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So here I am, working on a new string quintet... Ive got one section done and am working on its second section, which is 2 out of a planned 5. So Im listening to it back and I think to myself, arent I taking the cheap way out, Im doubling parts, here and there and it just aint ticking my clock like it should, so I vow never to double needless parts that can stand on their own. Instead I plan on manning up and working out 5 parts if there are five parts! Because no one likes a slacker in music, that and recently I had someone say my second String Ensemble was rather plain, because it was done with a computer, and I do agree it was rather plain compaired with my first one, not as experimental. And unfortunately the closed string ensemble near me is 150+ miles away, I hate being a composer in the fucking boonies. On with the point Im trying to make. When it comes down to it, I like hiding things in my music, so on a second or third listen when you arent entirely paying attention to the "primary" melody you get little bits and pieces that are underlaying the other parts, little accents here and there with tones. I like it I think its fun to pick them out of the completed piece.

Sunshine got her birthday present finally, 4 days late. Nevertheless it got there and she really enjoys it, which makes me happy, she has gotten out and experimented a little bit, which I enjoy seeing the results to. Shes happy and Im happy because shes happy, its a cycle people, deal with it. So heres to many many new pictures from her!

I really need to get me a shit job so I can get money coming in again, I need to start saving for Aus yet again and I want to purchase a violin and start learning that. Especially since thats what a lot of my music is based upon. Well thats about all I have at the moment, been working a lot on my music, a few orchestral works in progress with many more pieces of smaller size coming back in that time span. Have fun people.