Whatever the Moon has Always Meant

bloom

Begin.

Resonate

Solo Piano - Chris Bright

belonging to us 0220 - 2:20:22, 7.07 PM

remembrance

waterless

giant steps up

outcrops

exodus - 5:6:23, 8.48 PM

where my feet are - 5:21:23, 6.20 PM

best seat in the house - 7:19:23, 6.46 PM

good morning - 7:25:23, 7.11 PM

ascent  - 7:27:23, 7.20 PM

begin

silver chalice

outside the lines

Amber

fall to pieces

ginger and lime

sea blue dusk

in the shallows

ascend

suspend in amber

perfect match

leaving home

one clear day

slow roll

sitting

settled for

a sense of when

ordinary times

all the times i've seen you

after which

bluejay

listen

all made of ice

it's setttled

charlotte

what gets in

nowhere soon

first steps 6.18.25

nowhere out of the ordinary 6.18.25

say that again.18.25

right beside you. 6.24.25

an illusion 6.24.25

stay here with me7.1.25

way above the sky 7.4.25

onset 7.8.25

morning song 7.10.25

below sunset7.13.25

the point 7.16.25

what it's like 7.17.25

traces  7.17.25

gather 7.17.25

a lifetime ago 7.17.25

waterside 7.23.25

we can think about it 7.23.25

take me 7.23.25

just enough room 7.27.25

I make music because it is where I let go of the have-to’s, and become part of something larger than myself. The language I speak on the keyboard when I improvise expresses a part of me that only comes out there at the moment of creation - when I’m fully connected and in the flow. In those moments when I disappear in the music, those are where I’m most fully alive. The musical question I pose to myself when I play is largely this: how can I release my inhibitions and let go of patterns sufficient to bring something entirely new, unexpected, and enlightening into the world, with structure, precision, clarity, and depth of expression. These pieces are meditations that are of me, but more precisely, they come through me. When I’m in the flow, I’m channeling the energy and only moderately directing it. The challenge is to be open to take risks while maintaining a structure, melody, and tempo that makes it interesting and satisfying enough to keep listening. I keep doing this nightly because it’s a language, because it’s a connection to something greater than myself, and because it’s very very relaxing.

Chris Bright

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