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Anode

by Sean Gill

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Come With Me 04:00
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Desert Theme 00:35
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Hachiko 02:18
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Diabology 01:42
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Flashover 01:37
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Earthrise 01:07
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Decession 1 03:03
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Decession 2 02:58
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This is an eclectic collection of pieces I’ve worked on over the years. I think the oldest song in the bunch might be 8 years old. These are songs I wrote imagining they would be for film scores or video games. There is everything from orchestral works to solo piano, electronica to ambient soundscapes. I gather collections like this every now and then as sort of a cleaning of the attic. I have to make room for new music in my head.

The bonus items are the piano scores for the three 2-part inventions.

A few tunes merit specific notes. I’m a guitarist first, but Saturday Blues, Come With Me, and Earthrise are the only songs containing real guitar. Everything else, even things that sound like guitar, are notated, midi’d, or played via keyboard, guitar synth, or YouRock controller.

The song Come With Me also uses background sounds courtesy of soundtransit. Sadly no longer active, you could “book” a journey consisting of field recordings from around the world.

The series Do Robots Dream Of JS Bach is both a nod to writer Phillip K. Dick, and an experiment I like to conduct. Many of these songs start out as notation and/or midi files, as was the case with Inventions 1-3. Those are rendered, and were written as, piano pieces. I like to take midi like that and test it out with a number of other instruments, often odd synths, percussion, and pads. That’s how Do Robots Dream evolved. Oh, and Bach because the original piano pieces were inspired by Bach's 2 part inventions.

Decession 1 and 2 are variations of the same idea. Decession 1 was demoed in my teaching studio, recorded on my iPhone. I recorded the second in my home studio, but I ended up liking both versions. iPhone recording are fairly low-fi mono, and the piano is a bit out of tune, but that really works for the mood.

Thanks for listening.

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released August 2, 2014

Photo by Gareth Glynn Ash

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Sean Gill Springfield, Oregon

I am a musician happy with wearing many hats. I don't think I could play just one kind of music. I'm just not wired for that. Here you'll find my acoustic and electric guitar explorations and some of my more eclectic experiments. Everything is free and donations are much appreciated. Visit my website for link to all my musical ventures. ... more

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