Morning Light (Piano)

I wrote most of the piano parts for this tune in the early 2000s, while living with a group of friends in an apartment on Algarita Ave. in Austin. After moving back to Beaumont for a while, I collaborated with the inimitable Mr. Carl Richardson to come up with a basic bass line for the intro, wrote some transitional sections as well as additional keyboard parts and drums (which are missing in some sections), and then arranged and sequenced the tune as is on a Yamaha S90 going into a light version of Cubase. It is and will probably remain unfinished, unless I find a group willing to give it some love.

The bulk of the tune is in 5/8, with some 7/8 hooks thrown in here and there. The intro and "verse" phrases are 3 bars of 5/8 (1 home bar and 2 dissonant bars), which makes for an "interesting" 15/8 groove. (I have no idea how I come up with this shit.)

I don't recall what, if anything, influenced the initial piano parts, but I kind of tried to channel a Dave Matthews Band style while arranging and recording. I do recall imagining the piano parts as sort of like a rock guitar riff... aggressive, chordal, percussive, etc. "When pianos try to be guitars" (Tori Amos) always struck me as an interesting mantra, so I tried to make it somewhat of a reality in this tune.

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