This song is dedicated to my two nieces who sadly lost their mother back in 1999. In Cherry’s last few weeks, we regularly visited her and on one occasion I sat at the piano and came up with a few chords that have always remained with me and reminded me of that sad time. It has taken more than twenty years to get it to a point that I am happy with the song and so, at last here it is. 

It has been named “Cherry Blossom” but it could have been named “Why Did You Have to Leave Us Way too Soon” words that I hear in the melody, but I felt that was too long for a title, so compromised and made it a sub-title. I hope you enjoy the final recording.

Cherry Blossom

In my early years I took piano lessons, regretfully I stopped them in my teens. I've always had a piano in the house and over the years have composed a number of songs (without words). What’s important to me is the melodic nature of the pieces and I wanted to share them with others. The origins of the music are probably influenced by my early classical lessons, Chopin and Schubert to name a couple. I love Liszt’s Hungarian and Rachmaninoff’s Russian styles but sadly my technical ability hampers the inclusion of their techniques.
Today’s home recording software allows many opportunities to develop compositions using other instruments to compliment the piano however, using the software has been a challenge, trying to get the “right” sound for the piano has been the most difficult part of the process. I’m slowly learning and will probably remix some of my current tracks as my experience grows.
Once I have recorded my heritage pieces, I plan to write a new selection of music predominantly piano but also experimenting with more or different instruments, watch this space!
Thank you for listening and commenting on my compositions and for the reposts, please don’t hesitate to offer constructive criticism, it could speed up the learning process.
Best Wishes,
Chris Cummins

Cherry Blossom

Chris Cummins Music