My Spouse Said She’d Turn This Track OFF

My wife is my favorite critic. Even so, I never thought I’d hear her say this.

You Read That Right

That’s correct: she would turn off this track if she heard it on Pandora. (That’s her favorite streaming radio.) Yeah, my spouse would not listen to this one.

In her defense, I might do the same. It’s 11-minutes long; has lots of instrument and time changes; and is filled with uncomfortable emotions. It’s that discomfort that is probably the strongest factor. And yet, I know these feelings are real. After all, they are mine.

(Please press play and then read on…)

Off the Track

This piece was intended to be my submission for a collaboration between four composers on an album. That project was about the “elements” and my chosen element was earth. As I pondered this subject, I veered off the path. Instead of thinking of earth as soil, I kept thinking of the Earth. That led me to my sadness and anger about how we’ve treated our home planet.

That’s why this track carries a sense of mourning and rage. Those are understandable given my actual inspiration. However, that was not the intended inspiration. After my spouse’s response, it became clear that I needed to revert to that intention.

Earth As Inspiration

So, I started to ponder gardening, earthing, awe walking, and other things that connect me with earth and earthiness. No more being off the track. Those are a very different kind of inspiration. And that led to one track of four in the album “Elements”. I hope you will be able to hear it soon.

No worries for my spouse. She won’t hear “Injustice: Prologue to Earth” on commercial streaming radios. It will only be on Bandcamp, Mirlo, Subvert, and Bandwagon. Please choose one and listen. Better yet, download it. (It’s name-your-price on most of these.)

Thanks for listening.