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I really enjoyed this piece.

Never played it, just looked it up after my piece was referred to it.

I get what your saying LastLife... the piece was to designed to play with the listeners ear (even mine when conducting it) because there are parts where ill have the meter of 7/8 with a very strong 2+2+3 feel and on top of that ill had the cymbals playing a straight 4/4 groove which makes u go "Hold up.. wheres the beat?!?!? Its grooving but I dont know how"... When there are timing issues (which there were) and errors (which there were) on top of the written multi-rhythms, then it could be to much for one who is not really into music. Or any listener for that matter. I was very scared for it to be performed because I felt it was very daring with the breaking down in the end and the irregular pulse but I'm happy with the end result.

Thanks Peter.

And thanks about the Kaimen reference... a couple people said the same thing... I dont hear it though lol

Its orchestrated for the tradtional brass quintet (2 tpt, 1 horn, 1 trom., and Tuba) how ever there were no available tubas at the time so a bass trombonist did step in. Nice ear. lol

Thanks Peter... but again... I want the piano. The parts not impossible but just challenging. Might I add in this recording, the pianist only had 2 days to learn it. Excluding some timing issues and minor mess ups, he did a pretty good job. So I'm convinced to keep the orchestration as is.

Thanks for the feed back... As far as the piano to marimba... No... I use a lot of pedaling to have the "Doppler effect" sustained in the piano... that wouldn't be nearly as effective on marimba. Also at the tempo given... the piano struggled with fingers as is... I would imagine it to be nearly impossible on a mallet instrument.

Musk! is a rhythmic driven piece that portrays an elephant in the state of "musk". Often when this happens, towns are destroyed, people are killed, and the usually gentle giant is put down by human force. The piece eventually goes through a breakdown ending with a rumble and crash of a fallen beast. Musk! for Percussion Quartet

Hourglass Elegy was orchestrated in a way to explore different colors that expressed somber, hopeful, and even angry moods which one would feel after losing a loved one. Hourglass Elegy for Brass Quintet