can download it as an MP3, WAV or FLAC. Or you can listen to it below: