Haiku of the day

         

The squirrels in my head

running and jumping around

what was I doing?

Ballet Idea

I had the following idea for a ballet.

If you have time can you take a look at the following outline that I have created for a possible ballet. any feed back is welcome, good or bad.

Ballet – Outline – Title?

Scene 1: Curtain rises
  on a barren and desolate landscape, the full moon slowly rises over the distant barren mountains.

Scene 2: A group of grotesque demons enter and begin a wild a chaotic dance.

Scene 3: A young and nubile girl is doing water ablutions in an oasis in the barren land. Small strange and grotesque (reptilian?) creatures stand a watch over her as she does her ritual cleaning.

Scene 4: The small creatures begin to cavort and dance as the girl meditates (with her eyes closed) under the small waterfall that feeds the oasis.

Scene 5: Something startles the creatures and they scurry about before hiding behind various rocks that surround the oasis. The Girl remains undisturbed in her meditation, her eyes remain closed.

Scene 6: Enter the demons with their chaotic dance; at first they do not see the girl. Their dance comes to a sudden stop when they she her sitting under the waterfall.

Scene 7: They begin their chaotic dance against before rushing towards to girl to seize her. But they are unable to reach her as some invisible barrier shocks and burns them when they get too close; her eyes remain closed, her expression is one of peace and calm.

Scene 8: Frustrated the demons storm off. The girl opens her eyes and comes out of her mediation. Standing she beings to stretch and warm up (Katas ? [形]) as if preparing for something. Her small grotesque creature companions begin to do the same.

Scene 9: The demons return; they mock and taunt the Girl and the small creatures but do not approach them, the girl stands still immune to their taunts. The demons stop their taunting and scurry to one side their eyes downcast, as if they where afraid.

Scene 10: A large demon, “king” of the demons enters and approaches the girl. The takes up a defensive stance as if she is expecting to be attacked. The large demon is startled by the invisible barrier surrounding the grils that shocks and burns him, but it only a minor hindrance and he pushes through the barrier and attacks the girl.

Scene 11: As the girl and the large demon engage in combat, the small creatures and the other demons also begin fighting each other. Many of the small creatures and demons are seriously wounded or killed. The girl and the large demon inflict serious wounds on each other. Seriously (mortally wounded?) the girl lands one last blow on the large demon that destroys him; banishing him from the world. The few remaining demons flee in terror leaving their wounded and dieing comrades behind.

Scene 12: With her remaining strength the girl attends to her wounded companions; the small creatures. Pouring her power into them she heals all of them, even restoring ones that seem to have been killed. With her healing of the last creature she lays down right side, her head propped up by a smooth stone and apparently falls asleep.

Scene 13: The small creatures form a circle around the girl wait for her to awake. But it soon become clear that she will not awake. So the small creatures slowly begin to pile stones around and on top of her making a rough burial mound.

Scene 14: After the mound is finished, the creatures leave one by one. The full moon now sets in the distance west and the sky is filled with stars.

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Impression No. 4

I finally had the needed time to work on Impression No. 4 this last weekend. Since my last update where I said I was 50 percent done with it, I had to ripped out about half of the done work and start over again. Impression No. 4 is by far the most complex of the movements. At this point I estimate that about 80 percent of the material for Impression No. 4 has been written and now it is just a matter of refining and polishing it before moving on to the recording and mixing of the piece.

Impression No. 3

 

Third in a planned set of five Impressions.

Intense, very fast, unrelenting.

Impression of what you ask? That is up to your mind and ears to decide. Listen to this piece in a clam and quiet spot, close your eyes and let the music take your imagination on a trip.



Impression No. 3
https://soundcloud.com/ed-w-sharpe/impression-no-3

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Abstract No. 11

Abstract No. 11



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Impression No. 2

Second in a planned set of five Impressions. Impression of what you ask? That is up to your mind and ears to decide. Listen to this piece in a clam and quiet spot, close your eyes and let the music take your imagination on a trip.

         

Impression No. 2

Impressions

Work on my set of musical impressions continues.  I am currently mixing Impression No. 2 and I have finished writting/composing Impression No. 3.  And I will begin mixing it after I have finished mixing Impression No. 2.

Impression No. 4 is about 50 percent written,  just need a block of several uninterrupted hours to finish it.  I have not yet begun working on Impression No. 5, which will be the last one in the set.