yelyah - “solo piano 20100411” semi live improv Semi live in that I had an idea of where I wanted to go, but never locked the melody in (as is probably obvious).

We walled ourselves in apartments and rooms away from each other. Random thoughts and mundane life was grinding us to a halt inside. Some days, we were tyrants, and some days we were saints.

We walled ourselves in apartments and rooms away from each other. Random thoughts and mundane life was grinding us to a halt inside. Some days, we were tyrants, and some days we were saints.

Elation came as love moved within us and all around us. The cities we lived in hummed along with us.

something i wrote for my worst half. who happens to be my better one..

something i wrote for my worst half. who happens to be my better one..

The theme for Improv Friday this week is "variations". So here's an improv reconstruction of the one classical piece I know, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

This song-congratulation happy birthday. ..Angels have gone down from the sky for you to begin to whirl in magic dance...

This song-congratulation happy birthday. ..Angels have gone down from the sky for you to begin to whirl in magic dance...

An art piano piece inspired by poem Kontrapunkti (Counterpoint) by the Finnish poet and author Eeva-Liisa Manner who was a frontline figure in the Finnish post-WWII modernism. You can find an English translation of the poem here: http://nordicvoicesinprint…