I don’t know what it is…

A blast from the past, originally published March 13, 2011

Something about working on Drivin!, which has many very up-tempo and even driving pieces (surprise!), has me in a more reflective mood than creating Under the Greenwood Tree did. It seems very odd to me that playing the “noisy” music (not that it is all noisy by any means; and I hope that none of it would ever be called noise!) gets me feeling all reflective and quiet. Maybe I’m just trying to maintain balance!

Anyway, among those photos I found last week are several of previous studios where I created some of this music. Yes, some of these pieces have been waiting for the right album for (cough cough) years. Years that span seven studio set-ups for me. I think I counted that correctly; seems like a huge number. But, as I admitted just now, some of these pieces are ... ancient. By my standards, at least.

So here is the photo of my studio in Nebraska. We only lived there a year, but the house we rented belonged to a musician, and he had concert lighting all waiting for my piano. My husband insists this was what clinched our renting the house; I remember feeling relieved to find anyplace that would rent to us with 2 cats. But the living room “stage” was definitely a plus!

My studio in Dundee, Omaha, Nebraska. Rather a while ago.