I have a new idea for some music, but the credit actually goes to my Beautiful Fiancé. I talk to him about all of my ideas and thoughts, he is wonderfully encouraging, but also an excellent critic that really makes me strive for perfection and justify my creative decisions.
I was trying to explain to him to shift in my thoughts during the weeks of searching and waiting last April. Although there was a gradual shift between believing that everything would be ok and knowing that it would not, there still feels like there was a specific turning point that I just can’t put my finger on. I feel like I would have definitely been able to say which side of the point I was on at any given time and that although that meant I should have been able to work out when this point in time was, it somehow still eludes me. Like a coin that is flipped, but the point in time when it turned over is somehow undefinable.
Beautiful Fiancé suggested that I try and express this through having two contrasting melodies, one hopeful, one resigned. The first would gradually overlap and fade into the other.
I thought this a wonderful idea and it immediately sparked many more, as any good idea should. I love the bitonality sound in so much of Bartok’s work so perhaps this is the perfect piece to explore this idea in. I initially thought that this piece would need pre-recorded material, which I am not too keen on, but then decided that I would try to experiment with using the reverse function on my new looping setup. I’m not totally sure if this will work or not, but I will post some of my attempts when I can!
Yours polymelodiously,
Jane
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