Modular Essay 28: Beautiful Blue Skies

In the days proceeding the January 6th insurrection, many of us held our breath as we waited for some kind of unilateral condemnation of a very sinister, premeditated, and provoked attack at the nation’s capital. I found a unique solace in David Lynch’s daily weather reports, a reminder that even when all goes wrong, you must focus on the work at hand. That Saturday’s was particularly intriguing (https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ1H3f1Hi..., between the slightly stalling pauses and the wish of a “peaceful, happy weekend”. I decided to use the Make Noise Morphagene to edit the text and build a musical narrative out of it, like a rainbow out of a storm.

In the early Spring, I began work on a collection of modular takes I recorded during the pandemic to release on Spotify. It would be one of my first collections of pieces in years and an attempt at demonstrating my abilities as a composer to get attention for session work and scoring. This was derailed after my son was born, and I’ve been trying to develop new daily routines as he’s becoming more independent, more self-reliant…and more fascinating. It’s incredible to watch him learning so quickly, and missing those moments would cause so much more pain than putting off music right now. I’m excited to discover the person he is becoming.

Around the same time, Pittsburgh was seeing some wacky weather, including a bizarre number of downpours while the sun was shining down. My band even had a couple of gigs cancelled at the venue, making that decision while the rain was beating down on the pavement, the sun beating down hot and brilliant behind it.

This track was intended to promote an upcoming project which may never materialize, but I love it to much to keep it hidden much longer. Even despite the glitches and pain and fear there is a beautiful force that keeps us moving, focused ahead on the work to be done.

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