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This song is the first of three movements i composed for the ballet "Octavo" by Gina Patterson, it was staged at Richmond Ballet in March of 2011. the ballet also featured selections from Max Richter's the Blue Notebooks, so there was an attempt to make music that fit in with his compositions, but hopefully without sounding exactly the same. the majority of this song is heavily processed, edited and manipulated piano, with typewriter percussion, and the dulcitar used for drum sounds and played normally towards the end to transition into the next movement.

Also important to note is that the Max Richter music in part, used Franz Kafka's "the Blue Octavo Notebooks" as a source of inspiration. and thus, i had another resource to pull from in composing my music for this piece. I have been a fan of Kakfa's work since high school and the two part title for tracks three and four on this album came from a line in Kafka's "The Trial" which i had read forever ago. these lines have always struck a chord with me.

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from When No One Else Is Here And Everyone Is Asleep, released August 2, 2011

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