Background
Here is an experiment attempting to write a "2 chord wonder" about math (if that's even possible). I'm not sure what genre I would place this in, the style just emerged. But while developing it, memories of my college days came to me. My wife rolls her eyes and says "Only you could write a poem about polynomials and splines."

And finally, my bass should now be centered . . . hopefully wink

Technicals
BiaB:
Key=Em , Tempo 90, Length (m:s)=3:22

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RealDrums in style:FusionSlowEvDanny^01-a:Ride , b:Busy Ride

Me:
Bass Guitar
Studio One Sequencer
Korg Synth Voices
Korg Arpeggiated Strings

Math

Poem
Since a child I have always liked math
It was right up there with riding my bike and the Saturday night bath

In high school it was Number Lines, Algebra and the oh so fun Geometry
This is where I got my first “A” . . . hooray hooray for me !

In college it was 3 semesters of Calculus and two of Diff EQ
Back then I didn’t see how any of this could benefit me or you

But once I immersed myself in my chosen career
I could finally see how math is relevant and dear

From Morse Code and land lines and the phone in your pocket
To my childhood spider bike, the school bus and the most powerful rocket

Polynomials, Splines, Tangents and the Graph
This new found power would become my new craft

Math was my servant and that was my plan
Just like the pencil, slide rule, calculator and FORTRAN

And serve me it did with elegance and style
Together we solved many problems that brought many a smile

Medical devices, satellites, flight controls and avionics
Were a few of my domains including electronics

Clean and pure, useful, precise
And with stochastic methods, could explain the dice

“God does not care about our mathematical difficulties, He integrates empirically”
This was stated by the genius Albert E.

And zero was conceived by the Babylonians historians say
Adding an important lane to our computational highway

It’s in your food, in the air and the water you drink
The plants, the fish and your own kitchen sink

Math and music are cousins some claim
And both are language but of different fame

The girl you met has 2 of this and 10 of that
When Eve met Adam she had not even a hat

Lovely curves and symmetry galore
So much to love, so much to explore

If God Himself seems to favor 7
I wonder just how much other math there might be in Heaven

Discovered or invented is a question I ponder
Perhaps it’s best left as a mystery in the far off yonder

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For me there’s no better place in the band than to have one leg in the harmony world and the other in the percussive. Thank you Paul Tutmarc and Leo Fender.