Sonic Glue – by Stephen Fearnley

I’m now giving titles to my musical compositions, mainly because I have made so much music for One Mind Live I need quick file names so nothing gets lost! A leftover from my art school days, it was always preferable to have a non-specific title like “Untitled #1” and “Untitled #2”, so as not to persuade the audience and to let the art speak for itself.

I also have a tendency to call musical compositions outlandish things like “violin rainforest with cerulean sci fi tinkles” or simply “zingy-thingy “.

Now, at OML, we have so many music files that we need much shorter names that we can all recall the mood and style as well as streamline and cross reference our filing system.

The piece of music I’ve chosen for June’s Monthly Composer’s Choice Bonus took ages to make. For some reason, I couldn’t combine the instruments correctly. I was really stuck and I kept going back to it,  not able to solve the melodic tapestry I’d constructed. Finally it came to me when I awoke last week at 3am… “Guitars! It needs twangy guitars!” said my inner voice.

“Yes,” I replied, “but it’s three in the morning!”

I wasn’t convinced as I lay in bed wide awake thinking, “I have used harps and oboes and you want twangy guitars? Chalk and Cheese? This is a meditation soundtrack, not a western!”

So, up I got (and prepared a bucket of tea) and hit the studio and – voila! The inner voice, as per usual, was exactly right. It was the perfect sonic glue that joined the other melodic forms.

I have called the track “Grace”. You can listen to it in the bonus section or by accessing One Mind Live Radio.

with love,
Steve

Featured Image: An as-yet unnamed piece by Stephen Fearnley (probably something like “Untitled 345”)