While the original piece was affirming and uplifting, I chose to go in the opposite direction using the original percussion and synthesizer stems. This piece portrays a post apocalyptic industrialization. In it I used unrefined sounds and vocals to portray a sordid decayed environment. Yet, within this despair, we can hear the rhythm and melody of humanity as mankind re-emerges into a civilized world.

Bleeding Fingers Contest (Re-emergence)

Interview of Peter Difatta by Jessica Palombo on Finding Pluck, First Prize Winner of the William Faulkner Literary Award.

NPR Interview about Finding Pluck

NPR - Jessica Palombo interviews Peter Difatta on his award winning novel Finding Pluck

NPR - Peter Difatta Talking About Award Winning Novel Finding Pluck

This is written to connote a city of Ancient Egypt, first at peace, then gearing up and going into battle.  There are sounds of the priest and priestesses, with a solo section of one priestess.

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