Another Electric Pizza Commissioning Project piece that was never performed due to COVID-19 restrictions. This one is for piano. It's inspired, in part, by recent events regarding police brutality in the United States. It's not quite *the* protest piece I wanted to write, but it is *a* protest piece. The right hand chords ascend and descend, like breathing. The chords become more complex and dense as the piece goes on, as the breathing becomes more labored. And even though a harmonic struggle continues, the piece is somewhat repetitive. Much like current events regarding protests, we've been here before, and regardless of how much tension gets added, the same message persists, even though the protests are not being heard.
credits
from Sound Bytes,
released May 28, 2021
Santiago Ramones - Composition, production, mixing
Mastered by Connor Carroll at Red Water Media Group
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