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One of my publishers told me that he hears tragedy in everything I compose. Hmm... he may be correct. Life is a series of tragedies.
"Forever, My Darling": https://www.broadjam.com/player/player.php?hosting=1&play_file=91414_766273

In every 'partnership' is the inherent potential for adversarial tragedy. Witness marriage, where we pledge undying love, until death do us part, and end up adversaries with lawyers.
There is the melancholy, uncertainty, in this piece, where I'm not sure where it will land, happy ever after, or still in the throes of uncertainty. That makes it effective to that purpose. It's good to be left wondering, like real life, where certainty is elusive in most things.

Love your description Gary!



THANKS, John

As I listened to this, one word came into my head,,,,Casablanca???

Thanks V! One of my favorite films.

Best, John

Hey John,

Ya big sop ! Yes.... hauntingly beautiful.

cheers, niteshift

Thanks Nite. Hmm, what's a sop?

Best, John

Well your publisher wouldn't even give you a second listen if you didn't write in your sweet spot...

The descending movements of the piece are gonna bring about the tragic feel...We are who we are...

Plus it's how you learned the piano...You know too much to not get that deep

I'm starting to get accustomed to your almost "random" style, it's a controlled melodic chaos. Nice John

Thanks Steve! Yes, everything we are and learned is incorporated into our music. I still can't get out of my head what one publisher said about my music: "I hear tragedy in everything you compose". Maybe so...I do love melancholy music.

Best, John

"Controlled Chaos" - I like that. Maybe a title for my next endeavor.

Best, John

Beautiful composition, John.

Thank you Marilyn! I appreciate that.

Best, john

Yes very nice John. I'm no piano player by any means, but when I do fool around, I play in that long floaty way myslef, not really knowing where to go...so I stay almost exclusively on the white keys, or better yet, on the blacks. My fingers cannot really push a clear melody along so the lets just hit this key on the way up or down approach works nicely

When you can do it as deliberately and precisely as you, it becomes magic...

Thanks John! You have that in common with Irving Berlin. He never was taught piano. He composed everything in the Key of F# (mostly black keys). Many songs, including Amazing Grace, were composed using only the black keys.

Best, John

The black keys are a good group! https://theblackkeys.com/

Hey John, sounds interesting. Some of those cringeworthy notes almost sound like you're making a mistake while playing. Lots of dissonance, crazy intervals.

Your stuff always sounds like seque music. This sounds like somebody reflecting, and things are happening as thoughts are going through his head.

Nice, John! As always. Melancholy I�d say.

Thanks vCraig! Thanks Fde!

Best, John

Hey John.

Last year I didn't make it to this song, then JPF contracted Covid and had a long convalescence as far as getting back online. I was just going back to see where we were about a year ago and listened to this music. Although you write many songs that evoke both melancholy, anguish, or even dark emotions, this one for whatever reason I pictured Robert Redford looking out in a gaze as "Gatsby" pondering his real insecurities when no one was looking..............I thought what the hell, let's bump this'n up since posting is about as slow as a snail slithering up a downspout in January.

steady-eddie

Tragedy? Nah.....just that Mahler influence. 😁

Yes, I forgot about that piano track Eddie! Thanks, John

Possibly Charles, but I've been more influenced by Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Ravel, Chopin, Beethoven .... Yeah, probably Mahler also. I studied the piano works of all of them and also some obscure composers. I just hope there's a smidgen of John Lawrence Schick in my piano works.

Best, John

I can't match the eloquence of Gary's comment LOL, but he's right. There's an edginess that would seem to make it a great fit for a certain kind of movie scene where something important is in the balance and could go one of two or more ways. Here's wishing you luck with it, John

I can hear Vincent Price saying, "Yes my darling. You will be with me forever".
Another fine atmospheric piece, John.

Vic

Thanks Gavin! I posted this over a year ago.

Best, John

Thanks Vic! I Love Vincent Price! Wished I had one of my tracks in one of his movies. Too late for that - ha, ha.

John