Missing You (for Years & Years)

Holiday

Loving Without You

Crash

I Live At The Museum Now

Catch Me Off Balance

Former Self

The Rings

#pianoday2021

After having my phone stolen, which held all recordings of my own compositions as well as poems and other general ideas, I found two piano improvisations I had saved to my laptop. 

Teaching myself the instrument, being labelled a 'piano basher' by less than encouraging music teachers at school for this, I feel a great sense of freedom in the piano; having not being restricted by unbending rules of traditional tuition, technically and harmonically. Though I still hold a great love of much classical music, especially Rachmaninoff whilst growing up, this treatment led to inspiration by pianists such as Nils Frahm, who show untraditional methods of playing i.e. toilet brushes. 

It is with motivation from players such as Keith Jarrett and Nils that I've decided to release music that is not perfect, in playing, conception nor development but is made live in the moment. Such as the case with their Köln and Spaces albums, respectively. The loss of my phone and many hours worth of original ideas that I felt too unpolished to release has triggered my urgency in releasing this playlist*, under the cruel nickname given that I was saving for a project I deemed finished and worthy. 

Now I realise what project is better than an ongoing testament to the rough, insightful process of exploration on my favourite, most personal instrument?

*If my recordings are miraculously recovered, there may be more added.

Chris-Vince

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