Works in Progress

Pieces that tell stories about longing, connection, and love in all its complicated forms.

Music That Loves

Playlist: Works in Progress
Last updated: September 28, 2025

Status: Inquiries/feedback welcomed.

From the composer: This piece, "Holding Hands," is about that moment when a couple decides to reach for each other’s hand. It starts tentatively, but then something magical happens—a sense of connection that’s hard to put into words. As a gay man of a generation taught to be cautious about public displays of affection, holding hands has never become routine. This piece tries to capture the tingling joy from that gesture because it’s not something to take for granted.

Holding Hands

Playlist: Works in Progress
Last updated: September 27, 2025
Status: Inquiries welcomed.

From the composer: "Out Flows Love" evolved from a sketch called "In Creeps Anger," which I initially composed while processing my emotions about the LA fires. At the same time, I happened to see a video where the actor Jim Carrey talks about how artists absorb tragedy and try to transform it into something beautiful to share with the world. So I worked through the anger of the original sketch and processed it as this piece, "Out Flows Love." It's a meditation on the kindness of neighbors helping neighbors, healing of the human spirit, and the possibility of better times to come.

Out Flows Love

First released: April 17, 2025
Last updated: September 28, 2025

From the composer: I wrote this song for my husband to celebrate our 15-year wedding anniversary. Admittedly, it turned out a bit darker than I first expected—because I found myself dwelling on our inevitable last moment, and never wanting him to leave this Earth. Still, beneath it all, I hear nostalgia for a life well-lived together. Love you, dear. Happy anniversary.

Stay With Me Here Forever

Playlist: Works in Progress
First uploaded: September 27, 2025

From the composer: The song is meant as a reassuring note-to-self, available to read whenever your feelings set off alarm bells. The note is a reminder that your feelings are not a danger.

I Am Not A Threat

First uploaded: September 26, 2025

From the composer: Writing this piece from along Mirror Lake, I thought of the beautiful summers we've spent in the Adirondacks together as a family. Time goes by quickly. It is paired in theme with another of my pieces, "I Knew You."

Mirror Lake

First uploaded: September 28, 2025
Playlist: Works in Progress

From the composer: This piece is about looking back on your life, having truly known another person, and the last breath before venturing on. It is paired in theme with another of my pieces, "Mirror Lake."

I Knew You

First uploaded: October 12, 2025
Playlist: Works in Progress

From the composer: Written for mourning, coupled with a growing anger and sense of helplessness. 

The Funeral

From the composer: A bouquet of roses given as an expression of gratitude for the divine.

Receiving an Offering of Roses

Receiving An Offering of Roses

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Stay With Me Here Forever

Lucas Grindley