Name: Strong But Lost (piano demo) by Master Parker
Duration: 2 min 25 s
Description: Solo piano version of a song I featured in a mixtape called - Strong but Lost. Played on a Nord Stage 2 Ex.

“Self Portrait” is a 10-minute tirade on the piano which I recorded some time ago. I was ambivalent about it on playback and almost deleted it. That, in itself, could be a metaphor for the decomposer’s life.

I saved it, but I had no idea what to call it. It’s not a song. In fact, the defining characteristic of the piece is lack of song. It’s an example of why people with anxiety disorders maybe shouldn’t improvise. There is no mercy. It never lets up.

My performances usually start with chaos and devolve to the blues. This piece sustains the chaos all the way through. Ten minutes without rhythm, melody, or structure is extraordinary and, again, a reflection of the decomposer’s life.

There’s a technique I call “playing the hammers” about five minutes in, where it feels like my fingers are 12 inches long and I’m reaching through the keyboard and playing the hammers themselves, not the keys. When I play the hammers, I feel like I’m part piano. It is a sound I endeavor to sustain.

Six minutes in, the playing goes from chaotic to ferocious. The fever is sustained for several delirious minutes, including some of my best right hand glisses or fans or whatever you call a quick rip up the keyboard. At 7:30, Self Portrait goes into a phase I call bash & run, with forearms flying and scampering chases up the scales.

With nowhere to turn, artistically cornered, Self Portrait goes completely primal at 8:40, barking and growling and snarling like a sled being pulled by grizzly bears. As the fingers weaken, solo notes become chords, and the piece winds down with parallel chunky enthusiasm before a Big Finish.

I called it Self Portrait because I couldn’t think of a title, yet it contains some of my favorite techniques stacked on top of each other. Also, it reflects the tremendous anxiety I feel almost all the time, which is relieved only by playing the piano.

https://soundcloud.com/pianoraga/self-portrait

(Image of an nkisi power figure copyright Steve O'Keefe, used with permission.)

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