Music

​  Thinking about the music composition; I had been discussing this with a musician friend, someone I have wanted to work on this for decades, but those communication became difficult for various reasons. So, I’m thinking that since I will be setting up a new music workstation in order to finish the music for The Gnomes of New Hope, I may be the one to do it, at least some of the basics. 

   One of the things that has been on my mind, is that I will use the poetry, lyrics and prose, which I have already written in my Journals. I have about eight of them and I have transposed the first one, amounting to about sixty pages, for a book I am publishing titled “The Soul’s Inspiration”.

    Once I have all of those Journals transposed into a publishing layout then I will review them in the context of the rewrites for A&O. I know there are some pieces that could be used and some of them were written as lyrics. I know I would like to write the music for those pieces. 

   For a long time, maybe thirty years, I have been singing in choir at church. Recently (two weeks ago) I stopped going to choir, because I have too much to do ( A&O and The Gnomes, plus my studio and a bum knee), so I’m taking a break. But that got me thinking that I should write the music for my lyrics and just sing it, make a recording for posterity’s sake. Starting that process will lead into A&O. 

   Of course, I need to get down to the rewrites of the core material, but I’m still engaged in research, but getting closer to putting pen to paper.

   In regard to The Gnomes, the publishing layout is closing in on being finished for all seven books. After that is achieved and the prototype books are finished, I will be returning to music composition and in that regard, I have concluded that I will sing the songs to serve as a guide for the stage production. I’m not sure about the choral numbers, but I will attempt the quartets.

   Time to charge my phone. 

More later, AG

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