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Aug. 16th, 2005 10:54 pmI finished my piano trio, The Floating Land, last night. It only took me about six weeks to write, and I'm pretty pleased with it. I'm beginning to think that I compose better when I do it quickly.
Oddly enough, I'm really going to miss working on The Floating Land. I almost didn't want to finish it in a way. I based the piece on gamelan music - or more accurately, gamelan music as filtered through my ear and imagination. The two outer sections take their inspiration from Javanese gamelan while the central section is reminiscent of Balinese gamelan. I love gamelan music (both kinds), and I've even played Javanese gamelan. I guess that's why I didn't want to leave this piece - I have so much affection for gamelan music, and even just the sound of the gamelan itself. I liked living and playing in that sound world for a month and a half.
Oddly enough, I'm really going to miss working on The Floating Land. I almost didn't want to finish it in a way. I based the piece on gamelan music - or more accurately, gamelan music as filtered through my ear and imagination. The two outer sections take their inspiration from Javanese gamelan while the central section is reminiscent of Balinese gamelan. I love gamelan music (both kinds), and I've even played Javanese gamelan. I guess that's why I didn't want to leave this piece - I have so much affection for gamelan music, and even just the sound of the gamelan itself. I liked living and playing in that sound world for a month and a half.
