music2work2.com - Strings, Electric Pianos, Bass lines and more. Written in November 2005 — this track has a lot going on piano, two string tracks, electric piano and bass. I remember learning a lot about my own composition style at the time and being very conflicted. My natural approach to music2work2 is to just sit and play; Sexercise aside -- I always start with the piano track and aim to leave room for any subsequent voices. I have an idea when I’m playing the first track what the other parts could be but I never really know until I'm playing them. This approach is of course anathema to the trained composer so I spent 2005 worrying about form and attempting to define structure and parts in advance. I began developing themes in the traditional way: 1A, 2A, 1B, 2B etc -- and played with various different forms --the end result -- to my ears anyway -- was lifeless. Oh sure -- every part made sense, the music stood as a finite recognizable piece -- but -- it had no soul. It was a very frustrating time. This track was the first time that year where I just sat at the keyboard and recorded what came into my head -- no structure, no worrying about where I was supposed to go and how every part was going to work -- the minute I finished one track I changed voices and immediately recorded the next, right on top. It has a flow that had been missing all year and I was mightily relieved when I went back to listen to it. Coming in at 5:10 is an early development of "Andy the Barman <b>...</b>