The State of Andrew's Music
Jan. 28th, 2010 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuThis week is Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of Song, and as has been my custom these past few years I use this week to take stock of my music-making.
Kabbalat Shabbat is fully composed, except for the editing. And the editing is nit-picky and time-consuming and every so often means that a "fully composed" passage needs to befrogged slightly "decomposed" and adjusted. Words sometimes don't fit the way I thought they would, or I accidentally wrote a passage for seven voices instead of six, or a part slipped out of its range while I wasn't paying close enough attention. And Finale's handling of lyrics is still abysmal.
But, still, I know how the piece goes from beginning to end, and I'm really pleased with it. I'm feverishly editing and while it's tedious at least I'm making good progress. I'm hoping to get a sestet together after Pesach to do a demo recording. I'm hoping to shop it around over the summer; my goal is to have it premiere next year on Shabbat Shirah at congregations around the world.
Pesukei d'Zimrah remains stalled. I'm starting to feel bad again about the prospect that it might never get performed, so once KabShab is done I hope to return to PDZ and get it rolling again.
Bible Bystanders is also stalled. That's got better prospects than PDZ, I suppose, so I should get back to it; I have some ideas that I haven't had time to flesh out. And my kids are soon going to be too old to appreciate it.
I am not singing. Well, I sing to myself, and I sometimes am shaliach tzibbur, but this year I haven't been taking voice lessons and I'm not in a chorus any more and I'm not in a small group. That sucks. I don't feel like the large group thing works for me any more, but I don't have the time or energy to form a small group, and being shomer Shabbat makes joining an existing small group difficult.
And so, my fellow netizens, the State of Andrew's Music is mixed. I'm excited and proud about KabShab; I'm depressed about PDZ, Bystanders, and about not singing.
Kabbalat Shabbat is fully composed, except for the editing. And the editing is nit-picky and time-consuming and every so often means that a "fully composed" passage needs to be
But, still, I know how the piece goes from beginning to end, and I'm really pleased with it. I'm feverishly editing and while it's tedious at least I'm making good progress. I'm hoping to get a sestet together after Pesach to do a demo recording. I'm hoping to shop it around over the summer; my goal is to have it premiere next year on Shabbat Shirah at congregations around the world.
Pesukei d'Zimrah remains stalled. I'm starting to feel bad again about the prospect that it might never get performed, so once KabShab is done I hope to return to PDZ and get it rolling again.
Bible Bystanders is also stalled. That's got better prospects than PDZ, I suppose, so I should get back to it; I have some ideas that I haven't had time to flesh out. And my kids are soon going to be too old to appreciate it.
I am not singing. Well, I sing to myself, and I sometimes am shaliach tzibbur, but this year I haven't been taking voice lessons and I'm not in a chorus any more and I'm not in a small group. That sucks. I don't feel like the large group thing works for me any more, but I don't have the time or energy to form a small group, and being shomer Shabbat makes joining an existing small group difficult.
And so, my fellow netizens, the State of Andrew's Music is mixed. I'm excited and proud about KabShab; I'm depressed about PDZ, Bystanders, and about not singing.