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Church Organ

Here is an odd little piece I mostly wrote one time trying to literally write music, with just a pen and paper. I think it was some weird place like on a ferry boat. This is a 4-part series of very short variations, in a peculiar sequence: Variants 2, 3, and 4 are my compositions, Variant 1 is what I got asking BIAB to accompany those on RealTrack 2334: String Quartet, Rhythm PopChamber Ev 085.

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The original micro-composition was just for organ, and I called it “Church Organ” because it felt like that. When I played it for my mother, she asked, “So you still hate God, is that why you make music like this?”

I guess she didn’t like it much. Hope you do more!

Mark

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Defiantly and organ. Nice.
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Love the quote from your mum.
Hate's a big word for an atheist to wear.
Part one - nice
Part two leans to the left a bit.
Part three doesn't
Part four is BIG and churchy - a divorce stride down the aisle?
Nice aftertouch fade.


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Somehow, I detect no hate in this what so ever.

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Thanks, folks.

To be fair to my mom, she'd been forced to listen to all kinds of weird stuff when I was a kid, and she might not have been wrong in suspecting me of a kind of aggression in the dissonance. But no, no hate at all. Tough love, perhaps. =8^)

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I think parts of this are very interesting.

Keep on experimenting.


OK, a random thought;
Why does toilet paper need a commercial? Who's not buying it?

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Mama knows best... I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either... I do however, absolutely love most of your musical excursions... like "The Fat Lady Of Limbourg, Tomorrow Never Knows and Let’s Make the Water Turn Black" and others...
You are amazingly creative...


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Originally Posted By: MarioD
I think parts of this are very interesting. Keep on experimenting.

Thanks, Mario. I should ask you some time about your thoughts about generative compositions that continue to evolve and play until turned off, the whole new age / ambient thing really lends itself to that.

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Originally Posted By: bloc-head
I do however, absolutely love most of your musical excursions... like "The Fat Lady Of Limbourg, Tomorrow Never Knows and Let’s Make the Water Turn Black"

Conveniently located at

https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/the-fat-lady-of-limbourg
https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/tnk and
https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/lets-make-the-water-turn-black

for Gentle Listener’s enjoyment!

Thanks, Bloc-Head, your kind words are greatly valued. I am very proud of those tracks you mention.

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As you should be...

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Really nice piece of music. Very cool listen. Well done


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Originally Posted By: Scott C
Really nice piece of music. Very cool listen. Well done

Thank you, sir! I was actually JUST NOW listening to this and thinking "eh..." (guilt feelings over fake melodies) so the timing was great.

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