Yesterday I performed a piece I just finished for solo guitar called "Falling Through the Cracks" at the Higashi Playhouse here in Nagoya. It was a lot of fun. It's the first time I've ever experimented with prepared guitar- I inserted a piece of plastic band between the strings near the bridge of the guitar so that it kind of sounds like a kalimba. The title was taken from a Suzanne Vega line that has haunted me for the longest time:
I've fallen through the cracks and there's no getting back
And I'll never trust whoever gets elected"
I've always been kind of attracted to the idea of falling through the cracks- it's so easy to do on so many different levels and sometimes it's actually a lot more fulfilling.
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Would love to hear it! Any recordings yet?
Oh, and by the way, the latest is now... thinking of staying for one more year...
I'll probably make a recording sometime soon. I want to add some other movements first though. Glad to hear you'll be staying another year!
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