I finally put in the effort to finish my new track, A Lasting Peace. I initially aimed to create another trance tune, but I’m not entirely sure what I ended up with… you be the judge. For now, I think it’s safe to say it falls under the broader electronica genre.
I had every section of the piece nearly complete months ago, but struggled to chain them together while maintaining flow. Flow is a tricky thing. You make a tiny change and spend the next few minutes listening to the track to see if the change makes sense in the grand scheme of things. It’s a time consuming process – one that frustrates yet rewards. I finally fell back to my most trusted ingredient… the plain old piano. I really wanted one with a more electric tone, but I couldn’t reproduce the sounds playing in my head. I settled for a heavily-reverbed acoustic piano and improvised five or six takes until playing the one you hear in the piece.
Without further ado, A Lasting Peace (beta mp3). Enjoy!